HighDesign Development Making Great Progress

[alexwhite]

is that a beta I smell?

[matthew.Stanfield]

Thank you for the update. It is always nice to hear what the progress of the next version is.

[macitect]

macitect wrote:
> [quote="Andrew"]Hello, some news about the development of HighDesign:...[/quote]
>
> Nice to finally hear something official. Very glad of the news, Andrew, it looks
> very exciting. However, you're still not indicating a time frame for release.
> Are we still looking at months or is this now down to weeks?
>
> [quote="Andrew"]...and can't wait to share the final product with you!![/quote]nor
> can I...
Um, months or years...? ;-)

Anything to report Andrew? Sure would be nice to have a timeframe for the next release.

Oh - and why does the quote function not work on this forum anymore?

[Beagle]

any ß-test in view in the future ???

[Franco Giorgi]

Are you still with us?
what's new?
development problems?
Give us a sign!

[emahfuz]

no or scant communication with its user base is what makes one not to trust a software company.

[Giovanni]

Hi,
In January the first public beta version of the new major release of HighDesign will be available for external testing. Some minor features could still be not 100% ready, but interested beta testers will appreciate the huge progress in the development and the new exciting features and improvements.

[axys]

A great Christmas present - thank you! May I wish you and your team and all our friends here on the forum a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

[TrevorML]

that is most exciting news, Giovanni, about the v2 beta in Jan… I am very much looking forward to the testing of this fantastic looking upgrade… the interface is definitely looking good from the screenshots… can't wait for the new year :-)

cheers from Oz
Trevor

[emahfuz]

the prospect of a new and more capable version of HD is really exciting. even though I do most of my documentation with sketchup + layout having a good cad program at hand is fundamental and I think HD can be it.

I am a veteran of minicad – later renamed to vectorworks – and used to love it before it became a bloated and expensive app. HD's ease of use remind me of minicad as well as the fact that one can organize a drawing by way of sheets and layers (in MC and VW this feature goes by the name of layers and classes).

[alexwhite]

I'm ready for the beta... lots of work in the pipeline...

[TrevorML]

+1 @alex :-)

I know the feeling… not hat I have a lot at the moment but have a kitchen I am working on which is giving me grief :-)

[macitect]

[quote="[ILEXSOFT]giovanni"]Hi,
In January the first public beta version of the new major release of HighDesign will be available for external testing. Some minor features could still be not 100% ready, but interested beta testers will appreciate the huge progress in the development and the new exciting features and improvements.[/quote]
Half way through the month now... release coming? Is it here that we express interest in being beta testers?

Looking forward to it!

[matthew.Stanfield]

It is getting on toward the end of January now. Any additional news on the beta release for the next version?

[alexwhite]

oh I can envision dragging a window symbol from one drawing to another...