Compare Ansys Motor-CAD and Designcenter Solid Edge 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (53.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Starting at $90.47 Per Month
Ansys Motor-CAD
Star Rating
(11)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Ansys Motor-CADDesigncenter Solid Edge
Star Rating
(583)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $90.47 Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansAnsys Motor-CAD vs Designcenter Solid Edge
- Reviewers felt that Ansys Motor-CAD meets the needs of their business better than Designcenter Solid Edge.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Ansys Motor-CAD is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Ansys Motor-CAD over Designcenter Solid Edge.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Ansys Motor-CAD
No pricing availableDesigncenter Solid Edge
Solid Edge Design and Drafting XaaS
Starting at $90.47
Per Month
Get started quickly with part & assembly design, automated drawings, basic animation and rendering.
- 2D drafting
- Data import and reuse
- Basic 3D part design
Free Trial
Ansys Motor-CAD
Free Trial is available
Designcenter Solid Edge
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
9
8.4
425
Ease of Use
8.7
10
8.3
465
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
8.2
249
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.4
90
Quality of Support
9.1
9
8.2
395
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.8
88
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
9
8.3
414
Features by Category
CAD to CAM
Not enough data
8.6
99
Not enough data
8.4
93
Not enough data
8.4
94
CNC Programming
Not enough data
7.9
84
Not enough data
8.0
82
Not enough data
8.1
81
Machining
Not enough data
8.2
92
Not enough data
8.1
92
Not enough data
8.4
91
Design
Not enough data
8.9
179
Not enough data
9.0
181
Not enough data
8.7
175
Not enough data
8.2
167
Edit
Not enough data
8.5
172
Not enough data
8.3
163
Not enough data
8.5
172
Not enough data
8.4
164
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.5
167
Not enough data
8.7
172
Not enough data
8.2
167
File Support - Additive Manufacturing
Not enough data
8.7
84
Not enough data
8.2
66
Not enough data
8.2
74
File Editing - Additive Manufacturing
Not enough data
7.7
74
Not enough data
8.5
78
Software Integrations - Additive Manufacturing
Not enough data
7.6
64
Not enough data
8.6
81
Software Type - Additive Manufacturing
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
72
Generative AI - Additive Manufacturing
Not enough data
6.0
26
Not enough data
6.0
26
Building Preparation - Additive Manufacturing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Design
8.9
9
8.6
96
8.9
9
8.6
96
9.1
9
8.5
94
8.7
9
7.9
94
Tools
9.0
8
7.6
80
8.9
9
8.0
86
8.7
9
7.7
82
Work
8.5
8
7.8
83
8.8
7
7.7
83
8.1
9
7.8
83
8.6
7
7.7
77
8.1
8
8.1
83
Environment
8.3
8
8.1
89
8.5
8
8.0
90
8.5
9
7.9
85
8.3
9
8.5
91
Tools - Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)
Not enough data
8.5
103
Not enough data
7.7
93
Not enough data
8.4
97
Not enough data
8.3
94
Not enough data
7.5
91
File Options - Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)
Not enough data
8.1
95
Not enough data
8.2
93
Not enough data
7.7
95
Not enough data
7.4
90
Not enough data
7.4
98
Customization - Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)
Not enough data
7.9
90
Not enough data
7.4
88
Not enough data
7.6
90
Not enough data
7.6
96
Environment - Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)
Not enough data
7.8
94
Not enough data
7.9
91
Not enough data
7.7
91
Not enough data
7.8
102
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Ansys Motor-CAD and Designcenter Solid Edge are categorized as Simulation & CAE
Unique Categories
Ansys Motor-CAD has no unique categories
Designcenter Solid Edge is categorized as Additive Manufacturing, Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD), and General-Purpose CAD
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Ansys Motor-CAD
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Designcenter Solid Edge
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Automotive
45.5%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
18.2%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
18.2%
Defense & Space
18.2%
‐
Other
0.0%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
21.2%
Automotive
12.6%
Design
9.0%
Machinery
5.9%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
3.8%
Other
47.5%
Discussions
Is there an automatic way of calibrating thermal model towards measured data?
1 Comment
JG
Hello
Yes, this can definitely be automated, and Its useful to do so.
A few possible options. First of all look at the tutorial "DC Calibration",...Read more
Ansys Motor-CAD has no more discussions with answers
Is Solidworks or Solid Edge better?
4 Comments
HJ
Solidworks is far better in terms of productivity and user friendly mostly for repetitive models or library parts. Read more
How can solid edge be improved? Making it available for the higher version of the OS.
2 Comments
EK
Hello Mahalakshmi,
The most recent version, Solid Edge 2021, has been certified to run on the Windows 10 Enterprise or Professional (64-bit only) version...Read more
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