OK, I think you're right. Not sure the value, to be honest. In setting up the drawing and models to be robust enough to use the variables in DWX, it's just as easy to save-as, adjust, and go. Heck, I have to save-as to get the drawing number right anyway.
I can almost just set the base drawing to "225" and enter the rest in DWX, but there will be more than one type of part on this prefix, so I'll need several different "225" base drawings, all different. I guess I could keep them in different folders, but with the history of how SW handles default save folders (very poorly and random), I'm not comfortable setting them all up, just to have the work stepped on later by accident.
I fail to see the value in DWX. We'd need 7 seats, plus a floating license, so 8 x $3600, just so we don't have to save-as a drawing, and for some incremental advances in form layout and spreadsheet connecting? I can dump data into custom properties, and call it all anyway from DWX rules. But for now, I think I'll just set global variables, drive them in a sketch of dummy construction lines, and train everyone how to edit.
That's all I need, not worth $30,000 for some rudimentary, poorly designed interface. Not putting your best foot forward on the sales pitch, honestly. But what else is new, par for the course with SW.
See screenshot below. This interface design is F quality work. Which radio box do I have selected, Yes or No? Answer below.
(this is actually the Yes button, even though it's right next to the No. Extra credit if you can figure out why, it took me about 15 times confirming I'd selected it correctly before I figured out what the hell was going on).
And that's just one example. The set up screens are so difficult to figure out what you're editing, it's not worth the effort.
