Acad2008 license for Acad Mechanical 2008?

[voltron]

Hi; Can I use my Acad2008 license for Acad Mechanical 2008? I wish to download Acad Mechanical 2008 and am thinking if my old license for Acad 2008 will work for it...Can it work for it? Thanks! voltron

[Cad64]

The answer is no. A software license is only good for the program it is registered to. If you want Mechanical then you need to purchase the program.

[voltron]

Hi Cad64;

 

Thank you very much. I tried it out it didn't as you said it was.

 

Well anyway, guess I have to stick with Acad 2008. Are there any plug-ins that may be added so Acad 2008 can be as Acad Mech?

 

Kind regards,

 

voltron

[tzframpton]

What kind of Mechanical work are you going to be doing?

[GE13579]

If you upgrade to Mech you will still have use of Vanilla if that's what's stopping you?

[GE13579]

Styk has a good point, there are 3 (I believe) mechanical based ACAD packages- Mechanical, MEP and MDT. If you are to upgrade make sure you have the right version for the purpose.

[voltron]

Hi guys;

 

I am self-studying as of now but I took Mechanical Engineering in College. I plan to do practice on mechanical assembly workshop drawings for plastic encapsulation molding/tooling/trimming/debar dejunk process' which are related to semiconductor electronics manufacturing.

 

I do wanna learn more from you guys that's why I joined here in CadTutor. I use Acad 2008 but I here that Acad Mechanical has more simplified routines tailored for Mechanical drawings. I do wanna learn more of it.

 

Any help will be really appreciated. Not yet upgrading but I am considering it.

 

Thanks!

 

voltron

[tzframpton]

Hi guys;

 

I am self-studying as of now but I took Mechanical Engineering in College. I plan to do practice on mechanical assembly workshop drawings for plastic encapsulation molding/tooling/trimming/debar dejunk process' which are related to semiconductor electronics manufacturing.

 

I do wanna learn more from you guys that's why I joined here in CadTutor. I use Acad 2008 but I here that Acad Mechanical has more simplified routines tailored for Mechanical drawings. I do wanna learn more of it.

 

Any help will be really appreciated. Not yet upgrading but I am considering it.

 

Thanks!

 

voltron

Inventor and/or Solidworks might actually be a much better choice for the trade you're going into.

[voltron]

Hi; I am also thinking about it but am not yet going for the leap. I just am a beginner and I might not be able to grasp the change that fast. I do not have formal education on CAD you see...but as mentioned I am thinking about it. Maybe you can guide me towards a link for tutorials for Solidworks.. Kind regards, voltron

[GE13579]

It largely depends on what you want- I was assuming 2D which is why I'd not suggested Inventor- we also use Inventor here but it's a very slow process currently deciding whether 3D is the best solution for our application- we're currently looking at it more for clash detection purposes.

 

I get the feeling I might have opened a can of worms here...