Thread: showdown: SOLIDWORKS vs. INVENTOR
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Re: showdown: SOLIDWORKS vs. INVENTOR
Well the Inventor bias is to be expected, we get it free every year, whereas SolidWorks has to be purchased. So only the diehard SW fans would have it. My preference is SolidWorks, a friend gave me a copy and has been keeping me updated on it. I find them both to be equally powerful but I think SolidWorks has a better interface. Inventor does have some very nice features, like the i-Factory though. I use both in conjunction thanks to SolidWorks' wide file format compatibility, but anything I do from scratch is all SolidWorks. I don't think either program is "superior" I think it deends what you're doing. Inventor has some great features but I feel SolidWorks is a simpler, faster interface.
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