AutoCad Inventor 2010

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by pyr0b0y

I learned how to CAD on Inventor my freshman year and did not find it that difficult to learn. FIRST provides tutorials that walk you through using Inventor, which I found very helpful. Three years ago, in my Junior year, I tried out Solidworks and have never switched back since. I personally think that you should start with Inventor and progress to Solidworks. Solidworks is an extremely powerful program and can be a little daunting for someone who has not been exposed to CAD.

I don't really know how to say why its easier for me. But what I can say is that the tutorials were so straight forward and the modeling process was taught quickly in less steps than when I began learning Inventor. I guess it also depends on which tutorials you use. What I do love about SW is the insane quality of the renders. For examples, see a few of roboticwanderer's renders in CD Media. I can't really say much more than that as I didn't follow through with the long Inventor tutorials and just went to SolidWorks For me overall it was just about getting results faster. BTW, I'm not saying Inventor doesn't produce quality renders. SW is also used more in industry.

Mine:http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/32115
roboticwanderer's awesome stuff:http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/search/results/331425