inventor lt dubbi

[guyver]

Hello I would like some clarifications on inventor lt.
premise
The project I was talking about some time ago is leaving.. .
so I would like to look for a "rigorous" cad to be alongside rhino

I would like to understand what are the limitations of inventor lt that seen its cost, about 1700 € in suites with autocad lt, is very attractive. . .

I design for the stone industry therefore, as I said, a typical work can be the helical handrail, conscientious etc.
I would typically draw all the handrail from floor to floor and then I would need to divide it into several pieces (to change then to put them in cnc) to produce.. .
Is it possible to share a part with you or is it considered together?
can you model multiple objects in the same part? example: handrail and conscientious in the same design
what is the modeling sheet (sheet metal) that lt does not have? Are there important features?
for other missing features (fea, tube, cable etc.) I would not miss it by using them... .
is the trial version of inv lt complete in all its functions?

then there would be the speech cam 5 axes but it is another speech for now.. :smile:

Thank you.

 

[pompeo79]

with inv lt you are limited to working in part environment.
you can work creating multibody parts (creations of parts in part environment), but for what you do it would be very relocated, losing all the advantages of a joint management (different components, management and bonding parts, etc)
the sheet module is a part of which you can hardly give up if the sheet is part of your workflow. you can find a lot of information on the network.

inventor lt we are on the 1700 euro
inventor pro over 6000. a very substantial difference must be justified, regardless of fea modules, dynamic simulation, etc.

 

[guyver]

I don't really do mechanical but stone (marble and stones) I don't think I need relational assemblies, I would use inventor as production cad and not design
I am ignorant of this speech but it is obvious that I do not work sheets but "blocks" more or less large, of marble... my question was just to see if there was something interesting in this "modality" even though I think I'm not.

the fact of managing multibody parts (then division into various pieces of a part) is a useful info because basic requirement. .

also for the issue components and bindings in reality I would not need it since most times the project is provided by third parties (autocad) I just have to realize the 3d and make the program for the machines

in my field they use pro-e (now I create) but it seems to me more expenditure than the enterprise paragondolo to inv lt

 

[arzigogolo]

Hello I would like some clarifications on inventor lt.
premise
The project I was talking about some time ago is leaving.. .
so I would like to look for a "rigorous" cad to be alongside rhino

I would like to understand what are the limitations of inventor lt that seen its cost, about 1700 € in suites with autocad lt, is very attractive. . .

I design for the stone industry therefore, as I said, a typical work can be the helical handrail, conscientious etc.
I would typically draw all the handrail from floor to floor and then I would need to divide it into several pieces (to change then to put them in cnc) to produce.. .
Is it possible to share a part with you or is it considered together?
can you model multiple objects in the same part? example: handrail and conscientious in the same design
what is the modeling sheet (sheet metal) that lt does not have? Are there important features?
for other missing features (fea, tube, cable etc.) I would not miss it by using them... .
is the trial version of inv lt complete in all its functions?

then there would be the speech cam 5 axes but it is another speech for now.. :smile:

Thank you.

Pompey quoto.
In my opinion, you should not take inventor lt. would be like taking a car with three wheels because, having to go always straight, there is no need not to flip the car by making a curve.

not to mention the possibilities that you preclude a priori, such as those deriving from the management of the assemblies, the basics, the constraints and a whole series of functions that would potentially ease you and not little.

Of course you save to take inventor lt and of course that 1700 € are attractive, but you also have little. practically nothing!

instead with a total expense not exaggerated for a company, you have a tool that allows you to face even the possible future developments of your projects not forcing you to make the purchase in a second time, resulting in double outburst of money only because you realize that the projects become more complex and inventor lt is not enough anymore. so you will practically threw out the window 1700 €.

What you think today will not serve you, tomorrow may not be like this!.:smile:

 

[Alby189]

I quote everything,
In addition, if you need to draw different components from the 2d you would like to "mount them" all in a single set as a final verification. If you draw the individual details then you do not know if the final assembly is correct, redesigning them from the 2d adds another degree of error possibility, I would eliminate it.
a question: can your customers who use creo or other programs not send you the step directly? ?
Perhaps the pro is exaggerated, you could limit yourself to the suite version, which does not have some features that would be useless to you (I do not know the versions of 2012, we have the ultimate)

 

[guyver]

I quote everything,
In addition, if you need to draw different components from the 2d you would like to "mount them" all in a single set as a final verification. If you draw the individual details then you do not know if the final assembly is correct, redesigning them from the 2d adds another degree of error possibility, I would eliminate it.
a question: can your customers who use creo or other programs not send you the step directly? ?
Perhaps the pro is exaggerated, you could limit yourself to the suite version, which does not have some features that would be useless to you (I do not know the versions of 2012, we have the ultimate)

mmm no
in reality autocad does it as master
99% of customers draw in 2d the rest when ok know what is rhino...(but it is not said you use it :wink

in fact rhino is enough for almost all the works but has its limits (which derive in part from its strength) I would like a more mathematically rigorous cad (as they say? fully costrained fully etc.)

for the proe/creo speech instead some firms I know do what I would like to do with proe but it seems to me that it has much more expensive licenses

I see I download the demo and make a real project to see what I can pull out.. .

I hope you give me a hand.

thanks for the answers

 

[AngeloB]

I have inventor professional, but I got to buy it from the basic version. actually inventor lt is very limited, but it could also be enough for you.
the important thing is not to throw money, he speaks clearly with your supplier, you will see that at least for a year he can get you the price of the lt version from that of the full version. it's not easy to switch from autocad to inventor, cuff a little with the lt version, but then invest a little money is made a good course.

 

[Tarkus]

let us also give an idea of how much it would cost you a possible future upgrade from inv lt to inv suite.
So you start modeling and your company pays off a resible cost... then in the future the amp. .

 

[pompeo79]

let us also give an idea of how much it would cost you a possible future upgrade from inv lt to inv suite.
So you start modeling and your company pays off a resible cost... then in the future the amp. .

Good advice!

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