Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Comparison of Cadd

Hi,

Autocad 14 and 2000 does do solid modelling in 3D but not in quite the same
'video game' sort of way as other packages. Rhino Cad is another option
which uses basically Autocad commands and also does 3D solids.

Ian
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Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK
www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcus & Eva" <implmex@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 27 July 2001 15:37
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Comparison of Cadd


> Hi Tom:
>
> >Autocad is the industry standard and would probably give your lad more
> >options for future employment<
>
> True, true.
> But what an awful, counterintuitive, unfriendly program to have to
learn!!!
> For my money, the way of the future is solid modelling.
> That means either Pro E or Solidworks. (There are others, but these two
have
> dominant market share and are likely to be the de-facto standards of the
> future)
>
> The advantages of solid modelling for any kind of design are many, and
most
> serious designers are going this route in order to tap into those
benefits.
>
> An additional benefit of solid modellers, is that the skill set learned
with
> one program is far more transferable to another modelling package than the
> skills learned with a conventional drafting package.
>
> With solids, the model construction strategy is the bulk of the skill, and
> this is useful to know for any other solid modeller.
>
> With a program like Autocad, the commands and how to manipulate them
> efficiently is a far bigger part of what you learn, so a change of CAD
> package puts you much farther back (to square one) than it does if you
know
> how to model in solids.
>
> Not only that; a solid model gives you immediate access to a physical
model
> via stereolithography, whereas a CAD drawing gives you nothing in that
> regard, and stereolith is a godsend for those who need a physical model
but
> don't have the skills to make one.
>
> Last I checked, Solidworks is not much more expensive than Autocad; and
you
> have to consider that you are investing in your son's EDUCATION!!!
>
> Why hobble him with a dinosaur, when the cutting edge is available.
>
> Comments anyone??
>
> Cheers
>
> Marcus
>
>
>
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