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From: "Cliff" <Clhuprich@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Newsgroups:
comp.cad.solidworks,alt.machines.cnc,alt.cad.autocad,comp.cad.autocad,alt.cad
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: SW2008 vs Inventor 11
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 09:46:07 -0400, "Joseph" <joseph@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Has anyone used both products; is either one substantially better?
This is an ongoing argument, do a Google search
Solidworks was the first one of the 2 in existence so Inventor copied a
lot
of SW traits.
Inventor is behind in developement. From what I've read they were as much
as
4 years behind at one point but have whittled it down to about 2.
I've used IV for about 5 years and just recently purchased SW because
there's more advertised job op****tunities with SW.
On Monster.com mech jobs are about 3 to 1 in favor of SW so that gives you
an idea of usage.
I can't really give a personal opinion yet as I've just got SW last week.
One thing for sure, the SW resellers in my area are considerably more
affordable than the Adesk ones. They talked discount enough to get me to
commit.
>>TIA
>
> Much depends on what sort of business you are in and
> what the users to be already know.
> AutoCAD products have more of a focus on AEC,
He's asking about Inventor. Autocad and Inventor are different products of
Autodesk.
Autocad is ususally used for 2D Civil and AEC. Inventor is pretty much
strictly 3D mechanical.
for one
> thing, last I knew. It's also often used for basic educational use.
>
> Compare the uses both firms target their products for & see
> if any of them are yours. Often their Sites will give hints based on
> customers mentioned, examples used, etc.
> Also compare their APIs so you can add your own added
> functionality (if needed) and you can program in their stuff.
>
> Neither is a CAD/CAM system though. Not that everyone needs one
> but ....
>
> BTW, You really should have Xposted this to the Usenet AutoCAD
> groups too, IMHO. I added a *few* (there are more).
>
> Don't try this at home: http://www.geocities.com/banquercadcam/
> --
> Cliff
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