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Unread 12-01-2007, 03:08
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Re: AutoCAD vs. Inventor

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Originally Posted by raf4far View Post
I love both programs but I would lean more toward Inventor. AutoCAD is great because you can design ANYTHING you want to and you have endless possibilities and the program doesnt make your computer lag as much as Inventor but in Inventor you can actually visualize the part or robot right in front of you and you can animate 3D movements demonstrating how the robot works or how its put together.
OH! BELIEVE ME!!! Autocad can lag! even on my home computer that is running a amd64 3200 with a quadro FX 1000 graphics card and 2 gb of memory. (i built this computer specifically to run CAD) once you get up to 27,000 KB Autocad Drawings with 2000+ 3D objects, each detailed down to the threads on the bolts and the individual links of chains, your computer will lag with AutoCAD. it can take up to 3 minutes to just load it into autoCAD not to mention the 3-5 second lag in between EVERY frame when rotating it.
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