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Unread 15-12-2001, 17:39
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Thumbs up Well, In the architectural world .......

DJ

I’ll agree with you that Autocad is a good product to use for architectural drawings. If your going to draw some floor plans and elevations (2D World), by all means use Autocad or Microstation. Both of these products have extensive 3rd party libraries available. I also agree that Autocad is a good application to have experience with. There’s no doubt that Autocad is popular across a wide variety of industries. I’m sticking with Inventor, Solid Edge, Solid Works, and Pro/E however when it comes to the wold of designing complex machines such as robots. The mass property calculations, engineering calculations, animation features, and constraint features alone make it worth learning any one of these apps.

The poll asks “Which do you prefer”. The answer depends on what your drawing …….


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I’ll be in Kokomo for the kickoff. Hope to see ya’ there.

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