I know many of u work with cad...was interested to know what programms u use and in what country u are...just curious...I m in switzerland and use NX4
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CATIA but I prefer solidworks.
Civil 3D 2007
Civil Engineering/Land Development
New York
Civil Engineering/Land Development
New York
I think that's the consensus for CATIA 5 users, I hate CATIA 5 with a passion. It's not user friendly, it still doesn't make any damn sense, and we have issues here of loosing ALL our icons randomly.
Alas, I'm still a lowly v4....heaven forbid that Bell Helicopter jump the gun and use up to date technology.... They just approved the use of ball-point pens 6 months ago.
2006 Autocad LT
Architect from Virginia
Just went to a seminar yesterday on Autocad Revit, powerful program but the learning curve would be rather severe from switching from regular Autocad.
Architect from Virginia
Just went to a seminar yesterday on Autocad Revit, powerful program but the learning curve would be rather severe from switching from regular Autocad.
Honestly, I'd rather use 4. Consider yourself lucky.
Depends for what. For parts and sheet metal, Solidworks by a landslide. FOr routing wire and plumbing, CATIA v4....
I still play around on Autocad 2000 and R14.
solid edge 19 in the us
I've used AutoCAD and ProE. Unfortunately I think I have to learn Solidworks for an upcoming class.
You'll love Solidworks. I was learning ProE Wildfire before I left Case New Holland and you literally have to make more clicks to do the same thing in SW. SW is the bomb.
MS Paint. All the top guys are using it.
Westy was using Powerpoint as CAD software at one time. True story.MS Paint. All the top guys are using it.
I'm in the US, we use Pro/E Wildfire 2.0, sometimes Solidworks and I have about 3-1/2 years of Inventor use.
I've learned over the years no matter what CAD program you're using it always sucks for some reason. Pro/E is a powerful tool, but it takes the cake for sucking. It comes with snazzy features like the 80Hz refresh rate power close, and intuitive memory erase when your mouse hovers over the save button. And oh god do I love the new hole wizard wizard
I've learned over the years no matter what CAD program you're using it always sucks for some reason. Pro/E is a powerful tool, but it takes the cake for sucking. It comes with snazzy features like the 80Hz refresh rate power close, and intuitive memory erase when your mouse hovers over the save button. And oh god do I love the new hole wizard wizard
In any given day I use: Cadkey, Autocad, Mastercam, Surfcam, Illustrator (I convert cad into AI all the time for artists). We also have Solidworks and I think we may be starting to do some things on that platform too.
AutoCAD and ProE, but i have to learn solidworks for an upcoming internship for winter break/next summer.
I use Autocad LT for what a secretary could do. At my last job I was a real engineer and used SolidWorks. I miss my old job...
so no fellow NX4 users?...is it me or it s only used here in europe?:S
my company uses Solid Works for most of the stuff, and Cadkey just to play with.
Solidworks w/cosmos
Pro/E (hate it)
Design engineer.
Pro/E (hate it)
Design engineer.
I used it in the capacity of being a "checker" of military aerospace (F-15 laser guided fastener) models. All I was doing was using the measurement functions, but it didn't seem too bad.
my client has seats of many of them:
Solidworks, Rhino, Alias, Surfacer, ProE i2, ProE Wildfire and I use SurfCAM for them. I dabble in Wildfire mainly for file translation and analysis because I haven't found anything that does a better job.
They have a tight relationship with PTC and the power users rarely complain about Wildfire. In fact, they mainly complain about Solidworks. I hear Wildfire 4.0 is supposed to have some powerful surfacing tools.
We just brought a new Eden 350V online that is pretty sweet so far. The software, Objet Studio is pretty clunky though which is surprising given the $175K price tag of the machine.
Solidworks, Rhino, Alias, Surfacer, ProE i2, ProE Wildfire and I use SurfCAM for them. I dabble in Wildfire mainly for file translation and analysis because I haven't found anything that does a better job.
They have a tight relationship with PTC and the power users rarely complain about Wildfire. In fact, they mainly complain about Solidworks. I hear Wildfire 4.0 is supposed to have some powerful surfacing tools.
We just brought a new Eden 350V online that is pretty sweet so far. The software, Objet Studio is pretty clunky though which is surprising given the $175K price tag of the machine.
Solidworks now and no reason to have Autocad around for legacy stuff anymore with the SW drawing editor.
Last job was some SW, some Pro/E Wildfire, and they were starting in with Catia 5 when I left. I'm sure that is going over wonderfully since the old engineering crew was used to SW, the tooling/lofting department used Pro/E exclusively, the CMM department had to convert everything to another format for the Brown & Sharpe software, and the new division was on Catia since they have to share drawings with other locations around the world.
Last job was some SW, some Pro/E Wildfire, and they were starting in with Catia 5 when I left. I'm sure that is going over wonderfully since the old engineering crew was used to SW, the tooling/lofting department used Pro/E exclusively, the CMM department had to convert everything to another format for the Brown & Sharpe software, and the new division was on Catia since they have to share drawings with other locations around the world.
United States
I use Pro-E Wildfire. I haven't used SW since V8. I like Pro-E pretty well, but without having used SW in such a long time, I can't make a fair comparison.
I use it for oilfield product design.
I use Pro-E Wildfire. I haven't used SW since V8. I like Pro-E pretty well, but without having used SW in such a long time, I can't make a fair comparison.
I use it for oilfield product design.
US
solidworks
inventor5 (old)
flotherm
solidworks
inventor5 (old)
flotherm
Haha, no. Somebody made a Photoshop plug-in once that operates like cad. That's probably the closest you'll get.
Been using Solid Works and AutoCAD for about 4 years now, in the U.S.
Been using Solid Works and AutoCAD for about 4 years now, in the U.S.
Solidworks 2007
Autocad LT for simple 2d stuff
MasterCAM X, level 2 for all my CNC needs.
Autocad LT for simple 2d stuff
MasterCAM X, level 2 for all my CNC needs.
SolidWorks and ProE. Depends on what platform clients request.
My last engineering job was on SDRC I-Deas. The past 7 years at the new job has been Solidworks & AutoCAD for the 2d.