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Re: Solid Works vs. Inventor

Our team uses SolidWorks had has for the past 2 years with Inventor being our program of choice before that. Having used both I personally prefer SoildWorks just because of how it handles especially in Assembly.

They are both insanely powerful CAD programs so I really feel it is down to what fits your situation the best and personal preference. If your mentors know it and your sponsors work with it, keeping it will probably make your life easier.

While I am happy we switched to SolidWorks the first year using it was a bit of a hurdle especially as all our mentor and student experience up to that point was with Inventor. If you guys know SolidWorks well and are happy using it I'd stick with what you know.

Best of luck!
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