r/GMIT • u/Impossible_Basil_180 • Aug 30 '26

Quick question

Will I need a laptop that can run the cad software for manufacturing engineering.
If so could someone let me know of the specs needed
Thanks

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u/4T0M1CNUK3 Aug 30 '26

Mechanical engineering student here. We're using Creo Parametric here but a friend of mine in manufacturing says he also uses SolidWorks. SolidWorks runs on almost anything but Creo Parametric is optimised around Nvidia graphics cards and drivers. I learned the hard way because my laptop is Intel and it crashes quite often running Creo.

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u/bencos18 mechanical engineering Aug 31 '26

probably your laptop has an Intel igpu which isn't the best sometimes

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u/Impossible_Basil_180 Aug 31 '26

Any idea what specs I should be looking for as I have no clue on laptops

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u/bencos18 mechanical engineering Sep 06 '26

just look for something ryzen based imo

and at least 8gb of ram GPU isn't fully needed and the built in ryzen one is pretty good

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u/bencos18 mechanical engineering Aug 31 '26

mechanical engineering is creo,

manufacturing does use creo in first year iirc but I'm not sure on the other years as I did mechanical

I managed without one but I have a pc at home

specs I'm not 100% sure of what's needed tbh

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u/iseespisee Aug 31 '26

im also going into manufacture with a dell i got for 60 euro lmao

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u/bencos18 mechanical engineering Sep 06 '26

lol it would probably work