I am particularly interested what MEs think about this as I am one myself. So far at school I get the impression that Inventor has been the big software push for the department and I have been exposed to it both here in college and at high school. Inventor was the first 3D software I was exposed to. All of my classes that have needed 3D Modeling was used with Inventor.
Also, I recently am joining the Formula SAE team on campus and they run everything off of Siemens NX. So now I am also getting exposed to that.
However, as I apply for internships and whatnot I get the impression that Solidworks and/or ProE is the preferred. I feel like one of those is almost always on every job description.
Personally, I feel like they should all be fairly similar and whatever I end up using in industry I should be able to pick up fairly quickly. But does it really matter? The few interviews I have had so far no one has recognized either Inventor or NX (blows my mind) and that kinda worries me. Should I focus on learning either Solidworks or ProE here in the future? Or should my background with Inventor and NX be sufficient for recruiters?
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