[simpits-tech] FreeCAD

[wledzian1 at comcast.net]

Yep, Boeing is a CATIA house. As for the cost of a license, it is my understanding that a dedicated single-user license costs are on par with the user's salary. They have multi-user licenses as well in several flavors - a basic viewer that's available to just about anyone within the company that asks for it, a more capable viewer that lets the user perform measurements that requires basic approval, and a full-featured version that requires justified approval and pops up a warning every time you use it that reminds you that it is expensive, and that you should use the cheaper versions if you don't need the advanced features. 

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From: "geneb" <geneb at deltasoft.com> 
To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 10:26:11 AM 
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] FreeCAD 

On Wed, 1 Oct 2014, Brian Sikkema wrote: 

> I have not. The vast majority of my CAD experience came in college and 
> my internship at Smiths Industries, both of which used I-DEAS, now known 
> as NX. Let's just say they don't even bother offering general consumers 
> the opportunity to purchase that.... lol. It's geared at whole 
> companies. Companies with names like Ford and General Motors. Big guys. 
> Great software, but I'm not going to have a license any time soon... 
> Maybe if I get a job for Boeing I'll get the chance to use it again. 
> 
Boeing is just about 100% Catia. They have been for a very, very long 
time. It's my understanding that Catia makes SolidWorks downright 
inexpensive in comparison. :) 

g. 

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