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After seeing the countless questions and comments about various Pro/E builds around the web, I decided to do this summary of build codes gleaned from experience, PTC KDB updates, PTC/USER exploders & forums like MCAD Central (shown here in "quotes").
These can help you select a build code, but there's no substitute for getting the program installed and testing it yourself.
At least we'll help you avoid some of the turkeys...
Add your own comments (like Andrew, Bruce + Ben have done) : ed [at] cadmin [dot] co [dot] uk
We take no responsibility for any issues caused by builds listed here: PTC can keep that privilege.
Resources | What's new in WF3? | Road test: feels more like 2.1
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| M040 | The best of the WF3 builds yet... - Ed
"So far in my testing, M040 is looking like a decent build... so far" - exploder "I've been doing a lot of testing today on M040 and it seems much better than M030. It only took 5 datecodes for them to get a version I might actually put in production!" - exploder |
"On M040, we still have 5 crashes/user a day. Better, but still far too much. Most of the crashes are when working in sketcher, and when the user is rotating or shifting the model. In sketcher, some 'Sections have become unstable' ??" - Hugo on exploder |
| M030 | - | "On M030, we had 30 crashes/user a day, on M040, we still have 5 crashes/user a day." - Hugo on exploder
"We are running WF3 M030 with hardly any problems. We rarely crash. We use Pro/Manufacturing, Pro/Mechanica and Reverse Engineering with no problems." - Damián on exploder |
| M020 | - | BOM Balloon issue: WF2 M210, WF3 M020 - resolved in WF3 M040
"We are currently using Wildfire 3 M020 and Intralink 8 M020 and are experiencing a lot of ProE crashing." - Kelley on exploder |
| M010 | Read my opinion of the new features...
Compatible with Intralink 3.4 M030 after a tweak - Read more... 
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WF3 M010 - Poor performance in assembly due to wireframes - Solved WF4 !!
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| F000 | - | Can't redefine Mechanism constraints without license - fixed WF3 M020
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| Pre | Showing you all the up-coming features... | - |
Resources | What was new for WF2...
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| M220 | - | - |
| M210 | Fixed some problems with assembly drawings, evident in WF2 M160 - Ed | bug with dbl-click dims, SPR 1194341 - fixed M220?
BOM Balloon issue: WF2 M210, WF3 M020 - resolved in WF3 M040 |
| M200 | Released April 2006 - fixed several issues, including problem with Dim Bounds + Flexibility | - |
| M190 | Available on CD + from PTC.com | Issue with TIFFs - fixed in M200 (Thanks to Tony Stevens on exploder)
Drawings: Model Tree shows wrong model - fixed WF2 M220
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| M181 | You wait all this time and two come along at once! M181 is a slight revision to M180, helping diagnose issues.
Read more...
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Issue with TIFFs - fixed in M200
Memory Warning Dialog
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| M180 | M180 is now available via download + CD
If you believe the data (hype?), it looks to be the best build yet |
Issue with TIFFs - fixed in M200
PDMLink checkin issues (2GB limit), resulting in corrupt workspaces - fixed WF2 M210
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| M171 | AKA M170
UDFs + External symbols
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Spinning models - fixed in M180 (Thanks to Andrew Foster of PDS NZ)
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| M160 [2005310] |
Solves many bugs from WF1... one of the better recent builds
Compared to M120, 54 bugs solved FlexLM v10.8 for 64bit
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2001 notes - fixed in WF3 (Thanks to Bruce Rowits of Tyco) [Clarification from PTC via exploder - only geom tol notes]
"File-Backup problem... simple assemblies can take a minute or more, while other builds take seconds" (Thanks to Ben Loosli of Integrated Systems) 18 new issues since M120 - all appeared in M130/140 and most get solved in WF3 |
| M150 | - | Doesn't appear to solve any issues over M140... |
| M140 | Layer-change solved from M120
Ref points from M120
Cosmetic threads from M070
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30 new issues compared to M120 - some of these solved in M160
Axis point issue - fixed in M190
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| M130 | Prehighlighting issues solved |
21 new issues compared to M120 - so maybe skip this one... |
| M120 | Fixes many issues with earlier builds | Editing Pro/Program deletes Comp Interfaces - Fixed in M200
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| M110 | Opens assemblies that cause M080 to crash | Issue saving assys + read-only parts , solved in M120
Minor install issues relating to license server / 129067 , solved in M120
Exit renaming sections - fixed in M160
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| M100 | M100+ : hidden import/export option (Thanks to Olaf Corten for mentioning this - he writes more here)
M100+ works with WF3.0 licenses
Geom Tol note fix
Fixes "invisible geometry" problem in earlier builds More about Ghost features: +
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Unresponsive when deleting dim
Issue saving assys + read-only parts , solved in M120
Some sheetmetal issues
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| M090 [2004490] |
Experience has shown this to be a pretty stable build | Grapics issues with HP XW4100, Nvidia Quadro 4 980 XGL, 380 XGL, ATI FireGL2
Some sheetmetal issues , solved in M120
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| M080 | "Seems the consensus from 5 users is it's a good build with no issues showing up yet."
