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SirKibbleX
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relyt
United States1073 Posts
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Meta
United States6228 Posts
SolidWorks is amazing, it has add-ins that can do basically anything from CFD/FEA to motion simulation, as well as having a pretty stellar interface. Plus it's super easy to convert part files into drawings, very intuitive. So I would suggest SolidWorks. | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
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Chill
Calgary26003 Posts
Edit: There's no industry standard in Canada, so I can't help you there! Sorry. | ||
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Baytuts
Brazil101 Posts
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REDBLUEGREEN
Germany1904 Posts
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hacklebeast
United States5090 Posts
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VorcePA
United States1102 Posts
(Sorry, I don't have anything to contribute to the answer, but maybe a few people could give me some insight on that) | ||
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Siretu
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Meta
United States6228 Posts
On February 09 2011 05:22 VorcePA wrote: As a student going to college to become a MechEng, the one thing I fear is that I'm going to be spending all my time in front of a computer modeling stuff rather that, like, doing stuff with my hands. :| (Sorry, I don't have anything to contribute to the answer, but maybe a few people could give me some insight on that) There are plenty of jobs where you can spend a lot of time "working with your hands". Look into manufacturing. The computer stuff is for designers and analysts  I guess I should clarify, "working with your hands" to me, means doing anything but working on a computer. There's of course no way you're going to get around the computer (you will have to do a lot of writing no matter where you go), but there are jobs that don't include CADing or analysis in the description. | ||
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Chill
Calgary26003 Posts
On February 09 2011 05:22 VorcePA wrote: As a student going to college to become a MechEng, the one thing I fear is that I'm going to be spending all my time in front of a computer modeling stuff rather that, like, doing stuff with my hands. :| (Sorry, I don't have anything to contribute to the answer, but maybe a few people could give me some insight on that) Doing stuff with your hands how? You're not going to issue hand drawn drawings for construction. But I've never touched a CAD program since I started working (except for viewing drawings). I've issued a lot of sketches and hand-drawn drawings for information. Unless you mean doing stuff with your hands like going into the field and bolting up a flange or something, which you would never be doing anyways as an engineer...Well I guess you could in some industries. | ||
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Enervate
United States1769 Posts
In your case, it's probably better to learn Solidworks. | ||
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saltywet
Hong Kong1316 Posts
i work harder on it more than i study for all my finals combined, but u do get interesting products and it is relatively easy to learn | ||
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holy_war
United States3590 Posts
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champignones
Panama160 Posts
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VorcePA
United States1102 Posts
On February 09 2011 05:45 Chill wrote: Doing stuff with your hands how? You're not going to issue hand drawn drawings for construction. But I've never touched a CAD program since I started working (except for viewing drawings). I've issued a lot of sketches and hand-drawn drawings for information. Unless you mean doing stuff with your hands like going into the field and bolting up a flange or something, which you would never be doing anyways as an engineer...Well I guess you could in some industries. I just don't want the job to be a desk job, mostly. I want to be moving around, talking to people, looking at stuff, messing around on a whiteboard or clipboard. The one thing I don't want to be doing is staring at a computer screen to do my work. I don't mind typing up reports and stuff like that as kind of an "end-of-day/project paperwork" sort-of thing, but I don't want the brunt of my work to be in front of a computer. | ||
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