Company moving from 2D to 3D, help choosing
Company moving from 2D to 3D, help choosing
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We are looking to move from Autocad to a 3D package.
There is no complex geometry. Mainly steel frames, driven&idler rolls will be designed, with belts, pulleys and motors added into assemblies.
Here is a pages with several pics of some of the smaller individual units: http://www.faustel.com/products.cfm?id=3
We also design our own sheetmetal electrical enclosures.
Hoping some of you can help point out some pros and cons of the packages you have used.
I think the choice is going to come down to Pro/E, SolidWorks, Inventor, or just staying with Autocad.
Any input would be appreciated.
Chris
There is no complex geometry. Mainly steel frames, driven&idler rolls will be designed, with belts, pulleys and motors added into assemblies.
Here is a pages with several pics of some of the smaller individual units: http://www.faustel.com/products.cfm?id=3
We also design our own sheetmetal electrical enclosures.
Hoping some of you can help point out some pros and cons of the packages you have used.
I think the choice is going to come down to Pro/E, SolidWorks, Inventor, or just staying with Autocad.
Any input would be appreciated.
Chris





RE: Company moving from 2D to 3D, help choosing
Pro E does the job but occasionally crashes for no apparent reason...
Inventor is also good, but I found it lacked some of the functionality that you can get with other packages...but it is more user friendly than most.
SolidWorks...Catia...Ideas...Solid Edge...plus others.
I don't think that any of them tick all of the boxes.
Tell them all that you are in the market and tell them you want a good deal. It's a buyers market at the moment...
Let the price decide which to go with
Hydromech
RE: Company moving from 2D to 3D, help choosing
Peter Stockhausen
Pollak Switching Products
RE: Company moving from 2D to 3D, help choosing
I've used both Solidworks and Wildfire sheetmetal, and both are comparable. Very similar, and did everything I needed them to do.
David