Solidworks but their website support sucks!
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Alibre Design
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Solidworks but their website support sucks!
I see I'm in the minority here
I've used inventor and Alibre Design.
I really like Alibre Design Pro/ Expert and the integrated Visual Mill package for CAM. I dont do CAD for a living so I'm definitely no expert at either. I find Alibre to be VERY different from Autocad. Once the Alibre sketch basics are learned; it is intuitive and work flow is logical.
anyway....my .02 worth
I have tried a number of cad packages, home user, not pro. I started with easy cad, then moved up to Turbo Cad. I designed and built my first Hot Shot Truck bed with that, I have tried Rhino, and currently have Bob Cad, that I never use. I got a smokin deal from the folks at Alibre, and have been hooked ever since. It is fairly intuitve, and I don't do many complex parts. The standard version with it's assembly feature is very nice for the price, I can get basic constraints to check for clearence even of moving parts. I have to export the drawing in dxf and then use vectric for my cam but for the home enthusiast I can't think of a better or more cost effective way to go. Remeber I still want to be married in the morning.
Ciao,
ho problemi con un centro di lavoro brother tc-201 del 1994 , qualcuno mi puo' aiutare
per la vonversione dati da g code al linguaggio brother ?
Grazie
Hello, I have problems with a work center brother tc-201 of 1994, someone I can 'help programs for the conversion from g to the language code brother? thanksAnnulla modifiche
catia
Grazie,
Provo subito !
I use the Solidworks, Alibre design and Rhinoceros with RhinoCAM
One thing I think you are going to run into is that many of us can't afford to compare high end (or even free) CAD software. I'm running ViaCad because its what I could afford personally. I can make it do what I need, but I don't think its great. I've played with FreeCad and I couldn't get upto speed fast enough to mess with it. By default I went back to ViaCad not because I thought it was better, but because I already knew how to do the things I needed to do with it. Same goes for Sketchup.
Sounds great. Low cost. LEARNING CURVE.
As an HSM I don't have the option of buying half a dozen to high end packages and comparing them. The cost is out of my range, and the time is totally out of my range. I really don't see how more than a handful of people (relative handful) can truly make a decent comparison and voice an opinion other than...
This is what I have...
__ I like it.
__ I don't like it.
Heck, back when I just had Corel Draw I managed to get fair 2D work out of it once I figured out how to increase the resolution beyond the default 2 decimal places. Nobody really thinks of Corel Draw as CAD. LOL.
I'm afraid that to a great degree the voters here are voting for what they have if they like it and can get it to do what they want most of the time. Some lucky ones may have a couple higher end CAD progrms to play with. The rest of us are struggling to create with what we have and can afford... both in cost and in time.
The other thing I have noticed is that folks tend to say whatever they have is better... Hence the knee jerk fanboy responses you often receive to any critique in vender specific forums. It just makes it more diffcult to evaluate postitives and negatives.
Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com
Since I'm newbie as first Greetings to everyone.
I'm using Inventor 2012, and Acad for living.
Thank You.
Hello, I have problems with a work center brother tc-201 of 1994, someone I can 'help programs for the conversion from g to the language code brother? thanksAnnulla modifiche
I've been a SolidWorks user since 1998. Best durn design software out there:
1. shortish learning curve
2. great assembly features
3. easy to create 2d drawings
4. I feel this program mimics reality well.
Drawbacks:
1. needs to use a hot computer
2. Haven't crashed or locked up 2012 version....yet
3. backwards compatibility for opening, but not saving.
4. not the cheapest program to buy.
All of the above being said; I also have available to me Acad inventor, nx 6 thru 7 (huge learning curve with nx) and don't like them. Acad does 3D like a steam engine, they just bolted a turbocharger to it. I have an ancient seat of LT97 that works ok for 2D work.
NX is so full of tools it's like a kennedy box the size of a warehouse wall, you can never find what tool you need or even what it's called.
it's SolidWorks for me.
I use Solidworks alongside Solidcam and everything works really well.It all flows from model to cutting metal as simple as I am describing it.The only draw back I have found is that the poeple at Solidcam are a right bunch of self satisfied smug money grabbing un-helpful telephone ignoring people I have
ever had the misfortune to meet.
Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com
I preffer to use Inventor professional, because offer an environment easy to use.
Offer excellent tools to development very good design and analisis.
The best thing that inventor have is the "Content center" There are standard parts as bolts, nuts, bearings, etc. You don't have to drawn nothing to represent in an assembly.
You would to test this software, You'll like it.
Sorry, i have'n good english.
I use solidworks for design and protoolmaker for machining
protoolmaker is very good for 3d machining very twitchy on drilling etc protoolmaker will automatically update a program when changed in solidworks. just purchased onecncxr5
mill expert so i hope it will be better drilling etc
Have you ever tried KeyCreator? I'm running 2012 version with KeyMachinist and have not found any drawbacks.
KeyCreator 2012 - The Most Complete Direct Modeler Available - YouTube
I never tried SolidWorks, so I can not do a comparison of the 2, but Cadkey was the first 3D cad program to run on a PC. With that being said, why is Cadkey/KeyCreator not in the poll??? :stickpoke