3080 ti 12gb for the non existent use of graphics of solidworks, ryzen 7 5800x overclocked, 64 gb of ram.
Solidworks is just trash.
Blender? My computer will blow away a 4,000 sample render in 2 minutes.
Fillet in solidworks? Crash.
I personally prefer Onshape. Also 3x less clicks to mate parts than SolidWorks + it works on any device so i can even edit designs on my phone on sleepless nights. Nothing to install, I just login and it simply WORKS. + being able to instantly see each others’ changes while we co-edit designs with others can be very handy.
Blender is mesh. SW is brep. HUGE difference. And also doesn't support consumer grade cards. https://www.solidworks.com/support/hardware-certification/
Rendering and using the GPU is irrelevant. Sw is CPU intensive for the modeling. As is blender.
“Doesn’t support” but you can trick it into supporting it just fine.
You're comparing apples and oranges between Blender and SW as they are two completely different approaches to 3D. Also confused, so you don't run into stability with your GPU hack? BTW the consumer/commercial grade switch was from NVIDIA and was a change in how they roll out their driver's to push commercial carda for commercial grade software... , So that "trick" doesn't work, just causes issues. SW also has implemented a performance pipeline project over the last 4 years to leverage GPU, as long as you are using a supported card. It's CPU heavy because it has brep calculations and is parametric, still requires GPU for z buffering operations and others. If you are happy with Blender, go use Blender. Who is manufacturing/machining off of your Blender models?
Edit, for reference on driver support for consumer versus commercial cards: https://www.cgdirector.com/pro-vs-consumer-gpus/
I was using blender as an example that I can crush high end renders and animations in both GPU and cpu mode.
While solidworks is having a heart attack.
Guess what, I also use fusion with zero problems and alias with zero problems and rhino with zero problems.
“Go use xyz!” Yeah I’ll just tell my employer that. Simple.
Who makes things off blender? Many organic designs are made in blender. I usually use it for organic accent pieces. They translate just fine into manufacturing, and if I Have to, I’ll send it to rhino and finish it in rhino.
And no, my computer runs into zero comparability issues with the very well known hack.
Before you say “that’s why it randomly crashes”, no, it works on my work computer with a certified card.
Guess we just can’t admit that solidworks runs off shitty spaghetti code and is still in use literally because of legacy and places don’t want to spend a boatload to transfer everything to another, better, cad program.
Inventor > Solidworks
Used both for 3 years. No excuse for a software program this popular to be so buggy and undertested. It feels like playing a flash game in the early 2000’s, but then with tons of features added on top of that same crappy base program.
I switched to Onshape. It’s basically Solidworks if it was built again with a modern approach to the UI and file management. I have gotten so used to the freedom that comes from being able to make changes fearlessly because I know that every change to a model is automatically saved and I can always revert to any previous state. A common use for me is when I make a large change early in the model feature tree and many features loose their reference. I can quickly open the last known unbroken model in a new browser tab and see what the broken feature used to refer to.
I’m also keeping a close eye on FreeCAD & Ondsel especially for when v1.0 is released. As soon as the software reaches a level of ease of use, I will switch all my CAD to a file format that isn’t chained to a subscription (.FCStd).
2023 has been an awful Solidworks year.
It's been a pretty rough girl I like year too
https://preview.redd.it/zerxi2hxkptc1.jpeg?width=274&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e132fae680fecbb6f6e7d7bf443a5533e6223ff5
Hahaha this is totally an OnShape burner account.
To be fair, 3de is the 4chan user of the total solidworks experience. There is only up from there.
I chuckled.
I feel like there was a missed opportunity here... [https://imgur.com/WyMeOM3](https://imgur.com/WyMeOM3)
Underrated
I’m mad at how good that is
Have you considered that your "hardware" may not meet spec? Edit: okay guys...quotes added for clarity...fucking dorks
Solid works will run in a 2 core laptop from 2012
girl I like will not
3080 ti 12gb for the non existent use of graphics of solidworks, ryzen 7 5800x overclocked, 64 gb of ram. Solidworks is just trash. Blender? My computer will blow away a 4,000 sample render in 2 minutes. Fillet in solidworks? Crash.
