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SolidWorks 2008 vs. Autodesk Inventor 2008

SolidWorks 2008 vs. Autodesk Inventor 2008

SolidWorks 2008 vs. Autodesk Inventor 2008

(OP)
People please help.

I've got a very attractive suggestion from Inventor. Currently I'm working with SW2007 (basic edition) and I must do my decision to continue to SW2008 (professional) or to switch to Inventor 2008 (professional). I'm starting a new project anyway, so i don't care about the parts, I've built in SW. In my design I have to perform a lot of static and dynamic simulations, my assembly has about 600-800 unique parts and many parts are from standard libraries (fasteners, bearings etc.)
Please help me with decision

RE: SolidWorks 2008 vs. Autodesk Inventor 2008

(OP)
Hi to everybody.

May be I didn't explain my self clear enough in my question. I'm a single user of the CAD in my company (start-up) and building of the parts and drawings in the CAD is the minor time spending. What most important to me is the power of simulations and analysis of the program. In demonstration of Inventor it have been seemed that its possibilities of these subjects were much higher of those in SW. Am I right? Does somebody of you familiar with these subjects in both CADs?

RE: SolidWorks 2008 vs. Autodesk Inventor 2008

Self learning Inventor 2008 after 5.5 years on Solid Works

Question: How do you set up colors so that there is a big color difference between fully defined (constrained) and not fully defined elements in sketch ?

On my default set up the difference is hardly visible - not fully defined lines are black and fully defined very dark blue - it is very hard to distinguish.

Thanks.

RE: SolidWorks 2008 vs. Autodesk Inventor 2008

You have my sympathy. I spent 8 years on SW and also self learning on IV2008. I would defintely recommend it to all my compeditors but never my friends.
I do not think you can change the colour. The amount of customisation is nothing like SW. Over here they tell YOU how to work.
However have you got 'autoproject origin in new sketch create' ticked on tools/application options/sketch. This will ground your new sketch as per SW and then the colours in mine are blue and purple which is better than blue and black. I also use the blue sky background which helps.

Good luck

Clive

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