cookieman, its time to move on ! SW users will always believe exactly what the VARs tell them, despite reliable published evidence to the contrary. Just enjoy the advantages of Inventor, and rejoice that you will never have another "Customer Experience" !
Software developed outside the USA is a security issue sccording to him.
The security issue is very real, as this article makes clear. This is not "according to me", its not a personal concern, but a professional one.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2006/tc20061102_797312.htm
Here's a good place to start:
http://www.gecadnet.ro/files/Autodesk_Inventor_The_Best_Choice11_Reasons.pdf
Also, for a lively discussion regarding the relative merits of Inventor and other 3D CAD software, see this thread:
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=159721&page=2
A star for cookieman ! So much has been posted here by SW users who have clearly never seen or used Inventor, and in many cases have simply repeated comments made by SW VARs and users. All is fair in love and software sales, I suppose, but I would hope that any serious readers of this thread...
It has never been my intention to convince any current 3D CAD software user that they made a poor choice, everyone here, and elsewhere, is entitled to believe whatever pleases them. Just to present a fair and balanced source for real-world information about Inventor, among posts that frequently...
cookieman, I had not seen this document, it offers a lot of insight for those who have not yet experienced Inventor.
These features are at a level of sophistication far beyond the competition, and sketch-free modeling has been very popular here among engineers and new users. And we have found...
For the sake of accuracy, I checked and found that none of my posts in this thread exceeded 20 lines, excluding quotes and links, hardly "rambling". And if you believe that my point was to promote Inventor as the best choice for all, then you haven't really read my posts very carefully.
My...
I would be careful about using Wikipedia as a source in arguments.
No argument, just a populist forum that confirms already established facts. If anyone disagrees with the content, they are free to edit the page. These are both well-written and detailed articles, with a long history of...
A quote from the tenlinks article posted above:
Prior to SolidWorks, we used AutoCAD® Inventor®, which required so many upgrades that the cost of constantly re-training our engineering staff was unrealistic.
This is one man's opinion, and a misleading one. I have not witnessed the need for...
Everyone knows that Inventor has very poor surfacing software.
This is the kind of misinformation that I referred to in my post above, as it implies that creating organic shapes is somehow difficult or impossible with Inventor, or that the results are somehow inferior. Many IV users, including...
I have observed that software selection in large corporations is often done with political motivations, rather than a true evaluation of the application, and the vendor. However, I would argue that the source of the software, who makes it, and where, is as relevant to this choice, as it would be...
In the interest of fairness, I want to share this press release with any and all who are following this thread. It was brought to my attention by an alert co-worker:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/11/10/HNhclautodesk_1.html
While this is an unfortunate trend, it in no way implies that any...
I have observed that the selection of software has become an emotional issue for some, leaving the technical aspects in the background. I have carefully documented most of the points I have attempted to make in this discussion, and made the distinction between fact and opinion. Also, I have...
I have read references to Microsoft's experiments with Indian outsourcing. As I recall, the results were less than satisfactory, and the practice was abandoned. However, I cannot document this. It was some years ago ...
I HAVE had first-hand experience with drafting work farmed out to a company...
You're suggesting that AutoCAD is programmed in China ? I'm sure that the folks in San Rafael would be surprised to hear this ! What is the relevance of local AutoCAD customization to Inventor ?
If you still have any doubt about the presence of SW application source code in India...
Its no secret that Autodesk, like most major software companies, maintains field offices overseas, where applications for specific customers are developed. I still see no evidence that Inventor source code resides anywhere outside of the US. There is a great difference between local customer...
Security issue again....I think I pointed out that Autodesk had more jobs for chinese programmers than Solidworks did....
The Autodesk jobs posted for China are for mostly marketing and tech support positions, not core function programmers. To the best of my knowledge, Autodesk has never...
I just knew that someone would point out that the data was from 2004 ! Give these guys a break, it takes time to compile accurate data ! This is typical in the software industry, and others as well. Its considerably more meaningful than speculation based on job postings ! I'm confident that the...
Here's just one example:
http://wohlersassociates.com/press38.htm
There are many others on the subscription-only sites of organizations that track the industry, Daratech and Dataquest for example, as I posted much earlier in this thread. But a quick Google search will yield numerous free...
I have responded to each of these issues, to the best of my ability, previously in this thread. Repeating these answers will not make them any more acceptable. The actual number of active seats of any software package is impossible to know at any given time, so we have only the total licenses...
