| Author | Message | ||
     Toona |
http://www.solidworks.com/btd/innovations/electric -motorcycle.htm Here's a link to a video on the Solidworks web page about some of their development. Doesn't get into great detail, but I haven't seen this posted on here. | ||
| Sifo |
What? No transmission?  | ||
| Jaimec |
Who needs a transmission when you can have teflon tape? | ||
| Xdigitalx |
I tried to go to school for Solidworks when I was on unemployment but they would not pay for it, but they did pay for Revit training, which I have not used for work yet. I use autocad mech, inventor and showcase, I am still learning. I am an old school cad-monkey and I hate the ribbon. but wish I could have gotten training in SW. They don't have a demo that I am aware of. | ||
| Toona |
I'm not sure of a SW 30 day demo version. What I did was search on Craigslist for an academic or student version, usually around $100. It's only good for a year. The base SW package is $4000 and the Premium version with all the bells and whistles is normally $8000, but they have it on sale this month for $4000, plus another $2000 for a "maintenance package" that gets you tech support for a year etc. Don't bother with the "hot" versions of SW on CL, make sure it's an academic version. The "hot" ones will install, but when it needs the serial number, it's mysteriously missing.... big surprise there. Same thing for the bit torrent versions. (Message edited by Toona on May 15, 2012) | ||
| Xb1125r |
dont waste your time stick with autodesk they are not perfect but they are the top gun | ||
| Gregtonn |
"dont waste your time stick with autodesk they are not perfect but they are the top gun" Top gun in reference to what? If you are referring to number of seats, possibly, but that is falling rapidly. As to capabilities and ease of use for other than Autodesk users... Kind of reminds me of the MSDOS vs Windows debate back in the day. G | ||
| Toona |
SW is what I took a summer class for at Penn State, so that's what I'm more comfortable with and that's what I'm using. If you like Autodesk better, go for it. This thread wasn't intended to be a CAD discussion, but if it "goes there", that's OK with me. | ||
| Tq_freak |
I started with Autodesk and ProE in school and first Job was Proe.... Meh Second place was on Catia... what a royal mess. Now on SW and LOVE IT, best I have used to date. I have not had one rendering crash or flaky thing to date. | ||
| Xdigitalx |
I wish I was 10+ years younger because it seems like learning gets harder and harder as you get old... or it could be I have too many things on my plate... I can draw and extrude and mirror/copy and draw 3d items in autocad pretty easily, but inventor is driving me nuts. I am about 1/4 as fast on it compared to Autocad 3d. I have to be productive for work so I only have so much time for learning (teaching myself) Those SW videos on youtube make it look so easy. I love that woman who narrarates thru the video's ..she super fast and precise. I haven't hit it yet but I am getting those AARP letters in the mail so... maybe thats it. | ||
| Gregtonn |
Having used many CAD programs since the early '80s I have to agree with Tq about Solid Works. G | ||
| Toona |
I went in to the 6 week, twice a week, summer evening classes at Penn State not knowing a single thing about SW, other than recognizing the name. 6 weeks later, I passed the class with a 89.9% after I bombed one class test with a 27%. I come from a mechanical background where you start with a base item and build from there. In the CAD world, you can just draw whatever you want, where ever you want it and join the 2 together. Once I got that in my head, I did well in the class. I passed the 3 hour CSWA test with a 100% and only took 2 hours to complete it. Oh yea, I did all that while running my own full time business. I'm not saying that to brag, just stating that it can be done. I was 44 when I took the classes and had been out of high school, never went to college, for 25+ years. | ||
| Fordrox |
I use SW also and love it. | ||
| Blake |
SW has doubled my productivity as a structural analyst and allows me to better communicate suggested changes to the design engineers. It ports directly to ANSYS when the built-in "Simulation" capability falls short. SW is nothing short of brilliant. |
