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dgorsman
en respuesta a: Anonymous

Think of Inventor as a scalpel, and AutoCAD as a Swiss Army knife.  They both have their place.  Doing mechanical design, yeah - do everything in Inventor, including the shop drawings.  Its very, very good at that one field.  Need to do a little of everything?  AutoCAD is your tool of choice - a single program can (with a little configuration) do :

 

  • piping and instrument/process flow diagram schematics
  • electrical schematics/ladder design
  • topographic maps
  • 3D models
  • drawing production from 3D models

 

Granted, AutoCAD isn't as capable as a dedicated program in any one of those single areas.  But 3D in AutoCAD can be quite good - chances are the fuel in your vehicle, the natural gas used to heat your home, was processed in a facility designed using 3D in AutoCAD with some level of customization.  You just need to recognize the limitations of the different programs and pick the right one for the jobs at hand.

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