Aloupol
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 06:15 PM |
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Which CAD system do you use?
Reviewing your picture albums I saw some CAD screenshots.
I use CatiaV5, which I try to learn, it's slightly different from the V4 I use at factory.
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I love speed :-P
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 06:18 PM |
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i use prodesktop, as does flak monkey, cus he's stuck at uni and cant build he's done quite a few cad models,
Phil
his photo thing
http://locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=gal&user=flak
monkey
[Edited on 27/5/2004 by I love speed :-P]
Don't Steal
The Government doesn’t like the competition
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flak monkey
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 06:22 PM |
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Damn beaten to my own work  hehe 
Yeah there a few in my archive, a few more on my website, and loads on my pc
Cheers,
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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greggors84
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 06:25 PM |
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ProEngineer or SolidWorks if i need to do FEA as CosmosWorks is an add in. Also AutoCad if doing 2D
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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N*E*R*D
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 06:26 PM |
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Auto CAD 2003
trying to teach myself SolidWorks
"Good Bad I'm the guy with the gun"
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tom_loughlin
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 06:50 PM |
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i use:
AutoCAD 2004
Solid Edge
Solid Works
EdgeCAM
Rhino 3D
and also tracecut and lightyear for reverse engineering
and for FEA either CFX 5.5 or fluent
Next step is to maser pro engineer
Tom
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crbrlfrost
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 10:31 PM |
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I personally enjoy Catia V5 the most, but I'm catching onto Solidworks and a healthy respect (ie hidden loathing ) for ProE (I hate
reconfiguring a model in it). Anyone know a good place to get the Cosmos add-ons for Solid Works and what they run? I have all the stuff for Catia,
but might as well learn the other as well. Cheers!
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blueshift
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| posted on 28/5/04 at 12:17 AM |
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Solidworks here. pretty good imo.
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Mk-Ninja
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| posted on 28/5/04 at 07:54 AM |
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Inventor rev 8 , all day every day
Good product realy
I'm sure I've got one, just don't know where I've put it
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86barettaguy
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| posted on 23/11/04 at 07:03 PM |
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I'm not using any at all at the moment. Used to be adequate at ProEngineer, and I have a copy of it somewhere around here, but with this
computer...
I'm thinking of picking up Catia V5 and re-learn ProE (how much has changed since 2001 btw?) and do the chassis along with some other stuff in
both programs, just for the hell of it.
But for this I will need a computer. The ProE version I have will probably run on almost anything, but how about Catia V5? I intend to get a laptop
computer, but I don't want to pay the money it would cost to get a 2GHz one... Anyone know the system requirements so I can find the laptop I
need?
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kiwirex
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| posted on 2/12/04 at 09:18 AM |
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I use turbocad learning edition.
It was free when I got it, but I don't think they do it for free any more.
Pretty basic 2d cad package
Does the job.
Turbocad have more advanced stuff I understand.
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imull
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| posted on 28/12/04 at 10:04 PM |
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Did a lot of design work and FEA at uni with SDRC Ideas and quite liked it. Would like to do a bit more with other software too.
Is there a student version of the other packages mentioned above (epsecially Catia) available? Or can anyone point me in the general direction of a
copy?
cheers Sandy
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bigandy
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| posted on 30/12/04 at 04:54 PM |
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Solidworks here, both in my day job, and at home. It's the best CAD system I have used so far, and I have tried most of them, apart from
Catia....
Cheers
andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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Mix
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| posted on 31/12/04 at 05:12 PM |
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Turbocad designer 2D/3D essential
£9:99 from PC World, the more I use it the more I wonder how I did without it.
I'm sure the professional packages are superior but for what I want it does the job.
Mick
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ayoungman
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 03:43 PM |
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Prodesk top
can anyone let me have a ProD Tiger drawing. I'm using ProDesktop and have been drawing the various components over the months. Would be useful
to see how others have done it. Email or direct me to web site etc.
Ta
"just like that !"
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mattpilmoor
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 04:39 PM |
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I use ProE Wildfire - It's a lot more user friendly than 2001 and has an FEA package included (mechanica)!
Measure twice - Cut once - Still f*!K it up!
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12a RX-7
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 06:52 PM |
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Use Unigraphics at work (soon to be upgraded to NX3), driven by Team Centre Engineering and Pro-Mechanica Wildfire for basic FEA
[Edited on 17/1/05 by 12a RX-7]
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tks
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 09:42 PM |
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lol
I Use inventor 8
for every thing...
including offcourse the profs modules and libaries...
TKS
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DavidM
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 10:54 PM |
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2H pencil with a chisle point.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 11:08 PM |
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Ideas have to use it at uni (hate it)
Solidworks at home for the car love it
Microstation by far the best drating solution i have ever used,
Autocad (used at uni ok untill microstation)
Build Blog
Build Photo Album
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flak monkey
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| posted on 17/1/05 at 11:18 PM |
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We (well the uni) have just decided that prod isnt good enough and have moved onto Solidworks. I cant complain as solidworks seems like a very good
CAD tool, if very expensive. Its quite clever, and anticipates what you are trying to do. One word of warning though, if viewing a 3d structure from
directly above and you then take measurements to a raised feature, it will more than likely give you the diagonal dimension from the base of the
component to the top of the feature, this is very annoying and confusing to start with! Also the assembly tools seem a little cumbersome compared to
ProD.
I still use ProD at home, and i still think its a great system to learn on, as it is simple yet it does have some quite good tools on it. Over the
past 18 months or so I have come across, and used, AutoCAD, Solidworks, Catia, Rhino, Inventor, 3DS and Mechanical Desktop. I have been using ProD for
about 2.5 years and what i have learnt from it allowed me to be able to use most of those other systems without too much difficulty.
Basicially different systems suit different people and applications. ProD is good for resonably simple geometry, Solidworks is more advanced (it has
basic FEA etc) and programs such as rhino are great for surface modelling for car bodywork etc. All depends on what you want!
Cheers,
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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