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Pro/E Vs. Solidedge
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Pro/E Vs. Solidedge

Pro/E Vs. Solidedge

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I am evaluating CAD packages at the moment, and I am wondering if anyone can tell me what is the main differences between Pro/E and Solidedge?

Thank you.

RE: Pro/E Vs. Solidedge

Integrated functionality.

What type of business are you in?

What type of parts are you designing?

Do you need to do design through manufacturing or design only?

Answer these and we can give you a better answer.

Why limit your search to Solid Edge and Pro/E? UG, SolidWorks and Catia are all viable players.


"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

RE: Pro/E Vs. Solidedge

I have used Solidworks, Inventor, and Pro-E Wildfire, it is hard to say which is the best and the worst.  It all depends on the questions that looslib is asking.  Solidworks and Inventor are very user friendly software packages, excellent for basic to moderate design creations and solid modeling.  Pro-E is for the heavy stuff, because of the funtionality of component sharing.  You are able to use any of there various file sharing programs, to help keep your components up to date within a company.  If you can answer the questions I could give you a lot more detail and opinion on what your looking for.

Cheers,

Aaron Banik

RE: Pro/E Vs. Solidedge

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I have used SolidWorks 2003<5yrs>, Inventor<6mos>, SolidEdge<demo copy>, SDRC<3yrs>, and currently use Pro/E 2001<2yrs>.

I favor SolidWorks because the ease of use and functionality is built in without needing to buy extensions.  But like most software packages they do have limitations.  For Example, If I were doing complex surfacing I would go with Pro/E 2001 or CATIA.  Although, SolidWorks has come along way since the early days and has become a key player in the highend CAD market.

But after spending two solid years with Pro/E 14, 2000^2 and 2001 I really like it's functionality.  Although, I refuse to upgrade to Wildfire, like Ben said "Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."  PTC, needs to rethink Wildfire's direction in industry because from what I see and read it looks like a version of SolidWorks.

I personally would stay away from Inventor.  I stumbled across Inventor because I was helping a friend complete a project and his customer wanted it modeled in Inventor.  That was six months of hell, Inventor, in my humble CAD opinion is two years behind the curve.

I guess the bottom line is ask the reps hard questions and stay away from those cook-book demos.  Trust me I use to be a Pro/E demo Jockey....canned demos will not give you a feel.  Do a thirty day eval from each software company.  Best of Luck

Vince

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