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Autodesk Fusion 360, my "go to" CAD tool these days
As many others have mentioned, "CAD in the Cloud" is revolutionizing the CAD business. The most obvious two examples are Onshape, started by the ex SOLIDWORKS Dream Team, and Autodesk Fusion 360 brought to life by the charismatic Autodesk CEO Carl Bass.
Onshape likes to brag that they are the only "Full Cloud CAD application" but I find this claim irrelevant. Yes Fusion 360 currently requires a small file download to each machine, but so what. It loads fast and updates automatically. More importantly, for example uploading very large CAD assemblies and creating CAD Drawings, Fusion 360 is faster than Onshape in my office.
The above mentioned argument is about to disappear anyway. Autodesk has a Beta project called Project Leopard, what is it? Full Cloud based Fusion 360. I know the approximate date it is scheduled to go live, but I've been asked not to reveal it, so I won't.
My number one "like" about Fusion 360 is the User Interface, I give it a grade of A-. It's intuitive to me. I was able to teach myself how to use 90% of the Features quickly and the helpful team at Autodesk answered all my email questions very quickly and cheerfully regarding the remaining 10%. Onshape, on the other hand, is not intuitive to me at all. I give it a D- grade. I hunt and peck when using it and their support is clunky and lacking.
Onshape "feels" like a Beta software, and when I inquire about "when" some of these problems will be corrected, I'm usually told "to wait". Well I've been waiting a long time. Some Onshape employees can be defensive at the drop of a hat. Why? Fusion 360 employees seem helpful and confident to me.
Finally, look at the screenshot above please. The value of Fusion 360 is unbeatable.
Cheers,
Devon Sowell
Engineering Consulting Partner
Professor, Engineering Technology, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
sowelldevon@gmail.com
760 809 9046
CarlsbadCAD Carlsbad,CA
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