New to 3D printing. Solidworks or Autocad for design?

[LambdaFF]

I haven't found any soft remotely close to CATIA.

It is just so crazily overpriced and good at what it does, it stands apart. ;-)

Honestly, though, if Nissan, Dassault, Boieng and Airbus agree to pay for developments of that, ... must be some good in it.

[Sebastian Finke]

I haven't found any soft remotely close to CATIA.

It is just so crazily overpriced and good at what it does, it stands apart. ;-)

Honestly, though, if Nissan, Dassault, Boieng and Airbus agree to pay for developments of that, ... must be some good in it.

+1000. Add to that list Mercedes and McLaren.

Nothing comes close Catia. However for my business I could never afford. Bought Geomagic Design instead (Alibre Design back then). Haven't looked back as it has managed all my product and mould designs.

[oic-u3d2]

Between Solidworks and Autodesk Inventor - Either of those options will be a solid choice. I've used just about every major CAD package and they all do basically the same thing - they might just have different names for the icons. The functionality, though, is going to be the same.

[Marm]

Sketchup.


OK, I'll go home now.

[Mjolinor]

What is a "software snob"?

[Mjolinor]

Well that's pretty lame.

So basically it is a name you call someone when you don't want to admit they know better than you after they have given you some advice. Really useful that.

[Artiz]

Well that's pretty lame.

So basically it is a name you call someone when you don't want to admit they know better than you after they have given you some advice. Really useful that.

You sound very confused... read all the comments and replies here again a bit more carefully and then quote the advice given to me which you are referring too?

I took exception to an individual who had nothing else to contribute other than...

"Sketchup. OK, I'll go home now".

That's what I call lame...

[Sebastian Finke]

You sound very confused... read all the comments and replies here again a bit more carefully and then quote the advice given to me which you are referring too?

I took exception to an individual who had nothing else to contribute other than...

"Sketchup. OK, I'll go home now".

That's what I call lame...

That was tongue in cheek. Unnecessary of you to get personal.

[Artiz]

That was tongue in cheek. Unnecessary of you to get personal.

What does "tongue in cheek" mean?

[curious aardvark]

lmao - marm knows many things.

Among them, the fact that most of us don't rate sketchup for 3d modelling for 3d printing.

Hence the comment.

Apparently sketchup is easy to use (yeah well probably just me who had problems, lol) But by nature it uses faces not solids so can be a right bastard to get a working stl export.

tongue in cheek = not to be taken seriously