Northy
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| posted on 4/5/05 at 11:04 PM |
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Solidwork or Autodesk Inventor?
What are peoples opinions of the two pieces of software? We are probably going to buy one of them for work to replace our out of date AutoCAD.
I've been having some training on Solidworks, and did a day of Inventor today. My opinion at the moment is Solidworks is a bit easier to pick
up, but Inventor is more like AutoCAD (slightly) so should be an easier transition.
Might have to look out for an "evaluation copy" to try at home and see what I prefer.
I know what Carls going to say! 
Graham
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thekafer
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| posted on 5/5/05 at 02:00 AM |
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Both use "Parasolids" modeling. I like autodesk Inventor for generating cam files from..also the contraints seem easier to use when
assembling moving parts.
It's very well supported to boot..
Just my two cents...
Fletch,
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy...
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turbo time
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| posted on 5/5/05 at 03:13 AM |
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Freshman year, the first day of Engineering Fundamentals class, we were all given Autodesk Inventor Pro 7. Pretty much everyone picked it up quickly,
but to me it seems like you eventually hit a wall, where certain features are extremely difficult to figure out. Overall, I think it's a pretty
easy-to-use program though (haven't tried solidworks though).
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Mk-Ninja
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| posted on 5/5/05 at 09:04 AM |
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We did a three month evaluation about 2 years ago and went for Inventor. Its been very good todate and seams to get stronger with every new release
(Now 0n R10)
I'm sure I've got one, just don't know where I've put it
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Alan B
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| posted on 5/5/05 at 12:42 PM |
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There isn't much between them...however, most people I know who are experienced with both prefer Solidworks, including a local CAD trainer I
know.....
My preference for SW is somewhat irrational though....I was a big fan of Mechanical desktop (still am) and I was incensed when Autodesk dropped it and
pretty much said Inventor is what you should use.....I don't like being bullied like that, so went with SW more out of spite TBH
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bigandy
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| posted on 5/5/05 at 03:27 PM |
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I'm a Solidworks man myself.
I started using it last year when i started a new job. It has been on the verge of ridiculously easy to pick up, especially as I had a good
background in 3D CAD (previously I used Ideas, CADDS5, Catia and Unigraphics).
I think that for a seasoned 3D CAD user, or a newbie, Solidworks is really easy to learn.
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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