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Re: [DFTF] The Question of CAD
Another vote for Solidworks.
We contacted them and just recieved our 2012 discs and licences. Having used various CAD softwares before; Inventer since 2004 (I'm a PLTW kid)... then ProE, UG NX, SolidEdge, in classes at college, making the switch to Solidworks for the FIRST time last year was fairly simple.
Inventer and Solidworks to me are the most user friendly at a young age, a couple of our kids picked Solidworks up in one single session of training.
One thing to take into concideration is if one of your sponsors uses a specific software, designing in the same can make things easier (in our case, solidworks = what our sheetmetal guys use).
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