I still get it wrong, so I opted to write a small text file telling me which are the commonly used files to create a single part, and assembly and a technical drawing. Without you know what your looking for it can be a pain trying to find the right file type. When Autodesk inventor is opened and you select to make a new file you are presented with a nice little window, looks simple enough? Look again there's a nice list of different different file types with different formats. The only hard part of making the first 3D part is all the different file types. As it is clearly visible to anyone I have not used either software for very long so I am not familiar with every little trick each package is capable of, but I do have a good understanding of the basic functionality of each software, and this is where the focus of this review will be.Ĭreating a 3D part is a simple straight forward process.
#Autodesk inventor vs inventor professional pro
Pro Engineer I have only used for the last 7 months so my knowledge is a little less on this software package. I've used Autodesk for about 3 and a half years now, so I'm not a complete wiz at it, but I feel I'm pretty good on it.
OK lets start with me, I'm an engineering apprentice who uses both of these tools, Autodesk Inventor at college and Pro Engineer at work. I have worked with both of these tools and have found them very similar yet rather different at the same time.