In 2015, SW versus Pro E Creo, Solid Edge, Topsolid, inventor, Catia, ZW CAD

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Hello to the forum.

A small debate in a very SW environment.....

In 2015, how does SW compare to other products?

Pro E Creo, Solid Edge, Topsolid, inventor, Catia, SpaceClaim,ZW CAD........

- Field of general mechanics.
- Sheet metal and boilermaking.
- Management of large assemblies (asse and draw).
- Plastics processing (surface + shape retouching)
- Mechanical calculation.
- Realistic rendering, animation, ..
- Different options (file conversion, 

In terms of performance, productivity, ease of use, reliability (bug), ..............  

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Hello

I've been using Creo for about 6 years, before that I used SW for 2-3 years. 

I haven't followed SW's evolution so far so much so it will be difficult for me to compare the 2 softwares.

However, the 2 are quite close, both in terms of interface and features.

I can't say more, I don't want to distort the opinions

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Creo and undoubtedly more efficient /large assemblies and the surface.

Despite SW having seen x improvements in recent years.

However, it is still weighed down by its calculation engine.

 

 

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Hello.

 

I used Creo last  year and I just found it again (with joy!) Solidorks ... yes, well, I think we understand my love for the first one!

 

In fact, from my point of view, Creo is very good if you want to do surface. Solidworks is way too light on this ... And at the same time, if it allows it to lighten its price, why not. (I think there is a module, but I haven't tested it)

On the other hand, I find Creo a bit limited in some aspects. Quite regularly, I was looking for a function to simplify simple actions such as placing holes.

Whereas, on the other hand, I don't remember looking for existing functions in Creo when I was with Solidworks. In other words, Sldw also made them ;)

It should also be noted that Creo is an American software that is quite uncommon in France. In other words, you must have some knowledge of English to browse the internet/forum help

 

In short, from my point of view, if you want to do surface / mold or any other special stuff, go for Creo. Otherwise Solidworks is very good.

 

After all, between Solidworks and Inventor, there are no very obvious differences. The two products are equal, with each their own specificities. 

For example, Inventor allows you to work in projects. This is quite practical to find your links, background plans, nomenclatures etc specific to this specific project. Nevertheless, if you regularly have to juggle several files during the day ... And ba you have to close everything and declare your new work project to have access to it (annoying huh?)

 

For mechanical calculation, I think that on the whole its software is clearly not dedicated to it. Yes it can help you in making certain decisions ... But I wouldn't risk trusting them with my eyes closed. Nothing beats RDM software specifically dedicated to this.

 

But that's only how I felt. The best thing is to define your own needs and ask for a software loan to test them with them (I don't know if it's possible though)

There you go, I hope I helped you a little

 

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Catia is the must................ but it's not the same price

You can't compare logs without knowing their price and their possibilities

as said before what is your need

for RDM rendering and calculation

There are specific logs that do it very well 

Today we have racing PCs with multi cores

SW works largely in single-core (like most of its competitors)

Since 2015 SW has been able to unfold complex surfaces

SW has evolved a lot since its takeover by EADS

It is no longer the specific pure mechanical software

See these articles

http://forum.solidagora.com/topic162.html

or also this rather bluffing page

http://www.rs-online.com/designspark/electronics/eng/nodes/view/type:design-centre/slug:3d-design-2

@+ ;-))

 

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Hi all

  I find this question particularly interesting. I've been using SWorks for 10 years, I've worked with Inventor for 10 years too, I've been through pretty much every version of Autocad/Autocad Mechanical from R2.1 to R2002i or so and I've been working with Catia for about 4 months. And yet... I'm always looking for the perfect 3D modeler. Creo would be my next step if the transition costs weren't holding me back.

    As many have said, SWorks and Inventors are very much equal. I found Inventor to be more intuitive than Sworks, more versatile, more configurable but less stable for large assemblies. When you open an assembly and the welds as well as the parts are cauliflower because a tangency constraint has been reversed, Inventor loses a lot of its charm. On the other hand, I loved the project environment that Inventor provides.

   The ability to create families of giant parts by linking Excel files to Solidworks is for me its primary quality. However, Dassault once again manages to cool me down when Solidqirks loses the link to the internal file or misinterprets it or incompletely. With time and effort, we can "almost" eliminate these problems.

   I didn't use Catia any longer than the trial version I was loaned because the learning curve is too steep. The fact that I often have to add a module to cover the whole spectrum of your needs also cooled me down. From a stability point of view, however, Catia is the leader in all categories and I recognize that an experienced user on Catia achieves results at least equivalent to those of cheaper software, at the same time or even faster.

   Brief:

How does Creo take care of room families and is it stable?

Does Feature Recognition live up to its promises? Better than SWorks'?

What is the support like?

How is the learning curve compared to Catia?

More questions than answers, but I had to know :)

 

Thank you to all the contributors, you are precious.

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