About INVENTOR
About INVENTOR
(OP)
I'm an Autocad user, and just at the point to change for Inventor. I heard good things about inventor but still have some questions...
1- Size of assembly: Our parts are quite simple (sheet metal, tubes, etc.) but our assemblies are huge; 10 000+ parts includings nuts and bolts... CAN INVENTOR HANDLE THIS? WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM?
2- Parametric functions: How do you evaluate them....good, so so, powerfull, convenient? Are they workable with Excell?
3- Odd shape: As we use to bend 4 meters long tubes we often produce irregular curves or shapes... IS THIS O.K. with INVENTOR?
4- Multi language drawings: As there is no layer, how do you manage with this issue? DO you save a copy of each drawings in each language ?
5- How INVENTOR does compare to PRO/E?
Regards
1- Size of assembly: Our parts are quite simple (sheet metal, tubes, etc.) but our assemblies are huge; 10 000+ parts includings nuts and bolts... CAN INVENTOR HANDLE THIS? WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM?
2- Parametric functions: How do you evaluate them....good, so so, powerfull, convenient? Are they workable with Excell?
3- Odd shape: As we use to bend 4 meters long tubes we often produce irregular curves or shapes... IS THIS O.K. with INVENTOR?
4- Multi language drawings: As there is no layer, how do you manage with this issue? DO you save a copy of each drawings in each language ?
5- How INVENTOR does compare to PRO/E?
Regards





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Parametric functions are awesome. Linking to Excel is easy and kind-of fun. Just edit the spreadsheet, hit update and you have a new part.
Odd shapes will depend on how you generate them and how precise they need to be. If you are just bending a tube, you would probably just sweep the tube cross section along a 3D sketch. Inventor has no problems doing this.
Never really looked into multi-language issue
Inventor is SO MUCH easier to use than Pro-E and nearly as capable. IMO
Do some of the tutorials with the CD and you have to check out all the awesome information and links at www.sdotson.com and www.cbliss.com (for tons of Inventor parts to share)
Most important thing when converting to Inventor....FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT AUTOCAD...Inventor is a different program completely and if you try to do something in Inventor the same way you would in autocad you will hate it.
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Inventor is very easy to learn and use and works very well with small to mediaum sized assemblies.
Also Don't forget about hardware upgrades.
Good Luck
JKG
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http://www.solidedge.com/solutions/evolve3D/default.htm
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May you be more accurate in your answers...(a little more, Ha! Ha!)
You talk about 3000 -5000 parts... are they all different or there are some repeat.
Our system may have 1000 different parts but lot of repetition...is it still the same? does it help??
simple design but large scale..
Thanks
PAT
RE: About INVENTOR
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Now I'm doing more stuff like plant design and piping, and it is difficult to add a lot of sub assembly stucture without adding significant adaptivity. Inventor seems to stuggle a lot more managing this type of project.
I've had good stability, but pretty slow performance when I take the project home to my old P3 with 512MB ram. 35 minutes to open a .idw is a little slow....I'm glad I have a good machine to use at work!