EngrMech,
It's time to put your money where your mouth is. If Inventor is so hot, then why don't you download a copy of the MOAC from MidrangeCAD.com and fill in the blanks. And be honest.
Now before you start making accuses about why you're not going to contribute any information, or make accusations of wrong doing and blow the whole thing off, let me state right now that the information in the comparison has been supplied by people just like yourself. And if there's is any wrong or misleading information in it, it's not my fault. It is the fault of the users, people such as yourself, or people that don't have a clue.
Every time I see someone open their mouth about Inventor, the same sales pitch blows out - large assembly performance, concurrent engineering, ease of use, blah, blah, blah. And time and time again, the readers of not only this forum, but all forums of this type all come to the same conclusion, that someone's idea of a "large assembly" or "ease of use" is so subjective that there is now way to support such claims without a some form of laboratory testing.
So that only leaves one outstanding issue, concurrent engineering. So what is it? What does Inventor do that is so great when it comes to concurrent engineering? I have asked this question a countless number of times and the response is always the same - NOTHING! If it's so note worthy, why doesn't anyone talk about it in detail?
As far as I'm concerned, and I'm sure others as well, you sound very much like all the other low-stick time CAD operators that have finally made it off some second rate 2D package. Well, now's your change to defend Inventors honor (start climbing the water tower with the paint).
My sincere and deepest apologies to the other readers of this post. I get a little worked up from time to time.
Jim Smithie, Webmaster
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