"Aggrevated" <tclement@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message =
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> I've been a SolidWorks designer since '98. Almost a year ago I was
> forced to start using Pro/e. I hated it, cursed it, whined, cried,
> pissed and moaned about it the whole time.
>=20
> I spent this whole last week back using SolidWorks for the first time
> in about six months.
>=20
> I almost cried when I found myself thinking.... "I'd rather be doing
> this in Pro/e"
Things that work better? Fewer crashes? Still learning in spite of the =
curve? SW Corp created a monster with all their propaganda about how =
much easier it was to use than anything else because it was true in a =
very limited way: simple things are easier to do; but there are many =
very difficult things you can do with SW and you just have to know how =
to do them. All the BS about "intuitiveness" pretty much eva****ates. The =
rest of the story is how unreliable the software is and how the "ease of =
use" argument is used to say users don't need training which, if that =
were true, you wouldn't need knowledgeable VARs to do troubleshooting =
and a very active informal sup****t system, including a sister NG at =
comp.cad.solidworks.
Well, I'm guessing that, because people are looking around, forgetting =
"first loves" loyalties and checking out the solid modelling market, =
they're finding out that Pro/E isn't as impossible as they'd been led to =
believe and other software isn't as easy, either. What Pro/e lacks in =
useability is more than made up for with added reliability and =
capability.
David Janes
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