Autodesk Inventor vs Figma

• The program is very good at simplicity. Each of the buttons, menus, and options has an explanation of exactly what the feature does, and even a more advanced description if you desire to learn more about what each one does.
• Autodesk Inventor is a very fast program. Everything renders extremely quickly and there are no delays when examining a 3D model, part, or assembly. This is especially useful when giving a presentation about a product or design, and you need to be able to show a concept to an audience in real time.
• The software has an extremely accurate simulation feature that lets users do stress analysis on a 3D model. It can calculate precisely where the stress concentrations are going to be in a particular model and even give you an accurate depiction of where the part could likely fracture and/or fracture during loading.

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• No installation needed! Functioning fully within a web browser, Figma can save on computer storage. And as an editor/designer, all the free space I can have is very much valued.
• Figma allows for real-time collaboration. This is the best part of this product, as it removes some of the issues of designing "in a vacuum" when your designers are often working remotely.
• Figma allows for ease of sharing and facilitating design feedback loops. Instead of having to use a plugin to a tool like InVision, we can quickly receive feedback within Figma and know that our comments are safely stored in the same place as the original designs.

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• Inventor demonstrates a lack of fluidity in the process of transferring data between programs.
• Inventor shows some lack of sophistication that certain features that are readily available in other design software packages are limited in use in Inventor.
• Inventor can often have difficulty in creating models that show true color, as in blacks can come out as dark grays in certain renders, even when the material and appearance settings are the same from part to part.

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• Default settings can often make it quite difficult to find specific assets when part of a complete UIUX build.
• Out of the box training is probably necessary but is not readily available or always intuitive.
• View options could be improved to make it easier to the casual user to understand what they are looking at within the design.
• Timestamp would be a nice-to-have feature to track iterations.

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• iLogic has enabled rapid design changes and model automation that save us time and money
• Cross-platform compatibility with other Autodesk products (e.g., CFD) keeps us in a single ecosystem with a single software vendor.
• Included data management tools save us from chasing files or components around and prevent data loss.

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• The most significant ROI has been time. It has saved our design team a lot of time that they used to spend packaging up designs and delivering them.
• Figma can sometimes be a little confusing for our clients who have access. There is more time spent onboarding new users than with other apps we've used.
• The comment function allows us to house any notes for the developer on the designs themselves instead of having to send separate documentation.

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