I'm about to complete my first year at niagara college, and am wondering what software you use in the field. I was using Autocad from 2000 to 2004, and now am using Mechanical desktop, and will enter inventor and 3d studio max some time soon. Also, Does anyone get to use a rapid prototype machine? I tryed to to a rotor with some custom text, but it didnt work out too well https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub..._DIR#>/sad.png , i think the resolution was fucked with, or it could be the massive amount of glue stuck to the tip.

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM M!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!









had to get that out.

Anisys FEA

Fluent

Matlab

Catia (industry standard)

Solidworks

Adams/Car

Mastercam Mill/Lathe9

I was talking to my physic teacher, and he says catia was what he used almost solely. I think i may have to get a disk ripped..........as for the R.P. machine, aparently the rotary was too powerful an idea to grasp, so the software colapsed(thats what the machanic said, i told him i now quite a bit about computers, and he repeated his answer https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR ) Reminds me of the bmw guys in my class, they cant get over a car that has now true redline.

Physics teacher as in Jim Eden?



If so great guy to learn a lot from...As far as software goes I believe Autocad is a good foundation to start from.



Not every company has the funds to use Catia, knor Unigraphics. If you know your way around solids in autocad, it won't take much to know everything else. Granted someone is mentoring you.

No, this guy's name is neil walker. He works for a company called goodridge landing gear. The guy is a genius though truely. He graduated from waterloo with a 80's average. I would imagine thats freakin smart.



Autocad i have a pretty deep understanding, with a decient understanding of mechanical desktop, and it looks like inventor is easier to use.



Hey, why aren't you teaching here richard. you could make a decient buck.

I don't like putting up with some KIDS!!!that goes there or any college/university.



KIDS = people who do not realize that they/parents are paying a **** load of cash to have someone to help them get a better career.

= people that don't have any respect for other people in the class who are paying a **** load of cash to have someone help them afford a better life and wasting the teacher's time by telling them they should shut the **** up!

Ya thats my physics class......................................









the whole top row of the class plays games all class, when the teacher isn't talking you can hear "clickclick".













grrrrrrrrrr

I've used inventor and alibre. Alibre has good peer to peer networking capabilities, but lacks in capabilities, and functionality. I still prefer inventor over alibre. I've used rapid prototyping machines, and in fact am trying to convince one of our deans to buy a metal rapid prototyping machine. Which is supposed to make really durable strong parts.



- Hand

I use Inventor, it's quite powerful, and very easy to learn. Makes Mechanical Desktop look like the nightmarish pile of patches on top of vanilla 2D autocad that it is.