Using ProE after SolidWorks - how hard can that be?

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I am an experienced SWX user. I have a new customer who would like meto use ProE. How big a step is that? I refer not to cost, but the userinterface.Thanks

j · Accepted Answer

Hopefully you have a good hair replacement insurance policy. The learning curve is not to bad. It's like any other program but it definitely does things different. If you're proficient with SW then you should pick up Pro fairly easy. The thing I didn't like was that it automatically dimensioned everything but you could drag a line and the dimension would change. If you wanted it to be a specific dimension, you had to manually lock the dimension to prevent it from changing. Then you had to remember to go back and unlock it so that it would update if you had it liked to another feature. And you are constantly changing the dimensions to a "driven" dimension since it usually didn't dimension it the way it would need to be.Flynt wrote:

madcadman · Answer

The interface sux. All the proe geeks will tell you that it is much more powerful than swx, but it just aint so. PTC is still in the process of migrating the interface from menu driven to something more like swx, but they are on the 10 year plan to completion. Good luck brudda.

gluteous maximus equus · Answer

If you don't take the short bus to work you shouldn't have any problems.

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