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Inventor vs. Solidworks


alijahed

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Hi All,

 

I've put this thread in this forum and the Solidworks one as well to get some feedback.

 

At the present, there is a good offer available for buying Inventor Pro for 8000 AUS$ and because of that I'm doing a survey about this software vs. Solidworks. So I need to have a chat with Professional guys like you to make the best decision. I'm trying to explain our situation and filed in the following, but if more details necessary I'm more than happy to provide.

  1. Our company is a branch of another company and we're working in the Aluminum Joinery (Doors & Windows) industry.
  2. we design Extrusions and Components for making Doors and Windows.
  3. In the both offices the main CAD software is AutoCAD.
  4. In the main office they have Solidworks for modeling.
  5. In here we don't have anything like that at the moment but because we gradually going to be involved in designing and modeling we decided to buy a package like Inventor or Solidworks.

That was a brief about our situation.

After the first meeting with managers these question just came through:

  1. In compare to that available offer for Inventor (8000 AUS$) how much is the Solidworks?
  2. Because in most cases we're using AutoCAD in both companies, which software is the best?
  3. Is there any problem going to be happened in sharing files and projects, if we use Inventor and they use Solidworks?
  4. As a professional, what do you recommend for us Solidworks/Inventor? And why?

Thanks in advance

 

Ali

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i currently use Acad, inventor and solidworks. I like solidworks best. Oddly enough file transfer from a dwg to solidworks is extremely easy. I always seem to have issues when going to/from inventor. Solidworks will be more money but i feel it is more friendly to use than Inventor and more powerful(depending on the package you get). there are several different levels of solidworks, but being the main branch of your company uses solidworks, i think going with an additional license would be far less money than adding a 3rd package to the mix. My use of inventor stops at Version 11pro, so i do not have any expreience with the latest version, but i am using solidworks 09

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