Anybody have experience with Autodesk's Fusion 360?

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Anybody have experience with Autodesk's Fusion 360?

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Can anybody comment on whether Fusion 360 is ready for prime time - at least doing parts drawings and 3D renditions???

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You can download a FREE TRIAL here: 8)

http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion ... fgodMhMATg

Enjoy. :wink:

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I see they now offer the full Fusion 360 Ultimate package for $300/yr. Pretty reasonable for 3D drawing software that includes CAM set-up software, which Solidworks does not. Its also available in a Mac version, for you apple fans, so you don't have to flip over to Bootcamp to run it.
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Seems there wit will be free to hobbyists. CAM is based on HSMWorks, which is a proven product.
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It's free now - you can sign up for a 1 year (renewable) "enthusiast" license.

I've done a little with it the past couple of days and it looks good. I tried onshape but found that the network traffic was too much for my limited bandwidth. Fusion 360, while exhibiting some delays, is perfectly usable.
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I replaced Solidworks with Fusion360
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I'm working on using Fusion 360 as my CAD having come from Solidworks/ProE etc. I'm still getting used to some things, but I like it a lot. Using the CAM for Mill and Lathe as well. I've already been able to edit the posts a little for my machines and I'm very happy with it.
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jschoenly wrote:I'm working on using Fusion 360 as my CAD having come from Solidworks/ProE etc. I'm still getting used to some things, but I like it a lot. Using the CAM for Mill and Lathe as well. I've already been able to edit the posts a little for my machines and I'm very happy with it.
The one thing that drives me nuts is the way they do joints. They should stop trying to be different and copy Solidworks exactly in that regard.
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Got the free download only to find it has no provisions for lathe work. Seems to be fine for mills!

A bit hard to grasp!

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Actually, I found it to be pretty easy to work with. I use it for drawings and 3D printing design. It is a parametric modeler, or so I have been told. If you turn off history or make a base feature you can draw up things with fixed dimensions, move faces around, and pretty much everything you expect for solid work.

Where it shines are things like sketching a profile, then turning it into a tubular body with revolve. Later on if you decide the lip on the tube is not right, you can edit the original sketch and the changes reflect in your work, even if you have by now combined the tube with another shape.

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Dave_C wrote:Got the free download only to find it has no provisions for lathe work. Seems to be fine for mills!

A bit hard to grasp!

Dave C.
No provisions for Lathe? Do you mean the Cam part of it? I never bothered to look at that part, but certainly you can model anything you want.
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It certainly does have Lathe CAM, It's all i've used for CAM so far. In the setup, there is a drop down for Mill, Turning or Mill/turn and Water/Plasma/Laser. Works pretty well, although I lost some tool library items in my cloud folder....
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