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inventor vs nx siemens vs solidworks vs solidedge vs creo vs catia

teddy

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hello to all, you would advise me which of these cads proposed in the title is the best for designing automatic assembly machines.
without considering surface modeling, freestyle, spline etc., but instead considering mechanical design (lamiere, frames, pneumatic tubes and not, electric cables, animations of mechanisms, drafting of tables, fixings with screws of nuts, bearings, straps, pulleys, import of commercial components etc.).
Considering that I'm big enough, what would you recommend?
 
solidworks and inventor....pure as costs.
catia is very complex and high costs....you use it for automotive and molds.
nx has his pee and complications.
I do not like creo especially used in direct modeling.
 
provided that:
- they are comparing cads of different bands;
- it is not my intention to draw up a ranking of which is the best cad, but I am expressing a comment based on personal experience;
- in the forum there are other open discussions on this topic and there is hardly a unique answer
- I do not know directly some of them (nx siemens and catia) and little creo;
- we exclude the cost factor produced/assistance, which is a very important aspect in such a decision;
- the three same-end cads (solidworks, solid edge and inventor) are equal, allow to do the same things (some of them with the addition of additional modules compared to the basic version) and allow everything that is listed in the question

I had to make a choice from scratch, I would opt for solidworks as compared to its two direct competitors (solid edge and inventor) I think it is more intuitive and complete both as modeling parts and as creating and managing assemblies.
 
I read that inventor has problems with big assemblies, is it so also in version 2023?
 
inventor, even with versions prior to 2023, can handle large assemblies, with thousands of components.
problems (such as problems?) can depend on many factors: hw, uncovered files, network speed, error constraints, missing references, etc.
 
meccanicamg said:
solidworks and inventor....pure as costs.
catia is very complex and high costs....you use it for automotive and molds.
nx has his pee and complications.
I do not like creo especially used in direct modeling.
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What do you mean, "nx has his pee and complications"?
 
teddy said:
hello to all, you would advise me which of these cads proposed in the title is the best for designing automatic assembly machines.
without considering surface modeling, freestyle, spline etc., but instead considering mechanical design (lamiere, frames, pneumatic tubes and not, electric cables, animations of mechanisms, drafting of tables, fixings with screws of nuts, bearings, straps, pulleys, import of commercial components etc.).
Considering that I'm big enough, what would you recommend?
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The only advice I feel I give you, based on what you wrote, is to stay in the middle band.
I would therefore exclude nx and casket.
I mean, you mean the parametric, I guess, not modeling, right?
 
teddy said:
I read that inventor has problems with big assemblies, is it so also in version 2023?
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It is a widespread problem on all cads of any band, and the main cause is the unsuitable computer.
better have the clear ideas of their works and expose them to those who have to sell the cad.

By reading your needs ,exposed to the first post, it could be good also fusion 360 of autodesk, you do not buy, but you rent it annually with contained costs.

I tried by downloading the free trial version, but like all the trial versions, if you don't know how to use them it becomes difficult to evaluate them.
It's not good for my work, but I have to say he left me a good impression.

There are many tutorials on youtube , at least you do an idea if it is compatible with your work.
 
biz said:
The only advice I feel I give you, based on what you wrote, is to stay in the middle band.
I would therefore exclude nx and casket.
I mean, you mean the parametric, I guess, not modeling, right?
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I mean I create parametric.
I am aware that nx is very used in the automotive sector because of the surfaces, but is it used in mechanics?
inventor I read that it is very provided from the point of view of bearings, spins, screws etc...
 
teddy said:
What do you mean, "nx has his pee and complications"?
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nx for years I do not use it anymore but to use it in combination and 2d boards in short... has too many because and is even less intuitive than catia
 
teddy said:
hello to all, you would advise me which of these cads proposed in the title is the best for designing automatic assembly machines.
without considering surface modeling, freestyle, spline etc., but instead considering mechanical design (lamiere, frames, pneumatic tubes and not, electric cables, animations of mechanisms, drafting of tables, fixings with screws of nuts, bearings, straps, pulleys, import of commercial components etc.).
Considering that I'm big enough, what would you recommend?
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Hi.
as a multi-year user of nx if you have to do pneumatic tubes, electric cables, animations ... I warn you that for each of these applications it takes ad hoc packages so, if you are in a structured company with dozens of licenses you can also think of having floating packages with the advantage of having an integrated environment, but if you are in a small reality, let it go.
 
I also read that I create parametric is very clever in drafting and even in simple operations, inventor seems much more intuitive.
opinions on both?
 
teddy said:
without considering surface modeling, freestyle, spline etc., but instead considering mechanical design (lamiere, frames, pneumatic tubes and not, electric cables, animations of mechanisms, drafting of tables, fixings with screws of nuts, bearings, straps, pulleys, import of commercial components etc.).
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The best I don't know, as they already told you depends.
I can tell you, however, that important companies operating in the field of assembly automation, a former customer of vobarno (bs), to make an example without making names, which first used solidworks has moved from about ten years on cocreate and, to his say, is satisfied, others are following the same path.
 
Mario SJPD said:
The best I don't know, as they already told you depends.
I can tell you, however, that important companies operating in the field of assembly automation, a former customer of vobarno (bs), to make an example without making names, which first used solidworks has moved from about ten years on cocreate and, to his say, is satisfied, others are following the same path.
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co created, now I create element/direct modeling is a non parametric cad, I was looking for a parametric cad. an alternative always of the ptc is creo parametric.
opinions?
 
teddy said:
co created, now I create element/direct modeling is a non parametric cad, I was looking for a parametric cad. an alternative always of the ptc is creo parametric.
opinions?
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ex-pro-engineering parametric creo has always been much more sleek than solidworks although in the end it is a worthy competitor. He changed his name... but always that is.
 

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