Solidworks Companion Program
Solidworks Companion Program
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I use SW on my day job and Alibre (AD) on the side. While I like AD, my opinion is they are slow to implement enhancements that have been in SW for years. Recently, they dumped a nice file management system for something I regard as very complicated for a one man operation.
Another nice thing about AD is that it can run on a low cost laptop - not unlike one would buy at Bestbuy.
The way I use it as a companion to SW is for modeling. Lots of times I model solids at home in the evenings or weekends and bring the models into SW as a STEP file. I also export SW models as a STEP into AD. I have had good success going this route and when finished using SW's feature recon tools to complete the model in SW.
But I am ready to move to something a little more robust than AD, something that works with STEP files as mentioned above, something with a better feature set and file management set-up than AD.
What CAD program would you recommend as a companion to SW?
Thanks!
Bill
Another nice thing about AD is that it can run on a low cost laptop - not unlike one would buy at Bestbuy.
The way I use it as a companion to SW is for modeling. Lots of times I model solids at home in the evenings or weekends and bring the models into SW as a STEP file. I also export SW models as a STEP into AD. I have had good success going this route and when finished using SW's feature recon tools to complete the model in SW.
But I am ready to move to something a little more robust than AD, something that works with STEP files as mentioned above, something with a better feature set and file management set-up than AD.
What CAD program would you recommend as a companion to SW?
Thanks!
Bill






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What I'd like is something with a richer set of features than AD, but with an AD price and will basically work on a gaming PC.
Thanks & have a great weekend!
Bill
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-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
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Rob Stupplebeen
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I've had it for just over 3 years and it has been a great computer.
We're getting ready to load SW2009 at work. Perhaps I'll try again with that version for the home install.
I think when I installed 2008, there were some video issues.
Thanks!
Bill
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