SOLIDWORKS VS FUSION 360 PRO
SOLIDWORKS VS FUSION 360 CODE

Tom, sounds good- the features you describe- joining objects and making threaded holes- are things that are very easy to do in Fusion. I have a concept design and I will use Fusion 360 to develop it, after which I will know if that cad cam program is robust enough to do what I want.

SOLIDWORKS VS FUSION 360 CODE

The one capability that I like about Fusion 360 is the cam aspect, that is the ability to generate tool paths and create g code files, which Solid Works does not offer.īased on the information you have provided me I believe I will give Fusion 360 a try. Prior to retiring from a flying career a short time ago, I purchased cad cam software, a Tormach 1100 (3) axis milling machine and I already owned a metal lathe and my plans were to design, engineer and have the ability to machine products and prototypes for customers. In Solid Works you have the ability to readily add threaded holes and bolts without having to engineer the threaded hole. These are a couple of the things I observed at a Solid Works presentation. Or if you have a gear train you have the ability of sliding the gears in and out of the gear case within the cad drawing. In Solid Works for example, if I have mating surfaces that bolt together but there designed separately, all you have to do is highlight the two surfaces and with the click of a button the surfaces come together. Bob Cad is a great entry level tool for design and engineering, but for complex designs it is cumbersome to use. I’ve been pleased with the program and have been working with it for approximately five years.

The only experience I have in cad cam is a product called Bob Cad Cam. I think if you say something about what specific needs you have you will get good feedback on Fusion’s capabilities.

An intuitive user interface and the ability to log on anywhere and the collaboration tools are other pluses. A huge bonus for me is that it runs natively on the Mac. I find that Fusion is a much easier program within which to quickly and easily develop concepts, partially for organic shapes and particularly if you don’t quite have a specific design worked out. For my purposes, as a part time CAD user needing to design housings for underwater electronic instrumentation, Fusion has been great. I was in exactly the same situation a few years ago, ready to spring for a seat of SolidWorks, when I discovered Fusion and thought to give it a try.

SOLIDWORKS VS FUSION 360 PRO

Whether Fusion is right for you now will depend on your needs- for instance if you need pro level engineering drawings you will find- at present- it is not going to give you that ability. Fusion is evolving at a very rapid pace, and draws on Autodesk’s deep experience in development.

It’s clear Autodesk sees Fusion as a big part of the future of the company, as their “next generation” CAD product built to fit the way things will be made in the future. It’s also pursuing a somewhat different goal- not trying to be a SolidWorks. Fusion is a new program and doesn’t yet have the depth of options in many areas (sheet metal, drawings) as SolidWorks, or Inventor, for that matter. I’m sure some SolidWorks users will jump in with more pro and con details, but no, in some areas Fusion has fewer features, and in some areas (integrated CAM, t-splines in general, collaboration tools) it has more.

Solidworks vs fusion 360