Topic: Solidworks worth it?
I've seen a lot of pros and cons to solidworks in the past on this forum, but no direct thread so I thought I'd start one because I'm thinking of buying it and would like a little input before I pull the trigger.
I've been looking at the packages and the premium looks like the one that would work well for me. The extras in the package seem worth it and I don't want to worry about upgrading later which would cost more anyhow. The price is pretty steep at $8k, but I could start working some side jobs to get some experience/networking and building a portfolio for later.
I've used it a little and I'm playing with it now and again, but I've used Catia primarily up to this point and since it has some similar features, I am interested in buying it. Catia is off limits for now as it's very expensive ($15k a module).
Any input on it? I've seen people mention that it has limitations, but what specific limitation does it have? The only thing I can think of is in the realm of organic modeling in which I use T-splines plug-in for Rhino3D for that.