Solidworks vs Rhino

[standles]

Ok guys...

Lowell has cleared it up and I consider it closed.


Lowell:

I will dig the emails up Monday and PM them to you. Nice to have a rep on the board. I hope you stick around a while.

Thread Originator:

My Apologies for causing your thread to drift. I should have seen it coming.


Finally:

Lets get back on topic


Steven

[sdantonio]

Steve,

No problems with the slight drift. Often on those little drifts I tend to learn things I didn't think to ask.

Steven

[turmite]

Originally Posted by standles Ok guys... Thread Originator: My Apologies for causing your thread to drift. I should have seen it coming. Finally: Lets get back on topic Steven

Actually Steve the thread is not that far off. sdantonio basically ask for opinions on whether to stay with Rhino or go to SolidWorks. We just helped him out!

Mike

[dertsap]

solidwork would probably be the better of the two , most times when a customer wants to sent a solid modle its in solidworks , if your the type who works in companies that run the higher end cad/cam programs , solidworks models import straight in ,more or less ready to start adding tool paths , how many companies use rhino ? gibbs and mastercam are the preferred for most large and also small companies and solidworks will import into both , at least mastercam does not 100% sure on gibbs ,
if it is a career choice higher end is usually the best choice

[dertsap]

Originally Posted by sdantonio Thanks Mike, Are their any third party cams that will work with solidworks. I know for Rhino there is RhinoCAM at about $2K (last time I looked) and MadCAM and about 1/4 the price. Steven

camworks used to latch itself up to solidworks 98 , i think it was solidcam or edgecam that came in later though i could be wrong

[Dan B]

most times when a customer wants to sent a solid modle its in solidworks

Not from what I see. We receive thousands of CAD files a year from our customers and potential customers (not that we get all that work, but we require CAD files for quoting purposes) and have yet to receive a SolidWorks file. I should note that this is automotive work, so it may be different in other fields. We receive mainly Catia, UG, I-deas,the occasional Pro-E, lots of IGES and STEP files.

Dan