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esc · 09-04-2009, 04:09 AM

Hi Steve,

You sound to have a lot going on at once. All new software, in particular solid modellers, have a steep learning curve at the start but it soon begins to level out once you have got past the basics. You can reckon on about 3 months before you will feel nicely comfortable with it, and then 6-12 months to be really competent.

The initial curve can seem to be incredibly steep because you have the pressures of a commercial environment to meet. Your need to master the software quickly, and of course you have the personal challenge of not wanting to let anyone down.

You are definitely going about it the right way though - having specific goals in mind will spur you on to experiment and you will learn faster because of it. Just playing around with non-specific models will only reinforce what you already know. Yours is the fastest route to competency.

Your UAV outfit sound like a good interesting job - combining your hobby with work, how good is that! I am jealous.

It's obviously early days for you yet but please come back and post some of your work, I would love to see what you are doing.

We do have some very good people on this forum that have years of experience with SolidWorks - not me unfortunately. You will find that they will have faced similar or identical prolems to yourself in the past and can probably offer solutions.

You don't need to ask me to wish you luck - you know I do!

Regards,

Dave

09-04-2009, 04:09 AM	#173 (permalink)
esc Uber Contributer Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 150	Re: What software are you guy's using? Hi Steve, You sound to have a lot going on at once. All new software, in particular solid modellers, have a steep learning curve at the start but it soon begins to level out once you have got past the basics. You can reckon on about 3 months before you will feel nicely comfortable with it, and then 6-12 months to be really competent. The initial curve can seem to be incredibly steep because you have the pressures of a commercial environment to meet. Your need to master the software quickly, and of course you have the personal challenge of not wanting to let anyone down. You are definitely going about it the right way though - having specific goals in mind will spur you on to experiment and you will learn faster because of it. Just playing around with non-specific models will only reinforce what you already know. Yours is the fastest route to competency. Your UAV outfit sound like a good interesting job - combining your hobby with work, how good is that! I am jealous. It's obviously early days for you yet but please come back and post some of your work, I would love to see what you are doing. We do have some very good people on this forum that have years of experience with SolidWorks - not me unfortunately. You will find that they will have faced similar or identical prolems to yourself in the past and can probably offer solutions. You don't need to ask me to wish you luck - you know I do! Regards, Dave