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[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by steelerborn

Hmm good question. I was first trained in ProE and then self taught myself SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor. I would say for making individual parts SolidWorks takes the cake, the ribbon structure and layout is very very simple to both understand and use. However when you get into more complicated assemblies, ProE is better. ProE does a better job at keeping individual parts organized in a complex assembly. SolidWorks puts mates under its own tab and you have to find which one you want to modify, ProE automatically keeps mates together by part. SolidWorks outlines most lines (you can turn this off) and makes the part look very nice and easy to see. ProE is a little hard to stare at sometimes, but you can get used to it. ProE creates far better renderings than SolidWorks in my opinion.

ProE versus solidworks is a somewhat unfair compairson, as Catia is the equivalent software from Solidwork's manufacturer.

I've had to use ProE a lot for school, and prefer solidworks and Catia to it. To each his own. Also, trivially correction but mates are also listed by part in solidworks.