jmcoope3, that SketchUp program is somthing that may be perfect for me. do you know if you can create BOMs, import solid modeling parts and automatically create projected views such as solidworks can(.sldprt files)?
Also on wages, what would one expect to pay a college student with years of cad...
the way i see it, i would be making an average of $10 an hour. working probably 30 hours a week. being a college student with tuition and all, i don't know if the 4K program would let me profit anything. prove me if i'm wrong but make $10 an hour for 2 years and having to pay a 4K+ loan seems...
i totally forgot about the student edition not being able for commercial use. i looked it up on their website and it even says that they put the watermark on there to stop cheating companies. I agree with them on that one! i wouldn't cheat solidworks out of their money even if i could. i heard...
first off, thanks for all the replys. its good to get a lot of opinions on this before i actually do it if i decide to. Too clarify things, i WOULD NOT be on unemployment if i start this business. i am hoping it would be the only source of income for me and not unemployment. Second, my intent is...
I was recently "permanatly layed off" from my job working as a custom machine designer and builder. I was working on average 50 hours a week and still attending college full time. not to mention that i just bought fix er up house and only 21. the work load became to much and i was late a few...