fekete
Member level 5
This is an issue that bugs me for a long time, and I noticed that I am not the only one bothered by the high prices of EM solvers.
I am not asking why are they so expensive; there are reasons for that, all the promotions, free workshops, advertising in magazines, expensive 3D GUI, research etc.
What I would like to know is what feature or set of characteristics are important for you when deciding to buy an expensive program as opposed to the cheaper ones with a not so advanced GUI and fewer capabilities?
In my experience, I had a very hard time when I tried to convince my boss to buy one of the “state of the art” solvers with the price in the $40K - $50K range. I didn’t mention to him that there are others <$10K because I wanted:
- to easily build complicated 3D structures
- include realistic metal loss in simulations (although this could be done with the cheaper ones too)
But, to be honest, we could have bough a cheaper solver (even two different ones) and pay a decent salary to another designer for a few months with the difference.
So what are your reasons when deciding what solver to buy? How important is price?
I am not asking why are they so expensive; there are reasons for that, all the promotions, free workshops, advertising in magazines, expensive 3D GUI, research etc.
What I would like to know is what feature or set of characteristics are important for you when deciding to buy an expensive program as opposed to the cheaper ones with a not so advanced GUI and fewer capabilities?
In my experience, I had a very hard time when I tried to convince my boss to buy one of the “state of the art” solvers with the price in the $40K - $50K range. I didn’t mention to him that there are others <$10K because I wanted:
- to easily build complicated 3D structures
- include realistic metal loss in simulations (although this could be done with the cheaper ones too)
But, to be honest, we could have bough a cheaper solver (even two different ones) and pay a decent salary to another designer for a few months with the difference.
So what are your reasons when deciding what solver to buy? How important is price?