For the aerospace engineer designing a landing gear assembly with 5,000 parts? No. Stay in CATIA.
And that makes all the difference. Start your free trial. Model one part. You will feel the difference in the first five minutes. shapr3d full
But here is the disruption: The landing gear engineer started their career in SolidWorks. The next generation of designers—those who grew up with iPads and Procreate—will start their careers in Shapr3D. And they will never learn the mouse. For the aerospace engineer designing a landing gear
Introduction: The Paradox of Professional CAD For three decades, the world of professional 3D design (Computer-Aided Design) has been governed by an unwritten rule: power requires complexity, and complexity requires a workstation, a mouse, and a steep learning curve. Software like SolidWorks, Fusion 360, and CATIA are marvels of engineering, but they are also prisons of legacy code, right-click menus, and feature trees that crash under their own weight. And that makes all the difference