+2 FOR ONSHAPE.COM. Love this program, My cousin suggested this to me, and love it!
Thank you all, its been very useful, alot to take in tinker with, until finding ones you like. , what about pc spec, 16gb ram, 8x 2.3 gh quad processors graphic, setup, whats basic spec, min for all design programs.
thanks chris
RCole
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I did notice that there was a lot of talk about programs, but little about hardware.
The requirements for a PC will vary depending on how complicated you want to get. Are you a hobbyist, professional? Some programs will not use above 4GB or 8GB of ram. Knowing your software requirements can save you some money (that being said… 16GB will never hurt).
I would focus more on the graphics card. Put your money here. It is most noticeable when doing something like rotating your model. Some of my more complex models have dropped me down to 1 frame a second (very slow rotate), but then, I don’t have the fastest video card. If you decide to use a program like Blender (which I use), stick to an NVidia card since that is the only one that’s fully supported. Again - know your software requirements and recommendations.
Once you decide what software you might want to try, look for requirements and recommendations from the producer. For example, Fusion 360 has a requirements page.
It can be confusion and please note that you never really want to go with a minimum requirement. It will be cheaper and it will work, but it will be frustrating because it will be slow.
SolidWorks! Very easy to use! Very Powerful!