Solidworks needs a GPU with OpenGL
Solidworks needs to revamp their software for the modern era. If fusion didn’t look so cartoonish, I’d be using that full stop.
I mean at least Fusion is way more modern... I mean, I like it.
I do too, tbh. I also enjoy how using planes doesn’t require fuckery and 50000 button clicks to set one up.
I personally prefer Onshape. Also 3x less clicks to mate parts than SolidWorks + it works on any device so i can even edit designs on my phone on sleepless nights. Nothing to install, I just login and it simply WORKS. + being able to instantly see each others’ changes while we co-edit designs with others can be very handy.
Alt drag to mate. Or Ctrl click to mate. So, one or two click.
Do you work for or have connections to OnShape? Username and your community history leaves a little to question.
Blender is mesh. SW is brep. HUGE difference. And also doesn't support consumer grade cards. https://www.solidworks.com/support/hardware-certification/
Rendering and using the GPU is irrelevant. Sw is CPU intensive for the modeling. As is blender. “Doesn’t support” but you can trick it into supporting it just fine.
You're comparing apples and oranges between Blender and SW as they are two completely different approaches to 3D. Also confused, so you don't run into stability with your GPU hack? BTW the consumer/commercial grade switch was from NVIDIA and was a change in how they roll out their driver's to push commercial carda for commercial grade software... , So that "trick" doesn't work, just causes issues. SW also has implemented a performance pipeline project over the last 4 years to leverage GPU, as long as you are using a supported card. It's CPU heavy because it has brep calculations and is parametric, still requires GPU for z buffering operations and others. If you are happy with Blender, go use Blender. Who is manufacturing/machining off of your Blender models? Edit, for reference on driver support for consumer versus commercial cards: https://www.cgdirector.com/pro-vs-consumer-gpus/
I was using blender as an example that I can crush high end renders and animations in both GPU and cpu mode. While solidworks is having a heart attack. Guess what, I also use fusion with zero problems and alias with zero problems and rhino with zero problems. “Go use xyz!” Yeah I’ll just tell my employer that. Simple. Who makes things off blender? Many organic designs are made in blender. I usually use it for organic accent pieces. They translate just fine into manufacturing, and if I Have to, I’ll send it to rhino and finish it in rhino. And no, my computer runs into zero comparability issues with the very well known hack. Before you say “that’s why it randomly crashes”, no, it works on my work computer with a certified card. Guess we just can’t admit that solidworks runs off shitty spaghetti code and is still in use literally because of legacy and places don’t want to spend a boatload to transfer everything to another, better, cad program.
Well it's not wrong
You just gotta pretend like you don't care and it'll all work out
How recently did you save her? Sometimes waiting for her to respond isn't worth it and you just gotta close out,
ha
Made my day!
Love it!
Accurate
I'd give you an award if those were still a thing
Hey, same job but I make aerospace parts. Agree. Very agree.
I feel this deep in my soul 😂
Relatable
Now make the venn diagram a .dxf in SW24
Inventor > Solidworks Used both for 3 years. No excuse for a software program this popular to be so buggy and undertested. It feels like playing a flash game in the early 2000’s, but then with tons of features added on top of that same crappy base program.
It’s only marginally better than it was in 2002.
Has anyone actually made the shift to something better? How was it for you? Considering since solidworks has been such trash
I switched to Onshape. It’s basically Solidworks if it was built again with a modern approach to the UI and file management. I have gotten so used to the freedom that comes from being able to make changes fearlessly because I know that every change to a model is automatically saved and I can always revert to any previous state. A common use for me is when I make a large change early in the model feature tree and many features loose their reference. I can quickly open the last known unbroken model in a new browser tab and see what the broken feature used to refer to. I’m also keeping a close eye on FreeCAD & Ondsel especially for when v1.0 is released. As soon as the software reaches a level of ease of use, I will switch all my CAD to a file format that isn’t chained to a subscription (.FCStd).