Improve Model Check (especially UI)

[LawrenceS]

Model check offers great automation functionality, but its UI makes it rather intimidating, hard to learn, and hard to change/update.

Can we see some improvements to it, especially to the UI?  Such as making it easier to learn and use its powerful functionality?

[JimTVancouverCa]

See also ModelCHECK Administration

[LawrenceS]

Thanks for the reference Jim Taylor .  In addition to this forum being a good resource, it also seems to testify to the need for the software being more intuitive.  In your greater Model Check experience, would you agree?

[JimTVancouverCa]

Hello Lawrence Scheeler‌,

Yes, I agree.  ModelCHECK looks like it was built at a low level, as in it was made to work and a very very basic administrative interface was provided.  What I mean here is that while there is the interface gui accessed from within Creo, it's all basically editing text files on your disk.  I did all my editing directly on text files since the interface didn't really offer that much value after you've invested all the time to understand the config files, where they must live and how they relate.

The product could be vastly improved, I've made many suggestions at ModelCHECK Administration.  In some of my other posts you can see I found some competing products that go beyond what ModelCHECK offers.  Also it is very interesting to note that if you search for ModelCHECK on PTC.com you'll only find it listed as a trademark.  There appears to be no marketing information describing the benefits of the tool.

I think they may be working on an improvement.  But with today's cut throat business environment cost avoidance is king and money is spent where it will be earned, hence IoT focus etc.  It is what it is, I tried to share here as much as I could while doing our company config from scratch.  Your choices are go with ModelCHECK use the documentation that comes with it, use the posts in the ModelCHECK group, leverage your PTC support, or buy a competing product.  Short of having everyone on here vote up the product improvement requests and or saying to PTC you may buy 100's more Creo seats, if only they would improve ModelCHECK, I don't think we're going to be able to wag the dog.

Best Regards.

[LawrenceS]

I must add in here I think part of the problem that you described is subscription based licensing, and how more and more I see this working against the user.

When we pay to use the product, what motivation do they have to do improvements?  What new income can they get?  If we say we are not going to upgrade until they give us substantial enhancements, then the software company has a lot more to lose, and gain.

I once heard a sales rep say the CAD industry has been stagnant for years...well why is it stagnant?  Because companies are locked in and subscription based!  This produces a real problem.

Interesting you say they haven't marketed their product well, as often the opposite is true!  Well the idea of these forums is for PTC to see where users want change and put improvement where it will do the most good.  If many people vote this idea up, then it is PTC's promise to figure out what they can do to make it happen.

[JimTVancouverCa]

Good points about marketing.  PTC and others promote what they think will earn them sales.  My point was more than it's interesting that it is very difficult to find any promotion of ModelCHECK.  It's almost like it's been neglected?

[STEVEG]

Black sheep of the family.  No offense to any black sheep out there. 

[lwestbrook]

Hi all,

I want to get a clearer understanding of this request. I assume you're talking mostly about the setup rather than the actual report UI? We did an overhaul of the report UI in Creo 5.0, but I'm guessing that's not quite what you're referring to here.

Luke

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