Group- I work wit both AutoCAD 2000 and SolidWorks and I would highly recommend SolidWorks as an excellent CAD package. I have worked on AutoCAD for over 10 years and converted to SolidWorks last June. The advantage of SolidWorks is tremendous; ease of use, making changes (either at the model level or drawing level), making assemblies, etc and the learning curve was minimal. Also, I ran into several problems with compatibility with AutoCAD and Smartcam. SolidWorks was fairly simple and we received better results. We have also found that sharing files with outside design firms resulted in discovering the majority were using SolidWorks. One last note; if you are concerned about the capabilities of complex parts when compared to a package like SDRC, we found that there were very few items that SolidWorks could not handle and that changes during design stage took considerably less time. Hope this helps!
Cami L. Richter Engineering Technician San Jamar (262) 723-6133 x121 (262) 723-4204 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Noland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mfg-smartcam] CAD/CAM PACKAGES Group, The information that was given on other CAM systems was very helpful and I believe that this group has a very good knowledge base to go from and I thank everyone for there input. What about CAD software? We currently use AutoCAD2000 and we are also looking to upgrade to AutoCAD Inventor or maybe go to Solid Works. I would be interested to hear the groups ideas on drawing software like ease of learning, compatibility with CAM systems etc. Just a thought for more information from a fine group of people. Thanks Jeremy Jeremy Noland Mountain Manufacturing & Distribution. CNC Programming / Prototype Dept. 20522 Builders St. Bend, Or. 97701 (541)330-2149 ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================================================================== ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
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