The difference is about $30,000 US for the same functionality you get for $7K US. Let your fingers do the walking otherwise you will most likely start another comparison war....then we will be fighting over whos extrusion is better or I can do that in three mouse clicks.
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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What you said:
"klaas2 (Mechanical) 17 Nov 05 19:53
ok my fault
what is the differance between CATIA and SOLIDWORKS"
Difference.
Answer: $20,000 per seat, or so.
You have seen the paths to search; good luck. If the decision goes the other way, do not be too upset unless you are a profit sharing, employee owned company.
What an interesting set of replies.
Sorry Heckler, but I don't think that you get the same functionality in SW as you can in Catia.
Personally I hated Catia (v4), but from what I've seen there is no way you could model an entire aeroplane in
Solid Works !!
Yes there is a huge difference in cost that puts it out of reach of most companies, but it's one CAD solution that will do anything.
Catia V5 now has a much lower STARTING price - around £8k I believe.
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