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I'll be offline for a while... BEI Design 05-24-2008
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on May 25, 2008, 6:17 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:

>> So far, I don't. I don't know whether my download was incomplete or
>> corrupted or what. The program installs, but the "movie tutorials"
>> will not play. In addition, every time I create a bunch of
>> measurements, save them, then start designing a garment, it freezes my
>> computer about half way through the process. Completely locks it up.
>> Ugh!
>>
>> <shrug> I have sent a e-mail to tech support, there is no online FAQ
>> or help as far as I can tell.
>>
>> Beverly
>>
> It's very memory intensive... Make sure you aren't running anything
> else and that you have plenty of memory free. I found it took a few
> days to get used to.

It may be too late for this.....but I simply didn't trust such a big
download and I bought my PMB on disc. What's more. being a pretty
conservative soul in such matters, I also bought the v.4 update on disc.
Could you check to see whether this is a possibility for you?

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

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Posted by BEI Design on May 25, 2008, 10:38 pm
Olwyn Mary wrote:

> It may be too late for this.....but I simply didn't trust
> such a big download and I bought my PMB on disc. What's
> more. being a pretty conservative soul in such matters, I
> also bought the v.4 update on disc. Could you check to
> see whether this is a possibility for you?

The download(s) came in just fine, I just was not aware that
the movie tutorials were in a separate file. I now have
everything installed and working, it's just a matter of
climbing up the very steep learning curve.

Beverly




Posted by The Wanderer on May 26, 2008, 2:10 am
On Sun, 25 May 2008 19:38:56 -0700, BEI Design wrote:

> Olwyn Mary wrote:
>
>> It may be too late for this.....but I simply didn't trust
>> such a big download and I bought my PMB on disc. What's
>> more. being a pretty conservative soul in such matters, I
>> also bought the v.4 update on disc. Could you check to
>> see whether this is a possibility for you?
>
> The download(s) came in just fine, I just was not aware that
> the movie tutorials were in a separate file. I now have
> everything installed and working, it's just a matter of
> climbing up the very steep learning curve.

I hope you have more success than I did when I purchased some software for
designing and making patterns for dolls' clothes. I reckon I'm pretty
computer literate, I've managed to get on working terms with all sorts of
software, including a *very* expensive CAD package for designing overhead
power lines a few years back (courtesy of work, I hasten to add - I was the
'expert' within a company of several thousand employees), but this one had
me beat! I just couldn't figure out how to get it to work as I thought it
should be working. P'raps that was the problem - what I thought it should
be doing and what the software designer thought it should be doing weren't
one and the same thing! :-)

--
Richard - The older I get, the better I used to be!

the dot wanderer at tesco dot net


Posted by BEI Design on May 26, 2008, 3:06 am

The Wanderer wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:
>
>
> > The download(s) came in just fine, I just was not aware
> > that
> > the movie tutorials were in a separate file. I now have
> > everything installed and working, it's just a matter of
> > climbing up the very steep learning curve.
>
> I hope you have more success than I did when I purchased
> some software for designing and making patterns for
> dolls' clothes. I reckon I'm pretty computer literate,
> I've managed to get on working terms with all sorts of
> software, including a *very* expensive CAD package for
> designing overhead power lines a few years back (courtesy
> of work, I hasten to add - I was the 'expert' within a
> company of several thousand employees), but this one had
> me beat! I just couldn't figure out how to get it to work
> as I thought it should be working. P'raps that was the
> problem - what I thought it should be doing and what the
> software designer thought it should be doing weren't one
> and the same thing! :-)

Right now, I'm ready to shut it down and get a refund. I
have created a "measurement chart", saved it; used those
measurements to design a pattern, saved it; at which point I
can use the "yardage calculator". But if I used the editing
feature to alter a sleeve, then "save" the changes, I don't
seem able to use the yardage calculator. If I leave the
pattern exactly as the software sets it up, I can use the
yardage calculator, but it would not be accurate for the
changes I would like to make. And what's the point of
pattern software if you can't edit the %$#&*% pattern???!!!

Stupid *^%$@*(*&^#@^*!!!

I have read the .pdf <spit> manual and looked at the
tutorials until I'm blue in the face. This is frustrating.
I have taught myself Word, Lotus 1-2-3 and Excel, embroidery
digitizing, Adobe Photoshop Elements, MS Publisher, set up
my LAN, installed all kinds of hardware, etc., etc., etc.
But this...

Beverly



Posted by BEI Design on May 27, 2008, 4:17 pm
On Monday, May 26, 2008 12:06 AM [GMT+1=CET],

> And
> what's the point of pattern software if you can't edit
> the %$#&*% pattern???!!!
> Stupid *^%$@*(*&^#@^*!!!

Ok, taking deep breaths! I received a reply from tech
support. I learned that the edited pattern has to be
"grouped" then saved, at which point it can be opened in the
yardage calculator, ungrouped and laid out, then the yardage
will be calculated. Holy smokes, could they have made this
any more UNintuitive??? But I'm making progress, I have two
patterns (jig dress and Highland vest/jacket) created,
edited, and yardage calculated. Yeah!

Now I just need to double check the measurements, print out
a test pattern to compare to the one I've been using to see
how closely it matches so I know where I need to make
adjustments. Whew...

Beverly



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