CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
(OP)
I work in Aerospace, so understandably, I should be learning CATIA. There are no CATIA courses offered in my city (I've checked), so I'm thinking of taking a Solidworks course instead.
Both are developed by 3DS Dassault Systems, therefore does some relation exist? Follow the link http://www.3ds.com/en/home.asp to see what I mean.
Hopefully I haven't offended any purists with the question, but can I jump from one to the other without starting from scratch?
BTW, I have 3-4000 hours on AutoCAD (2D, 3D, renderings, etc.) , so the drafting part is no sweat, it's "speaking the language" that I need to learn.
Thanks in advance.
Both are developed by 3DS Dassault Systems, therefore does some relation exist? Follow the link http://www.3ds.com/en/home.asp to see what I mean.
Hopefully I haven't offended any purists with the question, but can I jump from one to the other without starting from scratch?
BTW, I have 3-4000 hours on AutoCAD (2D, 3D, renderings, etc.) , so the drafting part is no sweat, it's "speaking the language" that I need to learn.
Thanks in advance.
STF





RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
Does your office use CATIA V4 or V5? If the former version is used, why don't you read "INSIDE CATIA" written by Paul Carman and Paul Tigwell? The book is very useful for beginners.
kanpa
RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
Catia V5 and Solidworks are similar in capabilities, but they are still quite different. I am trained in Catia V5, but have used a little Solidworks. The icons and how different functions are activiated/used is different between the two. I can't comment on the drafting package of Solidworks since I haven't used that portion as of yet though. But, there are some things that Solidworks can do that Catia V5 cannot, i.e. radial sectioning, and the reverse is also true. I would recommend taking a Catia V5 course if that is what you will be using instead of trying to port your knowledge from Solidworks to Catia V5. There are some reference books and online courses available that you might be able to use if there are no courses available in your area.
Hope this helps.
ahbugeye
RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
I should not expect to hop easily from one to the other, nor fool anyone that I can.
ahbugeye, do you know of on-line courses that you can recommend?
STF
RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
Some of the other VARS may be offering it too, but I'm not sure which. (MSC Software, RAND, etc.)
Jen
RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
I would like some advice on how to justify CATIA over Solidworks if the product being doesn't require the high end surfacing functionality, or it's more of a configurable product and not a specialized design.
RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
STF
RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
FWIW, I asked a SW var the other day how MUCH I could pay for SW and she said "about 7 or 8 thousand"....
I have never found out how much a full (100+modules) of CATIA might cost, but of course no one could ever use all the specialized modules...
RE: CATIA / Solidworks Comparison
The full Catia (134 modules) costs somewhere in the vicinity of $750,000 !!!!!!!!!
AS you say no company in the world would pay or use every
module available.
regards,
Jakey