SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
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Anyone here have any experience with SE and SW? I would like to hear some pro's and con's of each.
Thanks,
Mark
Thanks,
Mark
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RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
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Heckler
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RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
If I was to be honest would say that Solid Edge is the better.
It handles detailing better, has a BOM control in the Assembly environment ( dont underestimate this function ). The assembly display configurations are so usefull that they quickly become esential. In the part environment mirroring is simpler and intuitive.
BUT. SWX is getting better. It is still lagging and refuses to address the differences mentioned above but it is getting there.
When I talk to others about the difference I tell them that SWX is the pretty one of a set of twins that looks good but that Solid Edge is the one that you stick with because looks arn't everything.
RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
Chris
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RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
If you search this forum, you'll see a lot of this discussed in several threads of an identical nature. Seems like configuration and document control are stronger in SE, but modeling and surfacing perhaps better in SW. "Better" is normally used subjectively, or at least to say what is better "for my needs" and not an objective statement about the software capacity as a whole. So it's good to talk about what particularly is "better" in the software.
Jeff Mowry
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RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
I prefer SEs Revision control compared to SW Explorer.
When doing sheet metal parts, I find it is easier to see the direction of extrusion (thickness) with SE. SE uses an on screen arrow, SW uses only an outline and with thin material it is often hard to see which way it is going.
This is comparing SW2004 to SE16.
RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks
SWX used the Parasolids kernel for processing
SE used the ACIS kernel and they touted that as the big difference...
Now SE is using guess what...the Parasolids kernel. My experience has lead to SWX winning most of the time, even some large companies that have tons of SE data are thinking of switching to SW for some of the reasons mentioned by others.
John
RE: SolidEdge vs. SolidWorks