caseyanne Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I am just starting to play with Autocad 3D. Is it in any way the same as solidworks? It seems cumbersome, but I will look at a few tutorials. As of now, I don't see anything familiar, well there is extrude... Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I wouldn't expect it to be. Solidworks is way ahead of AutoCAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Curious - why are you using AutoCAD rather than SolidWorks or Inventor or Creo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyanne Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 JD - The company I now work for has AutoCad. Excuse my ignorance, but I am not sure if they have Inventor or Creo. Is this part of the Autodesk package? I was not asked to design anything 3D, I just want the skills. And yes, ReMark - I agree. It has been a long time since I had to create a drawing not just taken from a model. errgh all this offsetting, drawing lines, trimming... Not complaining though, I gotta job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Inventor is the Autodesk equivalent of SolidWorks. Creo is the renamed Pro/E (not an Autodesk product). 3D can be done in AutoCAD and the new viewbase command creates 2D from 3D in a manner similar to SolidWorks or Inventor, but the entire process is just not optimized like in the next-generation MCAD tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyanne Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Thank you very much. Inventor looks more familiar. I am going to give that a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Thank you very much. Inventor looks more familiar. I am going to give that a go. I suggest you start here http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/skillsusa%20university.pdf at first the little difference will drive you crazy - ask questions, there is an easy way equivalent to SWx technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevsmith Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Both Solidworks and Inventor are similar to use. Although I find surfacing and general design better in SW.Sheet metal design & weldments (framework) are better with Inventor. There is "no happy medium" for the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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