Strong Industrial Design Software
February 10, 2019
Strong Industrial Design Software
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Autodesk Inventor
Autodesk was recently selected as the design software provider for our entire organization. All divisions were migrated over to Autodesk Inventor. It is used to design all of our product lines.
- The frame generator module is a very powerful tool for designing structures. You can design structures very quickly using this tool. It can then be quickly analyzed using the FEA frame analysis tool.
- The sheet metal functionality is powerful. It offers many options and tools for sheet metal design work.
- The iLogic and Rules based design environment is extremely powerful for automating designs. If you have experience with basic coding, you can develop some very strong automated designs.
- The basic Vault system is a real plus for groups with multiple users.
- It needs a feature recognition tool like SOLIDWORKS FeatureWorks for importing model files from other cad platforms.
- Managing iLogic and Content Center libraries content can be tricky to navigate for new users.
- Inventor has allowed us to improve our product release times and reduce the design mistakes that are often found after the design has been released to the manufacturing stage.
- It has allowed all divisions to collaborate more efficiently.
Inventor is a very similar design platform as SOLIDWORKS. I have used both over the last 19 years. Functionality is very similar. In my own experiences, SOLIDWORKS has proven to be easier for new users to learn but Inventor has improved in that area over the last few years.