Excellent point about the visualization aspect. That was really one
of the reasons for my inquiry. I'm working with a company that is
laying out building sites in AutoCAD. Everyone is talking about how
im****tant it is to be able to visualize the site in 3 dimensions. "So
why are you using a 2D CAD package?" So there's the visualization,
the ease of use and the fact that Solidworks is parametric while
AutoCAD isn't.
Granted, I've been away from AutoCAD for a long time, but the
unpleasant aspects appear to still be there. It looks terribly
inefficient compared to what can be done in SW.
Thanks.
On May 12, 8:52=A0pm, TOP <kelln...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I tried some years ago. Led to a discussion about tolerances and
> limits in SW. Here are some major sticking points for SW whether
> architecture or industrial.
>
> 1. The 500M radius limit. Can't build parts bigger than this. On a
> project built on 14 acres I ran into this.
> 2. Lack of a contour loft. Was proposed to SW at SWW2000 for dealing
> with contours from a CMM. No action. CATIA has it. So does Autodesk.
> 3. Poor performance with models that have huge number so small
> repetitive features. In the industrial world this means grills, PC
> boards, etc.
> 4. Assembly speed. Buildings are notorious for simple highly
> repetitive parts. Mating these can be a big job. Stability of the
> mates is another thing. This was a major sticking point to
> implementation in the RV and manufactured housing industry.
> 5. SW is sickenly slow when reading the typical architectural/site
> drawings from ACAD. Just too many lines.
>
> Some plusess that could really make SW take off in Civil:
>
> 1. Solidmodeling does have an application in earthmoving/landscaping
> because it is so easy to remove and add solid volumes.
> 2. Solidmodeling also has application in actually visualizing what a
> project will look like before, during and after construction.
> 3. Solidmodeling can better predict what is going on underground. To
> better understand this statement you would have had to have watched a
> project at the end of my road where two high lines, a water main, a
> sewer, a storm sewer, a high pressure oil pipeline, fiber optics,
> telephone and a few other things crossed over in a major intersection.
> And this is a country road.
>
> TOP
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