Hi Jason,
The F000 release is the initial "gold release" of a product. The Mxxx
releases are maintenance releases, generally numbered M010, M020, M030
etc. The maintenance releases are roughly equivalent to the old
Arbortext "patches", eg. 5.2 M010 == 5.2A, 5.2 M020 == 5.2B, etc.
Hope that helps clarify - perhaps John Dreystadt or PG Bartlett can
provide a more detailed explanation of the scheme.
As for the difference in file sizes - the 513MB file is a CD image of
the full release. It does not include Windchill or any other PTC
product, just the Arbortext products. The patches are meant to be
installed "over the top" of a full release, just like in the good old
Arbortext days 🙂
Cheers,
Gareth
Jason.Aiken@jeppesen.com wrote:
> How has the Windows base install for Arbortext Editor 5.2 changed now that
> it's on the PTC download site?
>
> I happened to notice the .zip has a different name and file size:
>
> PTC download site: MED-71692-CD-052_F000_zip.zip (513 MB) <--- presumably
> the larger size indicates the Windchill bundle?
> Former Arbortext download site: DownloadEditor52Windows.asp.zip (202 MB)
>
> As far as I can tell, the prodrel.pdf document included in both zip files
> appears identical. I expect we may wish to uninstall the former 5.2
> version and use the latest on the PTC site to stay in alignment with
> future development. Please provide clarification.
>
> I also see there's a service pack entitled
> MED-60504-CD-052_M010_Windows.zip. Does the F000 and the M010 part of the
> file names help indicate which patch release? That is, can we say that 5.2
> went from an "F" release to an "M" release?
>
> Trying to learn the new conventions,
> Jason
>
>
