SolidWorks At Home Hardware/Software Reccomendations?
SolidWorks At Home Hardware/Software Reccomendations?
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Our son is taking SolidWorks 3D design and drafting classes in college and we would like to purchase software and hardware so he could practice and possibly work at home. We need suggestions for a computer/workstation to run it on and best version/modules of the software to load on it.
Our budget is not extravagant, but the funds are available to get a moderately priced set up for him.
I have used SolidWorks in the past on the job, but I have almost exclusively been a UG/NX user in my electro/mechanical designer career.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Our budget is not extravagant, but the funds are available to get a moderately priced set up for him.
I have used SolidWorks in the past on the job, but I have almost exclusively been a UG/NX user in my electro/mechanical designer career.
Thanks in advance for your input.






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Also, SolidWorks site
Chris
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I also went to the SolidWorks qoute page and need to know if we need both the License and Subscription to get the CAD package up and running?
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Anna Wood
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Can anyone help with the requirements of License and Subscription definitions?
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Standard edition of SW is about USD4000 with annual Subscription Support being about $1000. That includes tech support, service packs (SPs) and new version.
Professional edition is about USD6000 with annual Subscription Support being about $1500.
Premium edition is about USD8000 with annual Subscription Support being about $2000.
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/mechanical-design-software-matrix.htm
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Talk with your local VAR for more detailed pricing and any special offers.
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/purchase/varlocator.htm
RE: SolidWorks At Home Hardware/Software Reccomendations?
Although not recommended SolidWorks can run quite smoothly without Real View with a Gamer Card like NVidia GeForce. You should be able to find a decent Laptop or Workstation that will run SolidWorks. He may be able to grab a license from the Colleges Server so he can install solidworks on his machine and get the license over the web.
Michael
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I would also like to add, very well worth it. Probably the best system on the market for the small and medium business end user, excellent support and website access, absolute pleasure to work with and well written from the engineering point of view. I've used Algor, ProE and Inventor, SolidWorks by far is the superior product. So you're choosing the right package for the future.
Regards,
Cockroach
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4mranch6, I think you will be best served by talking to a SolidWorks VAR as CorBlimeyLimey has said. If there is more than one VAR for your area it is in your best interest to talk with all of them.
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The advice of speaking directly to a SolidWorks rep was good and that is what we will do, thanks everyone.
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As other people have said you should wait till the end of the release cycle so you get the best latest version of the current product and can update to the next years release SP5.0 within the year.
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