Parametric design lets you make changes to a part later on and have other parts other types of geometric relations (these are calledĬonstraints in Inventor) are coincident, parallel, horizontal, vertical, etc. Update automatically based on the relationships they share.ĬATIA is the Lamborgini sportscar of engineering design applications. You want CATIA if you need advanced irregular or complex surfaces. It also had almost limitless optional functionality. It comes standard with everything any other 3D design package and more - much more.
SolidWorks, also by Dassault Systems, is a middle of the road very dependable luxury sedan which by the way it can design as it can now do the same surfaces of CATUA but to a point.īut the ultimate reason for choosing CATUA or just about any other package is if your employer employus it. It also comes with a whole suite of standard features and options but it costs far less than CATIA.įorget Inventor. It is the Yugo of 3D software By AutoDesk (developer's of AutoCAD) but if your product does not require anything too complex perhaps this may be a wiser investment. I see it as the "poor mans's SolidWOrks." I believe they are catching up to SolidWOrks but very few employers use it in industry. I once applied for a job at a valve manufacturer who employed Inventor but I was not too saddened when I learned they selected someopne else who had actually used it. So Jules, you stated that you both had not used Inventor, but that it was also the "Yugo" of automobiles. That sounds a bit contradictory as how can one judge a product without diving into it for an extended period of time.
I LOVE the interface of inventor and rendering in Showcase 2014 is amazingly simply.
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