Honestly, the way PTC has completely dropped the ball when it comes to getting Pro/E into colleges is the main reason. One of the reasons the SW users hers (who never actually really put forth any effort to LEARN Pro/E) are pushing for it is the lack of Engineers who can use Pro/E fresh from school. I'd rather them hire experienced Engineers, but maybe that's just me....
So, I think it will look good on MY resume, so I'm going to put effort into learning it. I will give it a fair evaluation after I've learned enough about it's capabilities, though I will say it will probably be very much like friends who are very experienced users in both and in general are saying. We'll see. There are some things I like about SW from what I saw already. I'm curious about the GUI's all the i-phone kiddies seem to love......
And, from seeing their work, I'm sure I'll be more fluent in SW than they ever became in Pro/E.....and I'm also sure I'll even be better in SW than any of them. Only one of them even remotely impresses me in SW.
So, my questions to those who use both is:
1. What should I expect?
2. What are the shortcuts/tricks?
3. What is the easiest/best approach to learn it quickly and fluently?
4. Using surfacing and the advanced features like I do, what are the comparable features and building methods in SW?
Anything else you think I might want to know.
Grazie!
Stay tuned dear friends! 
Sooo, my new boss, the one who wants us to convert to SW so badly, had MCAD come in for a demo today. Prior to this, I sent them some surfacing files and other models to try and reproduce. The guy who came in, showed a new model containing my model (brought in as a STEP) and one next to it he did in SW and it looked good at first.....until I looked at the geometry. He was not able to reproduce the models I sent, but rather kind of cheated. Yes, he didn't have a ton of time to work on the models, but he had all of Friday, and the weekend, and this morning, and was not able to reproduce any of them. There is no graph feature, and the curve by equation wasn't as powerful. No trajpar, so instead of doing things easily within the VSS, you're forced to make several curves, and they're not as easy as doing it in Pro/E. No spinal bend either.
I figured he wouldn't be able to make most of them, but I was more disappointed that instead of simply saying he couldn't quite do it, he showed us a zoomed-out view of "sorta" the geometry that I wanted, then claimed he had made the geometry and then wanted to switch to something else.....until I stopped him and showed that he had not actually made the geometry. I'm sure vendors like that HATE me, but I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't make them do the hard stuff.
From what I see, SW has closed the gap.....not not there yet. Maybe for many, or even most, people, these tools never get used by them and they don't care. I DO use them as part of my job (Industrial Design), and I DO care. I'd have to say I plan on becoming an expert in SW also, but for new designs, I'd still recommend Pro/E for it's power.
Think of this analogy: How often do you need to use the emergency Room at the hospital.....but aren't you glad it's always there? 
But hey, they brought lunch for us!
Well, at least they agreed with you!
I think we're tired of PTC maintenance, and will probably dump it all, and just buy new seats every couple years once a stable datecode is made. This has the advantage of us actually, over the years, having more seats, even though some will be out of date. I mean, after using it for 19 years, I think I have yet to get my money out of it. The "help" really isn't, and usually I end up having to fix the issues myself because they can't, don't resolve it fast enough, or it's a bug they CAN'T fix.
The subject is pretty deep and no little post will solve it.
Pattern a 3D revolve along a 3D curve. Then sweep an equivalent surface along the same curve. You will quickly see how the leading and trailing edges of the 3D "tool" will change the results.
My favorite example is the involutes on a gear tooth where the hob making the gear has nothing but straight section elements.
Nice picture. Takes a while to display in my browser. That reminds me of the dial-up days of the internet as it loads from the top to bottom.
Here is another rather impressive capability.
Have a look under the lofted bends to see how easy it is to tweak the loft with feature parameters.
