Comments on: Solidworks Settings for Inventor Users http://www.solidsmack.com/solidworks-settings-for-inventor-users/2007-07-13/ 3D CAD|SolidWorks Tips|Technology|Product Design Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:23:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Josh http://www.solidsmack.com/solidworks-settings-for-inventor-users/2007-07-13/#comment-3593 Josh Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:42:29 +0000 http://www.solidsmack.com/?p=256#comment-3593 Hey Timmi, thanks for your views. I mostly agree. I'm a snowboarder, I don't mind skiers. I'm a mountain biker, don't mind roadies... I'm torn on the mac vs. PC. anyway, it is childish huh. My CAD is better than yours. bottom line though, I've use Inventor, tried to re-use it. It was painful. Not fun. just like skiing and road biking are not fun for me. A lot of what I say is meant to be a tad sarcastic also. I know some enjoy Inventor... that's fine, but I'm also going to give my opinion about things. I'd also be the first to say if there's something better than SolidWorks, but for now I haven't seen anything as... here's that word... robust. by the way, I'm in Aerospace too. VIP Interiors. Have you checked out V6. Now there's something that may change CAD. Hey Timmi, thanks for your views. I mostly agree. I’m a snowboarder, I don’t mind skiers. I’m a mountain biker, don’t mind roadies… I’m torn on the mac vs. PC.

anyway, it is childish huh. My CAD is better than yours. bottom line though, I’ve use Inventor, tried to re-use it. It was painful. Not fun. just like skiing and road biking are not fun for me. A lot of what I say is meant to be a tad sarcastic also. I know some enjoy Inventor… that’s fine, but I’m also going to give my opinion about things. I’d also be the first to say if there’s something better than SolidWorks, but for now I haven’t seen anything as… here’s that word… robust.

by the way, I’m in Aerospace too. VIP Interiors. Have you checked out V6. Now there’s something that may change CAD.

]]> By: Timmi http://www.solidsmack.com/solidworks-settings-for-inventor-users/2007-07-13/#comment-3502 Timmi Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:30:18 +0000 http://www.solidsmack.com/?p=256#comment-3502 "You may have saved them from a painful future of continued Inventor usage." You know what this reminds me of? Like the rivalry between skiers and snowboarders, road cyclists and mountainbikers... Or rather those PC vs. Mac commercials... only it's nothing like that. Both Solidworks and Inventor are wonderful products, and in my eyes totally equivalent. Both have their idiosyncraties, strengths and shortcomings. I read just yesterday that Solidworks is adding some features I've seen in Inventor in 2004 when I took an Inventor class! So please, what good is mudslinging going to do you? It only mars your credibility for being an objective expert (rather than a blind worshipper). The CAD environment is a heterogenous one. Certain CAD packages are used more in certain industries (and for good reasons at that!), but that doesn't make them a better package, because I bet you'll examine another industry's requirements and your favorite will appear crippled in a few ways. I use both, and am now learning Catia (because it is used in aerospace up where I am). And I can tell you, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING PAINFUL ABOUT USING INVENTOR! “You may have saved them from a painful future of continued Inventor usage.”
You know what this reminds me of?
Like the rivalry between skiers and snowboarders, road cyclists and mountainbikers… Or rather those PC vs. Mac commercials… only it’s nothing like that. Both Solidworks and Inventor are wonderful products, and in my eyes totally equivalent. Both have their idiosyncraties, strengths and shortcomings. I read just yesterday that Solidworks is adding some features I’ve seen in Inventor in 2004 when I took an Inventor class! So please, what good is mudslinging going to do you? It only mars your credibility for being an objective expert (rather than a blind worshipper).
The CAD environment is a heterogenous one. Certain CAD packages are used more in certain industries (and for good reasons at that!), but that doesn’t make them a better package, because I bet you’ll examine another industry’s requirements and your favorite will appear crippled in a few ways.
I use both, and am now learning Catia (because it is used in aerospace up where I am). And I can tell you, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING PAINFUL ABOUT USING INVENTOR!

]]> By: Hacking SolidWorks Options Registry File and Change Settings to Another Version http://www.solidsmack.com/solidworks-settings-for-inventor-users/2007-07-13/#comment-609 Hacking SolidWorks Options Registry File and Change Settings to Another Version Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:16:33 +0000 http://www.solidsmack.com/?p=256#comment-609 [...] like to thank Kyle Mason for the meat of this post. He’s the guy that has created SolidWorks Options settings to help Inventor user’s transition easier to using SolidWorks. He provided settings for users with previous version by [...] [...] like to thank Kyle Mason for the meat of this post. He’s the guy that has created SolidWorks Options settings to help Inventor user’s transition easier to using SolidWorks. He provided settings for users with previous version by [...]

]]> By: Josh http://www.solidsmack.com/solidworks-settings-for-inventor-users/2007-07-13/#comment-611 Josh Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:50:00 +0000 http://www.solidsmack.com/?p=256#comment-611 Baker, sorry, I'm not too familiar with Inventor. Usually scroll wheel functions are set up in the mouse settings can be changed in the Windows Control Panel, Mouse. It may also depend on the mouse you have. Some allow you to set up the mouse to be Program specific. Hope this helps. Baker, sorry, I’m not too familiar with Inventor. Usually scroll wheel functions are set up in the mouse settings can be changed in the Windows Control Panel, Mouse. It may also depend on the mouse you have. Some allow you to set up the mouse to be Program specific. Hope this helps.

]]> By: baker http://www.solidsmack.com/solidworks-settings-for-inventor-users/2007-07-13/#comment-610 baker Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:08:02 +0000 http://www.solidsmack.com/?p=256#comment-610 this is nice to know how to change settings in Solidworks to emulate Inventor, but how can you make the scroll wheel rotate instead of pan in Inventor mechanical desktop? this is nice to know how to change settings in Solidworks to emulate Inventor, but how can you make the scroll wheel rotate instead of pan in Inventor mechanical desktop?

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