Are companies still using Autodesk Inventor

chris — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 22:48:54 GMT

I had 27 remote job offer emails/calls today, ALL of them were for Solidworks...? Are companies still using Autodesk Inventor? After Solidworks, the second most requested platform is Creo, Pro-E, Solid Edge, AutoCAD and the least requested is Inventor.

Are ya'll seeing the same thing? If so, why?

I talked with a PM today whose company uses Solidworks, all the parts he showed me today could have all been designed with iLogic, but they were doing them as (one off's) in SW. They actually have Inventor, but because the younger designers didn't like "AutoCAD" they changed platforms to Solidworks... as he put it, they thought Inventor was AutoCAD, because it was Autodesk.

Re: Are companies still using Autodesk Inventor

Gabriel_Watson — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:57:30 GMT

I think you know the answer to that one... haha

SolidWorks has just a lot more lobbying, and I think Autodesk probably does not advertise Inventor a fraction of what DA does with SW. Lots of automotive companies in North America have Catia, SW, and TeamCenter, so I feel like in Europe more people use Inventor, %-wise.

Solidworks has plugins and API just like Inventor, and the bigger user base probably guarantees more ready solutions too. However, almost every company working with SolidWorks probably uses AutoCAD for exports and some other work too.

I'm no Autodesk marketing member to know this, but I think the issue with Inventor is also having to dive into Vault as a PDM/PLM, and many MANY companies run on the behemoth that is TeamCenter. The design side can be an afterthought if you already have other larger systems in play.

I'm also not sure about how much penetration in the universities' market Inventor gets, but coming from South America I can tell nobody thought of learning anything else aside from SWs and Catia while in Mechanical Engineering undergrad. Blame all those dirty baja car projects...

P.S.: lots of hybrid AEC + D&M companies redefining the construction business are using Inventor paired with Revit, which I think is the edge Autodesk has for now... check what these guys are doing in my previous company: https://www.nexii.com/

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