Autocad vs solidworks vs CATIA vs PRO E & ANSYS for boiler design??

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  muhiminul mehedi

  #-Link-Snipped-# can u help me?
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  I guess you should be able to use any CAD software of your choice to design the boiler.
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  Prithivirajan

  CAD is simply best
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  vaibhav kute

  Use solidworks and analysis it on ansys because solidworks is user-friendly and ansys is not much easy but it's analysis is too correct
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  Aashish Joshi

  For 3D modelling:
  For basic 3D modelling you can choose any software. I've worked on Solidworks, CATIA and PRO-E (or Creo Parametric as it is now called I think) and all of them have pretty much the same basics.
  
  If the design isn't very complex then you can go for whatever software your college already has.
  
  However, I would recommend staying away from AutoCAD - even though it offers 3D it just doesn't offer the features that dedicated 3D modelling software offer.
  
  For analysis:
  Although ANSYS is a really powerful tool for analysis - it takes time to get used to and has a steep learning curve (not to mention incredibly expensive)!
  
  If you don't need ANSYS' power I would recommend using the built-in analysis tools in Solidworks, CATIA, etc. They should be able to do the job.
  
  I've worked on Solidworks and like it the best. It also has build-in analysis "workbenches" that allow you to test your design for various conditions.