SW or Inventor or Wildfire?

Oct 18, 2005 3 Replies

Need to evaluate again for a new employer. Anyone have recent experience and can point out some strengths / weaknesses of each as they pertain to machine design? I have about 4 years on SW, he has 1 seat of Inventor but has not had time to learn & is still running Mechanical Desktop. Thanks



If you're speccing a CAD system, don't start with only half the options available. Catia is gaining a lot of ground.

If I tasked someone with spec'n a CAD system and caught 'em "consulting" internet forums I'd give 'em a broom and find someone else for the job ... palmist or preacher, maybe.

Take a look at Alibre and Solid Edge, too. `;^)

Find out what his customers & suppliers use. Iterroperability is more important than the increasingly trivial differences between systems

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