The closest equivalent I was able to find in SolidWorks is the double click. This is something that while using Creo becomes second nature for confirming sketch planes, finishing line chains, and confirming extrudes. One thing that took quite a bit of getting used to with SolidWorks is not being able to use the Middle Mouse Button to acknowledge prompts. Additionally, each feature in SolidWorks seems to have an online entry explaining the details, where many of the intricate details of Creo need to be learned through trial and error. Many of the tutorials are logically organized, and explained everything very well. SolidWorks on the other hand has ample tutorials. Beyond that tutorial book, and advice of engineers, help was limited. The lead engineer gave me a tutorial book and said he would see me in a week. When I first started learning Wildfire 3, I was an intern at a small development company. In future posts, I will look more into drawings, and surfacing. I will start with general impressions, move into the sketching tool, and then finish with assemblies. Since I have only been using SolidWorks for about a month, I fully expect some of my preferences to change as time goes on. In the next few sections, I am going to describe my impressions while learning SolidWorks. Before I get into my experiences with learning SolidWorks, I would like to state that in my opinion, an understanding of 3D modeling will yield very successful results with either software. When comparing Creo and SolidWorks, SolidWorks is generally thought of as being a much simpler and more intuitive tool, and Creo much more powerful and complicated to learn.

I used a combination of ProE Wildfire 3, Wildfire 5, and Creo 2.0 for about 3 years, and have been using SolidWorks for almost a month. Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to use both of these. SolidWorks and PTC Creo are two of the most popular 3D modeling platforms on the market.

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