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BigJoe
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At the risk of flame-baiting myself I am asking, very seriously, if any
of you have a good comparison matrix of Pro/E and Solidworks
features. My searches don't turn up anything later than
2003. I know that SW has made some good progress since then and I
would like to see something current. If you know if information
regarding PDMWorks vs. Intralink, I would love to see that, too.
Any information you can provide from personal experience would also be appreciated.
The reason I ask is because we are a currently a Pro/E house and we're
looking to set up a PDM system. It's a good time to evaluate the
options before making a purchase.
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Dell_Boy
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From my limited time using SolidWorks 2005, a few limitations that really stood out.
Pro/E has MANY more options for patterning features and components that SW simply does not possess.
Pro/E's family tables is more powerful and easier to use particularly with BIG tables
Pro/E relations (SW equations ?) are easier to write and understand. Pro/Program makes them more powerful still.
The ECAD interface is included in Pro/E, separate purchase for SW. (the native one included in 2005 is near useless)
Pro/E has interchange assemblies for automatically swapping alternative components.
SW has no equivalent of Feature/Copy/Dependant
Model Tree in Pro/E can show much more information especially when run undocked in your second monitor
Dragging sketcher handles while in 3D can't be done in SW
Pro/E handles BIG assemblies better
Variable pitch springs are a doddle in Pro/E
I never did find out how to show stopped threads in SW without
resorting to a rotational cut which is a darned expensive way to model
them.
Either SW or SolidEdge can't do tolerances that are either both positive or both negative.
As part of a special offer, we were able to purchase Foundation
Advantage plus a seat of Mechanica for about the same price as the
basic Solidworks.
DB
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BigJoe
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Thanks for the reply Dell_Boy. That's the kind of information I'm looking for.
For those of you that have experience with later versions of SW, how
does Dell_Boy's summary change? I have heard that SW has
addressed their issues with large assemblies in later versions.
What about surfacing? Does SW hold G2 continuity like Pro/E does?
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Dell_Boy
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I must have been suffering from brain fade last night
The comments actually refer to SW2005 not 2004 and I have edited the post to reflect this
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Edited by Dell_Boy on 07 November 2005 at 12:16am
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I fully agree with Dell_Boy, though I have used Solidworks 2006 as well.
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One thing about Solidworks is that its much much better than INVENTOR.
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BigJoe
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Thanks again Dell_Boy and thank you Israr. Have you guys seen any comparisons in any trade journals or anything lately?
Any thoughts on PDMWorks vs. Intralink?
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Is there anyone who has a similar comparison matrix of Pro/E and CatiaV5 features?
BR
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Sorry Moose, can't help you with that one. Last time I used CATIA was V2 release 2
DB
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Any Solidworks 2006 users care to chime in? I'm in the process of evaluating a change from Pro/E to Solidworks and I'm curious to hear what the Solidworks powerusers have to say.
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