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Re: Inventor vs. ProEngineer

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Originally Posted by Adama View Post
Pro E is an unforgiving program while Inventor is quite the opposite. I have to learn Pro E for one of my design classes in college after using Inventor for almost three years and I want to punch the screen every time I use it. The only thing I have found so far that Pro E handles better than Inventor is the placement of datum/work planes. With that said Pro E will not work well unless you have a thorough understanding of setting up references within your drawings.

Inventor>Pro E
Actually, what you are describing is an advantage, not a disadvantage. In Pro, you must reference everything you model to a reference. You cannot have vague things floating in space. This is a good thing, since you always know exactly where things are.

By the way, it is best to speak of "models" instead of "drawings". The draing is only a representation of the model.
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