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Product Design Suite vs. Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical
Compare product design features of Autodesk® Product Design Suite vs. Autodesk® AutoCAD® Mechanical and Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software.
| Products |
 Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium with Subscription |
Autodesk Product Design Suite 2014 Premium |
 Autodesk Inventor Professional 2014 |
 Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price for 1 license | US$8,620 SRP† | US$7,495 SRP† | US$7,295 SRP† | US$4,725 SRP† |
| Design & product engineering | ||||
| Digital Prototyping | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3D mechanical design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3D part modeling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3D assembly design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Rules-based design/automation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Catalog/purchased/standard part library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Electrical engineering | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Electrical systems design/tube and pipe runs | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Integrated electrical and mechanical design | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Mold, and tool and die | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Plastic parts design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Sheet metal design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Frame and weldment design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Visualization & conceptual design | ||||
| Explore design concepts in AutoCAD | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Illustration and graphic design | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Sculpting and texture painting for 3D artwork | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cinematic-quality rendering and 3D animation | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Photorealistic rendering and presentations | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Real-time design visualization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Product simulation & design validation | ||||
| Assembly-level finite element analysis (FEA) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Assembly-level dynamic simulation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Installation/ demolition sequence simulation | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Point cloud tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Materials selection cost impact | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Assembly-level /interference detection | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Check for manufacturability | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Documentation & data sharing | ||||
| Professional drafting and documentation tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native support for DWG files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smart panel layout drawings | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Automatic drawing view creation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| BOM generation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| International standards support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Large-scale design review and collaboration | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Layout designs, fly-throughs, walk-throughs | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Markup of DWG™, DWF™, and PDF files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile and online sharing of 3D designs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BIM interoperability | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Native translators | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Configurable data security | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple user/concurrent design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated design organization | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Easy administration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Subscription | ||||
| 360 optimization | ✓ | |||
| Autodesk 360 cloud benefits | ✓ | |||
| Software upgrades | ✓ | |||
| Flexible licensing | ✓ | |||
| Technical support | ✓ |
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