#Ironcad australia software
Sheet Metal – IronCad wins this, I love IronCad's sheet metal package, and never want to touch another software package's sheet-metal functions again. This is my single biggest complaint about IronCad. I don't think I can describe how much more intuitive and easier to use Solidworks mechanism mode, and constraint solving is. After using Solidworks for only 3 weeks I feel confident in saying that IronCad's mechanism mode is broken and incomplete. Mechanism mode- Solidworks wins big here because it actually works.
IronCad has CAXA now and things are improving but so far I still find it quite awkward to use. Basically it works with you instead of fighting you every step of the way. Solidworks BOM and dimension snaps work better and alining them to a shape outside the view is much easier. IE: when the model changes solid works finds the correct edge to reattach to very nicely. It also deals with large changes to the 3d model better. The only thing that I like about solid works assemblies are when I click on a part it has all of its constraints listed under the part in the tree as well as at the bottom under mates (constraints)Ĭreating Detailed drawings – Solidworks wins here, It automatically adjusts line lengths for hidden lines so they actually look hidden, its hole call out tool is wonderful, moving dimensions from one view to another is effortless and linking the notes to drawings properties is quick and intuitive. I find Solidworks assemblies to be limiting, slow and prone to exploding in horrible ways. (a good enhancement would be to allow resizing the length after a face edit!)Īssembly’s – IronCad wins again, I love how IronCad deals with assemblies, being able to make new assemblies from inside a scene and opening them separately is great. Sectioning 3d models - to get a better view of the inside is very handy and works well in IronCadįace Editing – I create a lot of metal structures to be welded together, and making angles on the ends of tubes through face editing is great. TriBall - All of the fun ways I can move, copy, pattern, and rotate features and parts works great. The catalog combined with Drag and drop modeling, Making parts/assembly throwing them in the catalog and pulling them back out at will is great.īoolean features – nothing needs to be said, they are perfect The big advantages that IronCad hasl are: (I know structured parts have them but I find that structured parts feel like an after thought and are way to limiting for anything serious) My only complaint about IronCad's modeling is I wish I could make planes there are some times while modeling or aligning parts that a plane would just make everything easier. It is faster, more intuitive, and just nicer to work with. Modeling – IronCad wins hands down, no comparison. This is what I have come up with, and remember that it is my opinion so it probably contains many inaccuracies, but I think it is a fair look at both (with a little emotion thrown in). I have been an IronCad user for about 5 years and continue to be with my own projects, but I recently started at a new job where I have to use Solidworks for modeling, and in the last two weeks I have started writing down my thoughts whenever I get annoyed with IC or SW.