5 key reasons for buying a Product Design Suite over Individual Component Software

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It’s clear that you get more for your money, but what are the real life advantages? Here are my top 5 reasons for buying a Product Design Suite over individual component software.

Full Product Lifecycle – With individual software packages you generally complete one segment of a process, maybe 30% at a push; write a report in Word, calculate in Excel, present in PowerPoint, etc. The individual programs get a job done but a suite enables you to complete the whole process; from concept sketch to marketing and sales data in one set of products.
Electrical and Mechanical integration – With Product Design Suite Ultimate you can design a harness in Inventor and create an electrical schematic in AutoCAD Electrical…