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Re: Why Inventor?

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
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.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what cost team 1251 (TechTigers) their shooter last year. They designed around Inventor's weight estimates and ended up over...
(I may be wrong on this so if any Tigers wanna correct me, feel free.)
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