Operation of Inventor?

[SPEEDRE]

I have a Certificate in Auto CAD 2000, 2d, and an A.S. Degree, Mech. Eng. with SolidWorks 2008.
How much different than SolidWorks is it. I've been told, once you learn 3d operations, it can be easy to work any other type software. Extrude is extrude is extrude, if you catch my drift.

[somes31]

I was taught Autodesk Inventor in school and now I am using SolidWorks where I work, basically the same program, really easy to make the switch

[ger21]

I've played with Inventor, Alibre, Solidworks, and one other that I can't recall that had a free version a few years ago. They all work basically the same way.

[NEATman]

I use inventor at work and Solidworks at home. If you know solidworks well and you use proper modeling techniques, you should be albe to learn it in very little time.

I have noticed that using the fillet command is much more challenging on complex parts in Inventor, but aside from that, they are about equal.

NEATman

[SPEEDRE]

Thanks guys. I thought as much. I often see it on employment requirements and wondered if I could migrate to it.

[Johan Cnczone]

I used to work with solidwork, switched to inventor 2 years ago
Basically it is as easy as solidwork, but maybe the workflow is a bit different ( you start a design in assembly environment, not in part environment )