SolidWorks

Pros

• Also there are plenty of MechEs that basically can't do their work without solidworks.
• Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Gaming and AutoCAD, Matlab, solidworks
• I use SolidWorks professionally so that may be coloring my opinion/advice on this topic.
• Yes, Solidworks. Not the intended purpose but it worked well.
• Modern freecad isn't really slow, but the workflow can be slower than fusion360 or solidworks.

Cons

• I've used SolodWorks at work a little bit and I absolutely hate it for CAD, the UX just isn't very intuitive compared to OnShape for me.
• I am doing CFD with props inside of SolidWorks. It's much more extensive but not really something the average layman has access to or sunder stands.
• From my short experience with this software I formulated a view that Solidworks was made by coders as first proper 3d cad tool in '95, design intent was different - just make job done where user experience concerns wasn't taken in to con...
• literally just hit this problem in solidworks for my design class omg. i think all software tutorials should start with the big picture workflow before diving into the how-to stuff.
• Solidworks- weldments in part stage not at assembly one. So an idea/theory just popped in my head. All software education is focused on learning how to use single tools/commands instead of learning how to think about tasks in pipeline fa...