Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] SolidWorks - or Ironcad???

Also consider Ironcad which I use all day at my day job - check it out
at www.ironcad.com as another excellent solid modeller and (I think) a
little cheaper than Solidworks. It is native file compatible with many
other CAD (and CAM) products.

Two years ago, I evaluated both and found Ironcad to be much easier and
more intuitive (and hence productive) than Solidworks or Solidedge.

It gets my vote!

Regards Peter


Randy Gordon-Gilmore wrote:

>
> At 08:29 AM 6/27/2001 -0700, Marcus & Eva wrote:
>
> >If you are contemplating a lot of design work, I would bite the bitter pill
> >and cough up the dough for Solidworks.
>
> I heartily agree. I use SolidWorks at the "day job", and it is the best
> design program I've ever used (VersaCAD, CadKey, AutoCad, Euclid being the
> also-rans)
>
> >It will be pricey (around $5000.00 US) but it's well worth it if you expect
> >to spend more than 25% of your shop time on design.
>
> One thing to be aware of: Unless you never plan to share designs or work
> with other vendors who use SolidWorks, you are virtually required to be on
> the maintenance program also, because each (yearly) major release changes
> the file format, they are not backwards compatible, and there is no
> provision for saving in an earlier version.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy
>
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