SolidWorks or Autocad Inventor?

[MattB]

Hi
My company are in the market to purchase a 3D cad package and we have narrowed it down to SolidWorks and Autocad Inventor.
Any opinions would be much appreciated as I am having trouble deciding.
Be good to hear from anybody who has used both.

Cheers

Matt

 

[Deks]

I know it doesn't answer yuor question but we use Delcam Powershape. This is a hell of a good option. I suppose it may depend on your Engineering discipline. We had demos of inventor but it didnt suit the 3d modelling we required. Powershape was much more powerful creating complex shapes.

Deks

 

[BillytheImpaler]

SolidWorks, of course. Inventor is a cheap imitation Autodesk cooked up when its customers threatened to switch to SolidWorks. It's the best 3D design suite there is.

 

[lsg1r]

Solidworks, that (and 3ds max) is what I was trained in while I was at uni (product/industrial design) and they still are. Alias is usually used for automotive.

Personally never seen anyone using inventor

 

[PhillyDee]

Solidworks definately. Autocad has gone downhill since it became more of an architectural tool. Our place uses ProEngineer.