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Originally Posted by Mike Martus
From a teaching angle....Solidworks is very easy to get the new learner up and running.
I have 10 seats of the software in my classroom. If a student gets up to speed I move them to Catia ( same family ) a more powerful software that is used in industry.
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i have heard of catia and seen some videos on it and it looks pretty amazing. They can be found on the dassault systemes competition page. It looks like its more for conceptual design. Inner and more exterior detail can be done with solidworks interface/ inventor. However, haveing away to bring up a concept in several minutes is a extremely useful thing to be able to do, and i have been working to get a copy.
Our school teaches inventor, but i think it is more because it is what Project Lead the Way supports, and therefore we get it cheaper since our school has the 5 course program.
From what i have seen so far on this forum, Inventor is less user friendly, but they offer the same opportunities over time with the user. Solidworks i know is cheaper on the market too.