<p>Which of these is most used by engineering companies?</p>
<p>AutoCAD
Pro/ENGINEER
CATIA</p>
<p>Also, is CATIA considered to be the standard for engineering companies?</p>
<p>In which engineering field? Mechanical?</p>
<p>Yes, mechanical.</p>
<p>Which is the best to learn or most useful for a mechanical engineer?</p>
<p>I don't know the answer, but why not learn all of them? At least have a basic understanding of each, and if you need to use one in particular upon entry into the industry, you can just pick up a book and learn one program in depth. AutoCAD is usually a standard program learned by freshmen, so that's pretty much a definite anyway.</p>
<p>Of the solid modeling programs: ProE, Solidworks, Inventor, CATIA</p>
<p>Personally, Solidworks seemed the most intuitive. It's analysis suite is getting built up as well, although ProE probably has the edge, and CATIA certainly does.</p>
<p>"AutoCAD" is generally seen as a drafting program, not one made for solid modeling (which Mechanicals do).</p>
<p>Do you guys think it's a good idea to take ProE and AutoCAD in the same semester (next semester)? Or should I take them separately? ProE is 3 credits, while AutoCAD is 2 credits.</p>