Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
(OP)
I have noticed that in the last year and half quite a few clients have slowly been replacing Pro-E with other CAD Packages. The new packages seem to be powerfull and alot less expensive overall than Pro-E. Don't get me wrong they keep typically one seat current and active for communication with their clients who use Pro-E. The mid-range packages are slowly becoming upper range products with the expanding capabilities. How do you approach this change and exchange cad data? Have you started adding a SW, SE, or Inventor package to your company to handle the change?





RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
I have to say I like the way Pro/E interface evolved. It became more user-friendly. But still, it is somehow behind SW on this point. And SW filled its lack of calculus power and became as powerfull as Pro/E. And it offers the same kind of add-ins (Molding, manufacturing, FEA...) than Pro/E. Plus I believe SW products are cheaper than Pro/E products. What would be your choice if you had to choose for your company?
Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer
RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
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Mechanical Engineer
RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
Cyril Guichard
Mechanical Engineer
RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
In my opinion the foundation package offered by
Pro/E is a standard mid-range program, and it has very strong and better competitors.
Guy
RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
Also PTC seemed to put more effort into software expansion than improving the core product. I'd rather have fillets that work every time than some PLM package. I.T. is not run by the Engineers in my company. And the I.T. guys aren't going to look to PTC to replace Oracle.
I'd rather deal with a well focused Mechanical Engineering software company.
RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
PTC wanted us to pay $3K to 'upgrade' the original license to the current 'foundation' package because there were a few options that weren't originally included in the first seat. In addition, this 'upgrade' REMOVED the assembly extention. What a crock!
Basically they wanted me to pay for the Sheetmetal module and the Photorender options that I never used and strip off the Assem. Extension.
I told them totake a hike and didn't renew my maintenance at the end of the year.
All this and I still love Pro/E. I still think its core product is better than SW... but... (as "AboveRedline" points out) SW continues to improve their baseline product, giving it more and more functionality. At some point we're all going to be using SW just because PTC wants you to pay extra for the stuff SW is throwing in for the cost of maintenance.
OK, I'll shut up now...
;-(
T
RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
RE: Is Pro-e slowly becoming extinct?
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