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Posted by on August 9, 2008, 4:42 pm
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Newbie to the group, but I need some advice.
I have been doing Pro/Engineer consulting work for quite a few years
now and the demand seems to be tapering off.
I am thinking of taking on another Solid Modeling (SM) format to
supplement my flagging income.
At the risk of starting a range war, I'd like to get opinions or links
to reports of the relative popularity or current flavor of the month
SM software. I know seat counts can be very misleading so I'd like to
find some information a little more tangible.
I listed Pro/E, Inventor and Solidworks in the subject as indicators
but would like to hear what is currently the most popular of all SM
programs that are in the mainstream.
David C. H.
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Posted by on August 9, 2008, 5:00 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:42:54 -0700 (PDT), dave4deedee@gmail.com wrote:
>At the risk of starting a range war,
No chance of that happening here in this group......LOL.
Might help if you described the type work, what your customers require
such as what they send you, what you are required to do and send back
to them.
Tom
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Posted by on August 9, 2008, 11:10 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Aug 9, 2:00 pm, brewe...@aol.com wrote:
Hello Tom,
> >At the risk of starting a range war,
>
> No chance of that happening here in this group......LOL.
Yeah, right!! LOL I was reading the OneCAD or CAM, whatever it was,
talk about range war.
I can't see how it would help listing what I get and what they
expect.
Mostly they give me the parameters and constraints of a project and I
pretty much design it and then give them the solids back. Usually they
generate the drawings and the CAM from that. About 30% of the time I
also generate .dwg or .dxf for them. Some use their own CAM software
with the .dxf. It is pretty generalized and that's why I really can't
list a lot of stuff or I would be here typing all night.
Quite a few seem to be doing more in house stuff but with a variety of
software so I have not been able to form a trend for a direction to
go. That's why I am asking here.
David C. H.
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Posted by on August 10, 2008, 6:51 am
Please log in for more thread options On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:10:50 -0700 (PDT), dave4deedee@gmail.com wrote:
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>I can't see how it would help listing what I get and what they
>expect.
Some companies require contractors supply them with parts & assemblies
native to their CAD, CAD/CAM system so what the customer supplies &
requires from most outside contractors is a major concern. Since you
are giving them DXF it does not seem to be an issue.
I have experience with SolidWorks and ProE. Working with large
assemblies I would say definitely stay with ProE. And in your
particular case where you have years of experience with ProE I don't
see any positives for you to switch to SolidWorks unless your
customers require it.
Siemens is pushing UG/NX & SolidEdge w/ Synch-Tech real hard. They are
offering discounts on SolidEdge to get people like you to switch CAD
programs and buy SolidEdge. I haven't seen it live or taken it for a
test drive. If it does half what they say reliably then it looks to be
a good buy and worth evaluating, however right now it is just hype,
new marketing buzzwords and glossy advertisements.
Tom
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Posted by vinny on August 9, 2008, 6:43 pm
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> Newbie to the group, but I need some advice.
>
> I have been doing Pro/Engineer consulting work for quite a few years
> now and the demand seems to be tapering off.
>
> I am thinking of taking on another Solid Modeling (SM) format to
> supplement my flagging income.
>
> At the risk of starting a range war, I'd like to get opinions or links
> to reports of the relative popularity or current flavor of the month
> SM software. I know seat counts can be very misleading so I'd like to
> find some information a little more tangible.
>
> I listed Pro/E, Inventor and Solidworks in the subject as indicators
> but would like to hear what is currently the most popular of all SM
> programs that are in the mainstream.
>
> David C. H.
>
xsi.
Screw solid modeling, too many rules.
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