Using ProE after SolidWorks - how hard can that be?

I am an experienced SWX user. I have a new customer who would like me
to use ProE. How big a step is that? I refer not to cost, but the user
interface.

Thanks

 

Hopefully you have a good hair replacement insurance policy. The
learning curve is not to bad. It's like any other program but it
definitely does things different. If you're proficient with SW then you
should pick up Pro fairly easy. The thing I didn't like was that it
automatically dimensioned everything but you could drag a line and the
dimension would change. If you wanted it to be a specific dimension, you
had to manually lock the dimension to prevent it from changing. Then you
had to remember to go back and unlock it so that it would update if you
had it liked to another feature. And you are constantly changing the
dimensions to a "driven" dimension since it usually didn't dimension it
the way it would need to be.

 

And,... you're a Pro/e user, a expert... and/or, you've never really
used Pro/e,... just got frustrated with it and talked about it over a
few beers (or 6+).

I have to tell this story again,... I did a review of a design I had
completed in SW2005 (fully relational master model (curves/surfaces)
to solid/sheetmetal models and > 200 megs)) and the head manager of
the program started slamming Pro/e saying it sucked and that he
personally pulled to plug on PTC,.. blah, blah,.. as I was doing the
presentation,... (fucking clueless manager who NEVER really used Pro/
e!!!),.. he then asked how I laid out my design,... I said, I did it
just like I would have designed it in Pro/e,... The guy goes off (not
happy cuz he's a typical clueless power sucking ego head) saying he
did not pay (nothing in the contract) for the design to be layout like
that,.. blah, blah,...
I said, well, I'm finished with the design and if you want it done
YOUR way (basically, no relationships and NO surfaces), you'll have to
pay someone else to do it or export the data as Parasolid (dumb),...
(how sweet!!)
I luv it when nazi managers realize I'm NOT their whipping boy!! I
refused to work with this guy because everytime he called me he wanted
to get me to do something because he couldn't get me to change it his
way (the typical asshole manager). So, last thing I did for he was,
save the asm data as Parasolid because,... THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT
PARASOLID WAS!?!?!!?? (idiots!!)
Over 1.5 years later,.. the SAME manager MILKED that project to the
very end,... My data was NEVER changed or updated to his way,... I
LUV IT!!

...

 

If you don't take the short bus to work you shouldn't have any problems.