CATIA is also developed by Dassault Systèmes, yes. But I have never seen it used outside of highly niche markets.
My original comment is based on my experience in mass-scale manufacturing and inudstrial design, which is a market absolutelty dominated by Solidworks.
For an individual user $100k might be much, but that is not a situation where Solidworks makes financial sense unless you run a really successful small business.
If you’re a design team working on anything made out of plastic for the consumer market, you’re probably going to want something like the following:
Concurrent licences of Solidworks, $4k to $8k each
Solidworks Simulation Premium, $11k
Solidworks Plastics Premium, $22k
Some form of PDM system, $2.5k
Maintenance subscription for all the above, ~15k yearly (or just be happy with a perpetual licence and no updates)
And most resellers are going to charge you implementation fees for setting things up properly, so unless you have a capable IT department you’re likely looking at well over $50k before taxes just to get up and running.
$100k is definitely not a huge stretch if you’re using Solidworks in a business environment.
CATIA is also developed by Dassault Systèmes, yes. But I have never seen it used outside of highly niche markets.
My original comment is based on my experience in mass-scale manufacturing and inudstrial design, which is a market absolutelty dominated by Solidworks.
For an individual user $100k might be much, but that is not a situation where Solidworks makes financial sense unless you run a really successful small business.
If you’re a design team working on anything made out of plastic for the consumer market, you’re probably going to want something like the following:
$100k is definitely not a huge stretch if you’re using Solidworks in a business environment.