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Software that's commonly used by ME engineering students:

pretty good advice, actually (particularly about implicit/explicit, and only using Solidworks for simulations of rough estimates)

modeling structural analysis tolerancing
Autodesk Inventor X X X
SolidWorks
Revit
Solid Edge
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"AEC" stands for "Architectural, engineering, and construction".

see also — structure simulation