Pro/Engineer to Inventor

[RayTrowsdale]

My company is soon going to be changing from Pro/Engineer to Inventor. I have a couple of questions about this.

How does it compare? I've seen a demo and it looks OK but that is not the same as using it is it!

All our products up to now have been designed on Pro/E. Does anyone have any tips on data translation to Inventor? What problems will we encounter?

How quickly are we likely to be up to speed with Inventor?

Thanks for any advice.

Ray

 

[aardvarkdw]

I have never used Pro/E so I can't speak to how it compares but I do know that there is a translator addin that you can get from Autodesk Labs which should make translating data fairly painless. Again I have never used it so I can't be certain but here is the link.

http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/translator_add-ins_for_autodesk_/

David

 

[sbozy25]

Inventor is much more user friendly in my opinion. I have used, Pro E, Solid Works, Ideas, UG, Catia, and Inventor. So far my favorite is Inventor, personally I think the commands are easier to learn and I think the over all interface is better.

I will tell you that it will take some time to get used to, mainly because it isn't the program you have been using. But with a little training and effort on your part, I think you will grow to love the program.

 

[RayTrowsdale]

Thanks for the advice. I've not doubt it will be frustrating - I've been using Pro/E since version 12 way back in about 1994 and have never used anything else! I will check out that translator David.

 

[kennykcheng]

Inventor is just as powerful as Pro-Engineer. It has Vault just as Pro-Intrelink for storage. Since you or anyone that knows Pro-E shouldn't have any problem with Inventor.

 

[jenni77]

I changed jobs earlier this year and after over 10 years of using Pro E I'm now a fully fledged Inventor user. After 2 days with a manual and some sniffing around the programme (no official training) I was up and running producing models and drawings. Inventor was really easy to pick up after using Pro E for so long but I'd have to disagree about the power of the tool.

It's no where near as parametrically strong (if you are used to being able to use measure features and dimensional tags in notes/tables etc), but I think you will certainly be up and running in no time.

 

[65Roses]

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[RayTrowsdale]

I just had the 4 day Inventor Essentials course so I know a little more about it now.

I'm impressed with some aspects of it but very worried about others. The bits that worry me are surfaces and drafts.

Surfaces seem very basic and drafts are only the most simple types as well.

Until I start using it at work I won't know if my fears are justified. No doubt I'll be posting a few queries on here.

Thanks for the replies so far.

Ray