"One users feels it has solved a number of issues they were having" |
SPR filed for assembly angular aligns
Some problems crashing when opening assembly files, solved in M090+ Some issues with firewalls
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| M070 | - | "seems to be a speed issue with pre-selection highlighting"
"when launched from Intralink, freezes workstation" |
| M060 | Fixed license borrowing | "will crash while making an IGES if your part has a standard hole feature" |
| M050 | "Build M050 is fairly advanced. Don't upgrade to anything less than that" | - |
| M030 | - | This and M040 don't support license borrowing
Also known to cause problems with sheetmetal parts |
| F000 | - | Network / ipconfig discrepancy - Registry hack
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| Build | Good? | Not-so-good? |
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| M240 | Fixes "invisible geometry" problem in earlier builds
More about Ghost features: +
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| M230 | "some Pro/NC issues resolved" | "having trouble installing this build" |
| M180 | "seemingly more stable than builds M140-M170"
"supposed to resolve a number of family table issues with Intralink 3.3" |
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| M140 [2004030] |
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| Build | Good? | Not-so-good? |
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| "Stable build" | - | |
| 2002350 | - | "...doesn't seem to be very stable, lots of bugs" |
- Affected by Java issue, read more...
| Our opinion : Best current build = 3.3 M022 | ||
| Build | Good? | Not-so-good? |
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| M030 | - | - |
| M020 | Fix for "-" in revision sequence
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| M010 | - | - |
| F000 | Brand new version - basically a light version of PDMLink
A big change from previous intralink versions, it's now web-based. |
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- Also see these tips for reproducing errors...
| Our opinion : Best current build = 3.3 M022 | ||
| Build | Good? | Not-so-good? |
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| 3.4 M030 | Compatible with Wildfire 3.0 after tweak - Read more...
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Security Patch error
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3.4 M020 | Some fixes for M01* bugs:
System Tablespace
Space report
Issue with dbstart_ilink
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| 3.4 M010 | Solves issue with previews
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Problem with checkins, etc...
"Locate can cause high CPU usage + lock-up" "Other issues with Oracle upgrade / uninstalling previous versions" Some users are saying to stay away from this version... |
| 3.4 F000/F001 | - | "issue with memory and resources... 2 - 3 times more usage"
Locate running slow - SQL hack suggested - fixed M020
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| 3.3 M022 | "the happening build..."
Blog link - upgrade to M022 Required for Wildfire 2 Mouse scroll works now! |
Doesn't support WinNT
Hash files created in vault - fixed in 3.4 M010 (safe to remove them, not referenced by database)
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| 3.3 M021 | Required for Wildfire 2
Mouse scroll works now! |
M022 is a more stable build than this
Doesn't support WinNT Hash files created in vault - fixed in 3.4 M010 (safe to remove them, not referenced by database)
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| 3.3 2003290 | - | "has issue with random corrupt workspaces" |
