Pret-a-3D opened this issue on May 14, 2012 · 8453 posts
erik-nl posted Mon, 13 August 2012 at 1:52 PM
Quote - Nice work Erik.
is this the design app you are using?
Yep, that's the one!
But you could use programs like SolidEdge or SolidWorks or CATIA just as well I think.
The engineering firm I work for and their major clients happen to be using Inventor, so that's what I'm familiar with. Last week I downloaded the 30-day trial, which is a complete suite of programs (450MB download), but I only installed the core application. Worked right away without any troubles.
I haven't looked into it in great detail, but I think you should be able to do this prop modelling work with the 'Light' version just as well as with the (VERY expensive) full version. The time saved by doing hard surface work with a tool MUCH MUCH better suited for it than any mesh editor could ever be should pay for it in no time.
And as far as my experience goes it is by far easier to learn and use, but that could be very different for you of course.
Cheers!