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Unread 27-11-2006, 11:04
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Re: Why Inventor?

Michael,

FYI, Inventor includes AutoCAD Mechanical as well if that's what you prefer to design with. Don't forget that there is an award for Inventor in the competitions. I think that's motivation enough to use Inventor.

A few years back, an engineering mentor - who does AutoCAD in his sleep - wanted to teach the team AutoCAD. I came in and demonstrated parametric and associative features and how idws imported dimensions automatically and he said, "Do it in Inventor". It was not a tough sell.

Also, one of the difficulties companies encounter in switching from AutoCAD to Inventor, or any 3d program, is vendors. They need to be up to speed as well.
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