Here’s the thing that your boss should really consider. I would however disagree with using solid edge because fat chance you will find a cool company to work for/with who uses that solidedge … vellum… inventor… Ill go out on a limb and make a stereotype that the companies using those aft mentioned use powered creamer in the company brake room or cafeteria and don’t pay well nor do they value what a designer would bring to the table. Requiters would pull them out fast so they instead trained them Rhino 3d so they could keep them more than a year.Ĭreo also allows higher order math on curves such as 5 to 7 degree curve in a single span soon to have a G3 button needed for products like the back of the first iphone case. (yes engineers often control the budget) I remember back in the day at Motorola they couldn’t keep ID’ers after they got them onto Pro/ENGINEER. For an ID’er to integrate into a product development team of engineers who are currently using Creo you a shoe in. simular icons (they copy each other)Īnd on top of all that Creo is in big demand. The total price for Spaceclaim/Rhino/Keyshot render/Data Exchange Pkg (if required) could approach to what Solidworks would be. Spaceclaim has a Rhino plugin for 2 way exchange between the two programs. Rhino is needed for complex surface work. Unlike Solidworks sometime making a change can be time consuming because the model features are history based. Note: A very appealing package because of Spaceclaim’s very easy direct editing method that is very complimentary to ID which is constantly making changes to CAD model during the development process. Rendering is weak might need to buy separate rendering program. Note: Formerly VX of USA which was sold to ZW a Chinese CAD company. No info as to how adequate the drafting module is for production drawing and if there is associativity between model and drawing

Think Sketchup like but able to create organic shape NURBS models. Note: Version 7 is rebuilt from the ground up making it much easier to use. Note: Development has been slow no new version for more than 2 years.įromZ Version 7. Note:Shark and Ashlar Cobalt are very similar because both product were developed by the same person.Īshlar Vellum Cobalt. Resarch conducted in early 2012 to find a more affordable alternative to Solidworks:

Spaceclaim license cost