Thread: Why Inventor?
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Re: Why Inventor?

I see AutoCAD as a drawing tool and Inventor as design tool. Inventor's ability to line things up, pattern things, and solve trig has saved me many pencil erasers. In AutoCAD, you need to know most of these things before you even start drawing. AutoCAD's fine for getting your ideas down, but only if you know your idea before you go to software. With Inventor, you can skip paper and go straight to the computer and start playing around with ideas. It'll line everything up for you and you can check your numbers and fix accordingly.

Also, I think that Inventor's much more intuitive to a beginner. Anyone who can machine can grasp Inventor because most of its features work the same way their machine-shop counterparts do.

To me, the only reason that the industry hasn't completely moved to Inventor/ProE/SolidWorks or another 3D modeler is tradition and lack of experience with the new products. I'm glad that AutoDesk gives us Inventor because I can't imagine doing what I do (or learning to do it so quickly) with AutoCAD.
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