3d cad

[mr henderson]

This is getting a bit silly. OF COURSE SOLIDWORKS IS BETTER, no-one, least of all me, is denying that.


Please remind me how much Solidworks costs someone who is buying it, and then we can compare it with how much Sketchup costs.


Here is a list of what the professional version ($495) can do in terms of import and export. I believe that you can get 8 hours of demo use free, so you can create a model in the free version, then use 30 seconds of Pro time to export it in the chosen format.

http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/p.../whygopro.html

The tinterweb is a wonderous machine, I got about 8 Siouxsie and the banshee albums in a matter of hours with as many if not more Cocteau twins albums say no more

[mr henderson]

Originally Posted by fabbyglass

The tinterweb is a wonderous machine, I got about 8 Siouxsie and the banshee albums in a matter of hours with as many if not more Cocteau twins albums say no more

Dubious moral ground though, isn't it. How would you feel if someone took moulds off stuff you've made?

Originally Posted by mr henderson

Dubious moral ground though, isn't it. How would you feel if someone took moulds off stuff you've made?

I made a point of taking the piss at Stoneleigh a few years ago when I saw that Carbon Mods had copied my low side seat. If you look at the stuff they do it's all copies of Westy and caterham stuff.

Laws are made to be broken otherwise what is the point off having coppers

[mopple]

Mr Henderson,

You started to compare SolidWorks with Sketchup.

For true mechanical CAD the cheapest option is Alibre Pro http://www.alibre.com/products/ad_compare.asp. It's not as mature as SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor or SolidEdge, but it is also a lot cheaper than other mid range MCAD packages.
I will say again that Sketchup is not a mechanical engineering CAD software, although it can be used to make very neat models and schemes in PRO version.
For 2D CAD I sugest to check out fee DraftSight from Dassault Systèmes the mother company of SolidWorks.

[mr henderson]

Originally Posted by fabbyglass

Laws are made to be broken otherwise what is the point off having coppers

What an extraordinary thing to say.

Originally Posted by mopple

Mr Henderson,

You started to compare SolidWorks with Sketchup.

No, I didn't, I simply pointed out that it would be possible to draw up a chassis in Sketchup.

Originally Posted by mr henderson

What an extraordinary thing to say.


If it was legal to go as fast as you like then folk wouldn't bother, take CB's when they were illegal everyone and his hamster had one then they legalised them and no bugger wanted one.







No, I didn't, I simply pointed out that it would be possible to draw up a chassis in Sketchup.

I was led to believe that the Roadster was done in sketchup but then i might be telling fibberoons again

[minicountryman1961]

if you are a student or teacher, or know one. You can get it at a discount.

http://www.journeyed.com/item/SolidW...044?show=specs

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