• kersplooshA
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    4 days ago

    Pro/E doesn’t leave you waiting. Instead, it abruptly exits with no warning.

    (No, I’m not calling it Creo. I’m old and stuck in my ways.)

    • AnotherMadHatter@lemmy.world
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      CATIA let’s you pull the trigger. When it shits the bed, you get a little window with “Click OK to terminate” and you can’t do anything but click OK.

      Didn’t save for the last hour? Too bad. Better luck next time.

        • kersplooshA
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          2 days ago

          I thought it was big in automotive and aerospace.

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          I had to use it when I worked at an auto supplier. I even helped write training materials for the new Catia V6 version, which was somehow significantly worse than V5.

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    Would you like to report the error? Are you sure? Can you bear the weight of abandoning this? Quitter?

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    FreeCAD will at least respond to you. It might want you to interpret its mystical signals to decipher what it wants, but it will not ice you out.

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    OTOH, Solidworks will report you to the authorities with a detailed description of every room in your house and the contents of your refrigerator.

    • kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      I found out the hard way that they’re very aggressive when it comes to unlicensed use. If your machine has a wireless card they’ll even use that to triangulate your location.