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If anyone has any SW questions hit me up. I would go out of my way to assist you. I teach those classes for designengine ... well I teach the more surfacing intensive parts of those classes but I suppose I could help on other more solids questions.
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Thanks for offering to help. I'm sure some of our users could take advantage of your knowledge and your offer.
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Do you have much experience with the free and opensource software that exists? Say, Google Scatsup?

I had formal training on Inventor about a decade ago (oh crap, longer than that), but haven't used it since then. I feel like I know the basics, but I just get lost in the free programs that I try at home. The tools seem foreign and illogical, and I can't figure out how to do the things that I remember being able to do before. I also relied heavily on Inventor's parametric abilities (where you can draw just about anything and shape it up later with dimensions and constraints), and I haven't figured that one out either. The ability to edit individual sketches in the history log of a part instead of having to delete sections and start over was nice too...

Am I using the wrong software? I've been considering FreeCAD, but just haven't taken the plunge.

Any advice would be very appreciated. I'm grateful for your willingness to advise us muggles!
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Jimustanguitar wrote:Do you have much experience with the free and opensource software that exists? Say, Google Scatsup?

I had formal training on Inventor about a decade ago (oh crap, longer than that), but haven't used it since then. I feel like I know the basics, but I just get lost in the free programs that I try at home. The tools seem foreign and illogical, .........

Any advice would be very appreciated. I'm grateful for your willingness to advise us muggles!
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From this web site: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthrea ... tor-Fusion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Inventor Fusion no longer exists.

It has been replaced by Fusion 360 ($25/month).
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DesignSpark Mechanical is a good, free, choice.

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In addition to the built in tutorials, what other training materials do folk suggest/recommend ?
Is the Lynda subscription worth the co$t ?
Is there more or better content than in the built in tutorials ?
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