I've used all the versions from 2012 to 2016. Currently I run 2014 pro on the laptop and 2016 pro on the desktop. I learned SW in undergrad, and my graduate institution also used SolidWorks, but I prefer Inventor due to a more user friendly workflow...and their more liberal licensing policy doesn't hurt either. They will give it to students/faculty with a 3 year licence with no restrictions or watermarks, encouraging them to use it to make money (smart business model -- get the next gen or engineers "hooked"). But I am "bilingual" so to speak and use both.

Any shared equipment is going to appear to be crap since people don't care about it. Since I dropped 3k of my own money on my printer, it gets the best of care. Oregon State's library had printers, and they were always broken from run of the mill dumb@$$es trying to use them.

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2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

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