The disadvantages for a student means that you can't 'peak under the hood' and examine the sketches and features used to create the geometry. you will not see a feature tree, you cannot see the sketches and features used to create the model. however they lack the software-specific editing features. STEP files are software-neutral geometry. there are advantages and disadvantages to this that might be worth exploring in the context of educational purposes. in the past upgrades were once every 4 years now they're every fucking year.Īs mentioned earlier, STEP is an exchange/interchange format that any CAD system should be able to read. They switched to a subscription model and convince users to upgrade ever year, but every time people upgrade, it causes problems like this. i currently use 2017 and i can say that it has a few handy features not included in 2011. honestly in an educational environment (and in most professional environments) you won't notice a huge difference between SW 2019 vs. the whole 'subscription' model with forced upgrades every year is not consumer friendly.

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