How much is solidworks?

I doubt it.

 

There are other alternatives? Like....? And what do you get?

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology when it's released.

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology treats non-native CAD data
EXACTLY like it treats native CAD data.

Compare this to how SolidWorks treats non-native CAD data... like some
sort of illegal alien.

In many cases modifying someone else's SolidWorks model in Solid Edge
with Synchronous Technology is much faster than modifyng the model
with SolidWorks itself!

The links on my blog answer a lot of the questions being asked about
what Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology can and can't do. One just
has to be intelligent enough to figure out what isn't stated outright
in those videos.

Both Tom Brewer and Matt Lombard have shown that they can't figure it
out and need to be spoon-fed.

Here is a clue for both of these idiots:

Parametric/history data doesn't transfer between SolidWorks and Solid
Edge with Synchronous Technology.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
http://jonbanquer.baywords.com/

 

There are other alternatives? Like....? And what do you get?

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology when it's released.

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology treats non-native CAD data
EXACTLY like it treats native CAD data.

Compare this to how SolidWorks treats non-native CAD data... like some
sort of illegal alien.

In many cases modifying someone else's SolidWorks model in Solid Edge
with Synchronous Technology is much faster than modifyng the model
with SolidWorks itself!

The links on my blog answer a lot of the questions being asked about
what Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology can and can't do. One just
has to be intelligent enough to figure out what isn't stated outright
in those videos.

Both Tom Brewer and Matt Lombard have shown that they can't figure it
out and need to be spoon-fed.

Here is a clue for both of these idiots:

Parametric/history data doesn't transfer between SolidWorks and Solid
Edge with Synchronous Technology.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
http://jonbanquer.baywords.com/

 

"No longer worth the money, even if it's free....."

That's funny, coming from a guy who's running cracked copies of
Mastercam X2 and Surfcam.

 

There are other alternatives? Like....? And what do you get?

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology when it's released.

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology treats non-native CAD data
EXACTLY like it treats native CAD data.

Compare this to how SolidWorks treats non-native CAD data... like some
sort of illegal alien.

In many cases modifying someone else's SolidWorks model in Solid Edge
with Synchronous Technology is much faster than modifyng the model
with SolidWorks itself!

The links on my blog answer a lot of the questions being asked about
what Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology can and can't do. One just
has to be intelligent enough to figure out what isn't stated outright
in those videos.

Both Tom Brewer and Matt Lombard have shown that they can't figure it
out and need to be spoon-fed.

Here is a clue for both of these idiots:

Parametric/history data doesn't transfer between SolidWorks and Solid
Edge with Synchronous Technology.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA

 

So you are saying that there is no cad data it can't read as well as
it's own?

I'm calling this Bull Shit!

There never has and never will be any software that can read ANY and ALL
data perfectly.

--

Michael Gailey
Artistic CNC Mill, Router and Engraver Programming
3D modeling for Product Design and Development
http://www.microsystemsgeorgia.com/toc.htm

 

And you stole the phrase from whom?

 

YOU don't even know when? But hype it anyway as the cure-all for
everything already?
Just as you did so many times in the past for so many other things
you also never used?

CLUE: It's not a CAD/CAM package or even a CAM package.
LOL ....

 

CLUE: You cannot accurately invent a history that is missing
nor add parametrics based on such with assured accuracy.
Not even in banquercadcam <BSEG>.

 

No doubt so is using Vector or BobCAD for the clueless.
(No disrespect to either/any package intended.)

 

HOW IN THE HELL WOULD YOU KNOW. WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF CUT & PASTE
BULLSHIT. TRUE IT MAY TAKE YOU LONGER THAN SOMEONE ELSE TO DO ANYTHING
WITH ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE EVEN IF YOU KNEW HOW TO DO IT. HAVE YOU EVER
MODIFIED SOMEONE ELSES MODELS THAT WERE DONE IN SOLIDWORKS IN SOLIDWORKS
OR JUST READ IT SOMEWHERE ON SEIMENS WEBSIGHT OR SOME OTHER SALESMANS
SIGHT THAT THEY SAY IT WOULD BE FASTER TO DO THIS. WHY CANT YOU CRAWL
INTO A HOLE SOMEWHERE AND THROW ALL YOUR BULLSHIT IN ON TOP TO KEEP YOU
WARM

 

Then clearly we must not depend on you.

 

Exactly.
It's almost as if they were never needed in the first place, right <G>?

 

It was mentioned already, but SW can be bought as a student version, as long
as you can provide proof that you are taking a class in SW. You can get it
with a 2 yr license for $99, IIRC . It seems to be fully functional, I used
it for a college class, but will print out your drawings with a "Student
Version" watermark on the lower left portion of your print. It's more than
good enough to get your feet wet in SW. Hope this helps........... Mark

 

IIRC The "watermark" can not be removed ..... what if such parts
are later used in an assembly with non-student software?

 

If you do decide to go with the student edition and then decide to
update later to the real version, any of your models/designs done would
not open in the production release as usable files. You could export as
a neutral file and import that but you'd loose all features and begin
with a dumb solid. Also find out who your local VAR (reseller) is and
see if they can get you a 30 day trial to see if SW will fill your needs
as well.

 

Not entirely sure. I made assemblies at home and opened them up at school
with an educational version. Opened with no problems, but never printed from
there. I never tried to work around the watermark cuz I didn't need to.

 

In the nitch of 3D mechanical design there is no equal when it comes to

I certainly believe that.

There are plenty of opportunities if you know Pro-E... you just have
to know where to look and how to market yourself. These opportunities
are usually with larger more established companies that have better
benefits and pay more.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
http://jonbanquer.baywords.com/

 

What lies are you telling now?

 

I just (very slowly) searched Monster.com ....
SolidWorks = 1,435 hits
SolidEdge + "Solid Edge" = 147 hits
AutoCad = >5,000 hits
Inventor = 485 hits
Inventor Cad = 217 hits
CAD = >5,000 hits
Unigraphics = 292 hits
Pro-E + Pro/E + Pro_E + ProE + Pro/Engineer(hard to search for; too many
possible names) = ~ 4,211 hits (I think)
Catia = 577 hits
Computervision + CADDS = 28 (I had to use global on that; the others
were all US I think).

Looks like the clear leaders by number of open jobs are PTC &
AutoCAD. How much each might pay is another matter.

HTH