Hi all, I partially support the opinion that Solidworks is better suited for large assemblies.
In my experience I can say that when designing a Fire Truck with about 10,000 parts Solidworks is much faster than Fusion.

By the way Solidworks has a special option “large assembly”, I hope I spelled the name correctly. 🙂

This command makes it even easier to work with the assembly. As far as I understand during the work (rotation, Zoom in, Zoom out, etc) the program simplifies 3D models to primitives and reduces the load on the computer.

Of course the main question is the price. But in my opinion it is justified if we are talking about speed and convenience of work.

I do not think that for educational purposes are used large assemblies (more than 500 elements), so for sure for educational purposes is suitable Fusion, but if you are a professional in a large enterprise I think Solidworks is your choice.

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• This reply was modified 11 months, 2 weeks ago by Anton Huryn.
• This reply was modified 10 months, 3 weeks ago by Uliana Krayneva.

I would like to add that every material has a shrinkage index, which must also be taken into account.

The shrinkage angles must be adjusted to this value as well.

We have a lot of experience in making export molds and believe me I know what I’m talking about 😉

Hey, everybody. Unfortunately I have little experience with unofficial addons. I mainly use Solidworks program, it satisfies my needs 99%. The main addons I use are:
Solidworks simulation – great at determining the stress points of a part. Allows you to modify the design in real time to improve the finished product.
Solidworks flow simulaion – a good application for predicting the behavior of liquids or air flows according to given parameters, this application helped me a lot when I was preparing my thesis on the distribution of particles on the adhesive surface by spraying.
Solidworks plastics – great addon for simulating molten plastic flows and predicting possible future problem areas.
Solidworks electric – allows you to add flexible curves to the assembly and helps to make the 3D model changeable.
Toolbox – it speeds up the work on adding standard elements to the assembly.
I think that’s the main thing I can share.
have a good day and good luck with your modeling.