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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
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December 9, 2013

I found this curious:

"CAD has been around since the early 1980s, so there are many packages to choose from. Which software did the digital bad guys go after? The most popular of course—AutoCAD.

I have several clients in the manufacturing sector, and they all use AutoCAD."

I've worked with CAD almost 20 years. I started doing gage and fixture design on the board and in AutoCAD then changed companies and learned Pro/E in the mid 90s. I haven't touched AutoCAD since and rarely come across a company doing product design in AutoCAD. My impression is that it's still popular in architectural work, but not in product design or manufacturing. 3D modeling packages like Pre/Creo, Solidworks and Inventor have taken over.

I wonder who he's working with in manufacturing that they are still using AutoCAD?

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Jeroen1-Visitor
1-Visitor
December 9, 2013

We are... 😉

In many ways, a 'naked' Creo, or any other 3D CAD program, isn't the good solution for our business.

I didn't say AutoCAD is better, but why upgrading to 3D if there isn't any advantage?

But we're evolving. At this moment I'm programming a tool in SmartAssembly to make it possible to draw pressure vessels in Creo... We expect to upgrade to 3D somewhere next year.

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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
December 9, 2013

Oh, I know some are, but he's saying AutoCAD is still the most popular in manufacturing. I find that hard to believe.

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