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Re: Why Inventor?

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Originally Posted by Doug G
I know I always dream of having the whole robot perfectly designed in Inventor and have it actually tell us the weight to the nearest pound, ...
So do I. To the nearest pound, that is. Every time I try the weight thing in Inventor, it gives a number on the part. This is all well and good, until I try an assembly. Then it always under-estimates for me, so I go back through and take the weights it gives for each part and add them up. I'm usually about 10% over its estimate. Ouch. Other than that it's nice.
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