kencaz Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 I just finished reading a review of Solidworks 2010 in the last issue of Desktop Engineering and it seems they have jumped on the Global Warming bandwagon. http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaatkr.htm Sustainability Xpress. A Solidworks Plug-in shipping with every copy, analyzes your model and tells you what impacts your selection of materials and manufacturing techniques has on the environment... Is this a joke... I don't use Solidworks but I hope Inventor does not go this route. I don't want my software telling me "PLEASE SELECT A DIFFERENT MATERIAL, YOUR MANUFACTURING OF THIS PRODUCT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE HABITAT OF THE RED WINGED BEETLE" Give me a break... KC Quote
JD Mather Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 I just finished reading a review of Solidworks 2010 in the last issue of Desktop Engineering and it seems they have jumped on the Global Warming bandwagon. They are all going that way. (see keynote and manuf keynote at http://au.autodesk.com ) Just ignore the hype. Quote
MarkFlayler Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 Mostly, this kind of stuff is good press, but the Autodesk methods does have a manufacturing element that I am interested to see how it plays out. For instance if you have a molded part it will tell you that the draft angle you have is not great enough to pull out of a mold. My biggest concern with any of these programs doing this is the age old line between thinking for you or helping you think. I am not sure I would trust any one of them with making manufacturing decisions for me. I'll listen to options, but who decides what is manufacturable and what is not? Quote
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