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[mini93]

altho not used any CAD softwear myself, friends have mentioned catia and said very positive things about it...

[mighty mini jack]

i use pro-desktop, my teacher gave me a copy of it, really good!!

[Jammy]

As others have said, ProD is good for learning, but after a while modeling in it you'll quick find its limitations. Solidworks and Inventor, and ProE are the next step up, with Solidworks being the most popular. Then you get very very expensive/specialist CAD programmes like Catia, master that programme and you'll never be short of money!

3DS Max is probably now the most popular modeling and animation programme. Maya used to be right up there too, but since 3DS Max got bought by Adobe they've taken the edge. Having said that, them releasing a new version with just some added frilly bits every year is getting a touch boring now!

Crafted by my own hand in 3DS Max 4 (think this was my third ever model):

(Click to enlarge)

And a Clubby I haven't yet finished:

[roofless]

this is rapidly turning into the gallery from vision on...................

oh what the heck !

Not a car, but a reception desk for a dealership - does that count?

[roofless]

As others have said, ProD is good for learning, but after a while modeling in it you'll quick find its limitations. Solidworks and Inventor, and ProE are the next step up, with Solidworks being the most popular. Then you get very very expensive/specialist CAD programmes like Catia, master that programme and you'll never be short of money!

3DS Max is probably now the most popular modeling and animation programme. Maya used to be right up there too, but since 3DS Max got bought by Adobe they've taken the edge. Having said that, them releasing a new version with just some added frilly bits every year is getting a touch boring now!

Crafted by my own hand in 3DS Max 4 (think this was my third ever model):

(Click to enlarge)

And a Clubby I haven't yet finished:

that jag would render well in brazil. nice detailing.

[alexcrosse]

i use cad for engineering rather than looking pretty though lol. I cant be bothered to talk about it anymore, leave work at work me thinks! Been talkin for an hour today with prodrive and prepping that cylinder head so i had somin to show off in an interview, lol. Its all i bloody do at university too, cad cad cad cad cad, ARGH!

Edited by alexcrosse, 27 March 2008 - 12:31 AM.

[BadgerBaiter]

AutoCAD all the way for me

FormZ is a pretty good program

If you are wanting animations, then Lightwave, Maya or 3D StudioMax will get you there!

[frankiebateman]

Wow, jammy there ace how do you round things off like that ? i need to do it too

[Bigfoot]

Might be a little late, but if anybody's interested, anyone who's a student at school or uni can download student license versions of most of Autodesk's software for freeeeeee - legally That means Maya, Inventor, AliasStudio etc etc.

Clicky here --> www.engineersrule.org

I've used Inventor for the past couple of years, can't compare it to SW or Pro/E, haven't used either much, but compared to Pro/D it's lurvely

The rendering engine's pretty good too.

[frankiebateman]

Ok so i had another go and this is what i came up wit, the squares are the amps, two subs beside and three behin it give me a idea of what it looks like what do yous think for a second try ?