3D CAD program wanted

[JamesMio]

SolidWorks is what the CAD boys at our place use... seriously powerful bit of kit

[SoulKiss]

Rhino 3D - its fully NURBS based, can import and export most other proggies files.

And its really easy to do threads

[anna]

Googlesketchup ???

I have no idea what threads are though.

I use Microstation V8 at work, quite simple to use, and I am good at using it now!

Really depends on what you're doing?

Autocad 2011 is a serious bit of kit too.

I used to use autcad 2d a lot, when my company upgraded to 2000, I hated it, took me ages to get used to it.

I've got autocad inventor, after being given a quick lesson on it, I've forgot most of it now, 6 years on.
It was a good bit of kit tbh, the designers at my place used pro E, but never got chance to use it to give it any recommendations.

Originally Posted by punyXpress

For the new V twin crankcase C2K ?

Yep, will be able to draw most of it out the old fashioned way, but there will be a few things that I might need to be CNC'd. Also putting it onto a CAD file will make editing it a damn sight easier and if I want to produce more copies then that will be much easier as well.

Already planned most of the crankcase in my head.

[Spikenipple]

Do you have access to an educational email account ie. ending in .ac.uk? If so Autodesk are giving away 3 year academic licences for more or less their entire software suite. I've already got myself licences for AutoCAD 2011 and Inventor 2011 and once I've learnt how to use them I'll probably get more

http://students.autodesk.com/

Solidworks (what I use at work, awesome software) or pro eng. I still on the hunt for a copy of sw that will run on my home pc.

[yorkie_chris]

Solidworks.

Only reason I still have windows on my PC lol

[munkygunn182]

+1 for solidworks, use it at uni! Very powerful piece of kit!

Inventor is good too though if you're not familiar with CAD stuff, its a wee bit more user friendly IMO