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Hard time obtaining a Solidworks Trial Demo CD
John2005 wrote:
Hi Everyone, I have always used AutoCAD mechanical but I am currently evaluating 3D design Software. I have narrowed my choices down to Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor, or Solid Edge. I have heard good things about Solidworks, but I'm having a hard time obtaining a demo CD from my local reseller. The Autodesk and Solid edge reseller's sent out demo CD's right away and Autodesk even sent a very helpful book. When I contacted Solidworks, they referred me to a local reseller. I called the reseller and they wanted me to come to a meeting in order to check out a demo. Some time passed & I contacted the reseller again explaining that I am far to busy to attend any type of meeting. The Solidworks reseller said that they could send a personal edition trial that expires in 90 days or a professional version that expires in 15 days. Since the personal version did not have rendering, animation, or data translation, I told them I needed the Professional 15 day trial. Actually, I had heard Solidworks had great rendering and animation and those were two of the most important features I wanted to check out. I mainly do mechanical drawings, parts & assemblies, but I also need something that is good for presentation. After I told the reseller that I wanted to try the Professional version 15 day trial, they said I had to send them a signed purchase order for the program. I felt that this request was very premature, since I am only evaluating the software at this stage. The Solidworks reseller said they would tear up the purchase order if the program did not fit my needs, but I do not feel comfortable sending them a signed purchase order for the program at this stage. I did tell them I would pay for the CD and shipping, but I have not heard back from them. It seems Solidworks is making it very hard to obtain a demo, which is strange because if they want to make a sale, you would think they would have no problem sending out a demo. I would like to try the Solidworks demo and compare it to the Inventor and Solid Edge demo's, but I am not comfortable sending Solidworks a signed purchase order for the program just to get a 15 day demo to test. Has anyone else run into this type of problem before ? I would appreciate any advice or recommendations for another reseller. You can reach me via this forum or at the yahoo email given in this forum. Thanks for your help. John You could download a demo he http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=solidworks, and try it out for as long as you like. If you like it, you buy a legitimate copy, and get rid of the downloaded copy. Please note, these files are bittorrents. You need to know how to deal with these. A great bittorrent client is Azureus. -- Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
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Hard time obtaining a Solidworks Trial Demo CD
"Abrasha" wrote in message . .. John2005 wrote: Hi Everyone, details snipped Has anyone else run into this type of problem before ? I would appreciate any advice or recommendations for another reseller. You can reach me via this forum or at the yahoo email given in this forum. Thanks for your help. John For what it's worth, some years ago I was evaluating terminal emulator software for a fairly large purchase - (ok, many years ago) - I called all the relevant vendors and asked for trial copies - all but one said no problem, the other said "buy it" - I said "I am evaluating these for a purchase of XXX quantity - you can be in the evaluation if you send me a copy, or I can proceed without you, it's your choice" - I got my copy. And they were the most expensive program. And the program was just plain awuful. One of the cheaper ones was what I selected and we bought a goodly bunch of them. why am I telling you this? the "if you want me to evaluate it, you have to give it to me to try out" seems to work pretty darned well -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hard time obtaining a Solidworks Trial Demo CD
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:21:16 -0700, Abrasha
wrote: John2005 wrote: Hi Everyone, I have always used AutoCAD mechanical but I am currently evaluating 3D design Software. I have narrowed my choices down to Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor, or Solid Edge. I have heard good things about Solidworks, but I'm having a hard time obtaining a demo CD from my local reseller. You did say you want Solidworks, but I'd suggest you have a look at Alibre Designer unless initial cost and recurring costs are not issues for you. No sarcasm intended, SW cost should not be an issue for those who spend 2K hours a year designing stuff. http://www.alibre.com/ Solidworks is cool, but it is pricey. Alibre does everything I want to do (on my own nickel), in a manner quite similar to Solidworks if perhaps lacking some of the bells and whistles. Don't go by their free downloads, they suck. Alibre offers a 30-day moneyback deal where you only pay shipping if you opt out. The real deal works a lot better than the free download. Their manual sucks and included tutorials aren't much better, but their (extra cost) tutorial CD's are very good. Parametric modelling (Solidworks and/or Alibre) is quite a paradigm shift from AutoCAD, so be prepared for that. I've used AutoCAD for over a decade. It took me a bit of effort to learn how to think in terms of parametric modelling, but I'll now say that I really like Alibre. I did do a seminar with Solidworks. Would I like Solidworks better than Alibre? Perhaps, if someone else was paying for it, but the price was well beyond my reach. |
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