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"chrisb" <Mainly,
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what does it cost? We're considering moving up to Inventor (from Autocad 2002)
for solid modeling, but I 've just bounced back & forth between about 6 or
7 sites trying to find out just what does this product cost, but it seems that
web vendors want the price to be some deep dark secret. It's not available at
the Autodesk `Store', and the vendors I've called don't seem to answere their
phone directly, only call back from their voice mail. I guess I could wait for
some salesman to call back, and then when he says `So where should I ship it?'
I can say `Don't, I really just wanted to know how much it costs, and THIS IS
THE ONLY WAY TO FIND OUT.' I don't want to go to a seminar, see a demo, take a
course, or whatever, only to find out it's a few thousand more than what we
would consider worth the investment. I'm beginning to suspect that vendors
believe that if they make it enough of a hassel to get information, you'll be
so weary by the time you finally find the info you're looking for, you'll be
primed & ready to swallow anything that's fed to you; too weary to think
in logical term$ anymore.
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"Joe Bartels" <
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Unfortunately there are strict rules for VAR's
about giving out pricing information. That's why it's hard to find information
on the web. Autodesk has a set a limit on how far away from their office
can the VAR sell. This is so customers can be supported with their
product locally. Also, VAR's do not necessarily sell the same software
for the same price.
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"chrisb" <OK,
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my thanks go out to you, Richard, and to all wh0 responded. Hardware shouldn't
be a problem: Dell Dimension 2.5 GHZ / 512Meg RAM (which, I guess in maybe 2
yrs will be considered slow & feeble, but for now is fairly decent). I'll
try again, with my local vendors, to get pricing. Really, that's the main
thing. The assemblies we design here are generally not complicated
(industrial/municipal, and often fairly decorative lightning fixtures and cast
poles), but the shapes (cast aluminum) can get really tricky, sometimes (we
try to do a fair amount of `outside-the-box' thinking in our casting designs)
so good solid modeling capabilities (i.e, beyond what Autocad is capable of)
would be very helpful. However, we are not a large, big-budgeted company, and
I've been able to work with Autocad's (2002) limitations to a large degree -
but sometimes it can be really too time consuming. Our president seems to be
inclined, however, to progressive methods of design -he's an engineer, himself
- as long as it promises to be worth the investment. So I shall dig a little
further. Tnaks, again.
-Chris
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"chrisb" <Don't
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really know what video card is in this thing, but that's getting a little
ahead at this point. But it's good to know that it might be an issue. If we
have to upgrade the card, I'm sure that that will be a fiscally minor issue,
compared to the cost of Inventor. Still a factor, though. I have research to
do, now - I have many specific questions in my mind. Not the least of which is
- how easy is it to modify a solid shape, once it's been made. This is one
major pain when dealing with Autocad solids. I put a little decorative turn
here & there, president comes by - doesn't like the look - says `so just
change it'. OK, the faces won't move on this one, so UNDO back about 35 steps
to before I put in the turns, and redo everything from that point on. Pretty
ridiculous, really. Not long enough? Too bad - can't stretch it like a 2d. So
its Splice & dice time - very time consuming. Working in solids is
wonderful, I LOVE it, but with Autocad, it's hardly practical, unless you're
dealing with very simple shapes, as all of you in this group are quite aware,
I'm sure. PRACTICAL. COST EFFECTIVE. These are the mantra of tiny (though I
should say well established and highly regarded) companies like ours.
Chris
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