Jim,
I have invited the DeltaCad folks to visit our site, scan through and/or join these forums. I don't know if they have or not, as they haven't made their presence known, but the offer still stands.
I actually had suggested that they start a DeltaCad User Group of their own, before creating this one. I had quite a lengthy discussion regarding the need for one. Unfortunately, they had declined the suggestion due to the difficulty in preventing the posting of 3rd party copyrighted files nor did they want to assume any liability should that occur. This is why any submitted DeltaCad files must go through me before I make them available for downloading on the site.
They did, however, give their blessings and encouragement to create this site and they did agree that such a site and group was a good idea, as long as it can be properly and diligently monitored. Which is something they simply couldn't commit the required resources to themselves.
As far as having more pull or sway as a group, we really don't have anymore influence than any other user of their software. Though I'm sure they would more readily consider a compiled "wish list of possible new features" for the next version of DeltaCad from a users group rather than from an individual user.
I honestly can't say whether any of the new features in version 7 were inspired by user's suggestions or if they were simply a result of some brainstorming sessions by the programmers. I can say that those new features were not discussed here prior to the release of version 7.
I certainly wouldn't mind if they would ask our opinion, as a group, on any features we would like to have enhanced and/or added in the next version. But as yet, they haven't done so.
I have invited the DeltaCad folks to visit our site, scan through and/or join these forums. I don't know if they have or not, as they haven't made their presence known, but the offer still stands.
I actually had suggested that they start a DeltaCad User Group of their own, before creating this one. I had quite a lengthy discussion regarding the need for one. Unfortunately, they had declined the suggestion due to the difficulty in preventing the posting of 3rd party copyrighted files nor did they want to assume any liability should that occur. This is why any submitted DeltaCad files must go through me before I make them available for downloading on the site.
They did, however, give their blessings and encouragement to create this site and they did agree that such a site and group was a good idea, as long as it can be properly and diligently monitored. Which is something they simply couldn't commit the required resources to themselves.
As far as having more pull or sway as a group, we really don't have anymore influence than any other user of their software. Though I'm sure they would more readily consider a compiled "wish list of possible new features" for the next version of DeltaCad from a users group rather than from an individual user.
I honestly can't say whether any of the new features in version 7 were inspired by user's suggestions or if they were simply a result of some brainstorming sessions by the programmers. I can say that those new features were not discussed here prior to the release of version 7.
I certainly wouldn't mind if they would ask our opinion, as a group, on any features we would like to have enhanced and/or added in the next version. But as yet, they haven't done so.