Autocad
Sorry, late to the party, haven't been on here much.
I know AutoCAD pretty well, never messed with Solid Works, but I have been working with Tekla for 4 years now, in metal building fabrication.
I've been fighting and scrapping to get something going on this for some time for my own car. The biggest hang up I have is, I don't want to cut my dash, and I want gauges bigger than 3 3/8". I posted some pictures in
this thread, with some ideas about what I wanted.
For what it's worth, I have the perimeter pretty scienced out, it's getting the gauges to fit without cutting that has had me stumped. I think I've got it, but need to do another mock up.