Surfacing in Inventor v/s AutoCAD

[sbhardwaj.amu]

Hi everyone,

While just working around and a beginner in surface modelling, I wonder what is the differnce in surface modelling done in Autodesk "AutoCAD" and that in "Inventor". Iam working over 2014 versions of these softwares.

Is knowing any one of these modelling package is quite suffecient for 3D modelling

Thanks

[JDMather]

Surface modeling in Inventor is parametric.

In AutoCAD - it is not.

There are a bunch of (old) AutoCAD and Inventor surfacing tutorials in my signature.

[PaulMunford]

AutoCAD can handle solids, surfaces and meshes. Creating drawings pre-release 2014 is pretty hard work.

They are both based on Autodesk's ASM Kernel, so technically you should be able to get the same result from either.

Why are you not looking at Alias or Rhino? Have you looked at Fusion360?

Personally, I would go for Inventor, but I would say that a good understanding of surfacing theory is crucial to success no matter what software you choose.

[mrattray]

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@PaulMunford wrote:
 a good understanding of surfacing theory is crucial to success no matter what software you choose.

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Indeed.

[sbhardwaj.amu]

I am looking if it is possible to do the surfacing in the same software so I may not be shifting from one workspace to another. Is it possible ? And of course I will look for surfacing theory.

Thanks

[JDMather]

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@sbhardwaj.amu wrote:
I am looking if it is possible to do the surfacing in the same software ...

Thanks

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Do what surfacing? You have not defined your problem.  Do you have a url or image to something similar to your problem?

There are a bunch of (old) AutoCAD and Inventor surfacing tutorials in my signature.

Expect to spend at least 6 months learning any software.

[sbhardwaj.amu]

Dear Mather,

I have just seen your blog and I admit the tutorials you have provided really worth. But my problem is quite different.

I want to model human feet by knowing coordinates of certain points over the feet. I don't know if it is going to work in the manner I am thinking, like first knowing the coordinates and importing them in Inventor for surface modelling. Is it the right way, or I have to move to some other workspace like Alias. I will appreciate the suggestions.

[JDMather]

Although it might be possible to model a foot in Inventor

http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/content/DSG322/Student%20Gallery/Dogging%20It.jpg

I would probably use some other software.  Maybe Alias or Fusion 360.