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Completely Unrelated / Re: CAD designing with Blender?
« on: 2012-02-08 00:34:30 »
I am fairly new in the industry with CATIA v5R19 being the only version I have spent any time with. Our shop also primarily models in Unigraphics(NX) so I may not be the best judge of what has changed or which is easier. Talking with the folks who have been around for a while, CATIA has remained pretty consistent over the years in terms of functionality/usability. I think the only thing he may miss is the console which allows you to directly interface with the models. Everything is GUI driven at this point, so if he became accustomed to the console it may take a bit to rediscover where functions have been moved or combined with others. Fortunately, the help files are exhaustive, and their is also a quick search function which allows you to directly enter the name of what you want to do and it brings back operations that can accomplish it.
That being said, if he worked with CATIA for awhile, I wouldn't see much trouble in getting back into it. it is certainly easier than switching to another package entirely such as Unigraphics(NX) or autoDesk.
I should also mention with the amount of defense contracts going through, he may want to look into the aerospace/defense area for CAD work. Alot of shops are desperate for even part time help as long as they've got the chops. I live in the Midwest and competent modelers and machine programmers are getting a premium right now.
That being said, if he worked with CATIA for awhile, I wouldn't see much trouble in getting back into it. it is certainly easier than switching to another package entirely such as Unigraphics(NX) or autoDesk.
I should also mention with the amount of defense contracts going through, he may want to look into the aerospace/defense area for CAD work. Alot of shops are desperate for even part time help as long as they've got the chops. I live in the Midwest and competent modelers and machine programmers are getting a premium right now.