Autodesk Fusion

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Je nach Einsatz kostenfrei
Gute Funktionen
Läuft auf mehreren PC/Mac
Wenn man Inventor kennt findet man sich schnell zurecht

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Die Daten müssen Online gespeichert werden.

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Die weite Verbreitung macht vieles einfacher, solange keine komplexen Vorgänge zu bewältigen sind.

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Leider läuft Fusion immer wieder extrem instabil. Fehlermeldungen sind kryptisch. Durch die vielen Updates sind die meisten Tutorials nicht wirklich hilfreich, die eigenen Quellen sind eine Katastrophe.

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Easy Interface even the shortcut and the logic of the tools like Extrude/Remove in one button

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Animation part and Simulation are unfortunately behind some softwares like SW or CatiaV5

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Fusion 360 collaborative workspace is amazing which I use to teach my engineering students. The fusion teams channel is really helpful for my students who can now work together on their CAD files at one place. No need to exchange Usb sticks now.

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Fusion 360 is all great, couldnt think of any feature that I don't like. I would say one thing, for assembly designing, Fusion 360 could be improved especially while applying constraints (joints in Fusion) and motion analysis.

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I like the different features and tools to define any shape I am looking for.

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Fusion 360 is not as smooth running as other CAD software, but is a great entry level product.

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It's easy to learn and a powerful solution that is integral to our machine shop.

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Nothing really other than machine posts for the CAM part of Fusion could be easier to work with. That said, Autodesk's support and 3rd party support makes it easy to solve those challenges.

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Fusion includes an extensive range of features, that you can seamlessly take from a sketch and realise as a product to be manufactured. These include: Sheet metal designs, 3d renderings, PCB designs and many more.

The user friendly interface makes Fusion an absolute joy to use.

The pricing plan makes in perfect for the at home hobbyist, student or the engineering professional.

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There were few drawbacks, although I can imagine from an educators perspective, a teacher having to get all of their pupils to sign up to fusion may be an issue.

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Easy to handle, fast Progress. For non professionell user (Hobby) free to use.

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Some functions are dissabled for free user.

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The cost is incredibly low in comparison to other CAD packages and it is easy to get going with it. It can do the majority of what you would expect a modern day CAD package to do and the cloud features make collaboration very easy.

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Its technical drawing package is a little undercooked still but fine unless you are making big commercial products. Additionally, it would be a bit cumbersome to use in comparison to something like SolidWorks if working on massive products with complex feature trees and hundreds of components.

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There is a handy timeline feature which allows you to go back and edit dimensions without having to redo the whole CAD.

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Requires a high performance PC, and a good amount of storage.

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The CAD modeling is very in-depth, and you can make just about anything all within one piece of software.

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I highly dislike the price and pricing model AutoDesk implements for their products.

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It is a great program for modeling 3D parts, has many very useful and practical tools when modeling, besides always being updated as it has the support of Autodesk one of the best brands in the industry.

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The main limitation of this program is that it is not very good for organic design, since it is more focused on creating three-dimensional parts for machinery, for example.

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The way you can integrate this CAD software with Additive manufacturing and creating the perfect prototype before going on mass production, easy to manipulate and Cloud drive becomes very useful when going between workshops.

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It is very limited on creating features on CAD if you compare it with top design CAD software.

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1. I've been using this software to create the kinematic links and simultaneously creating the mechanism joints resulting in getting the desired motion, I want to show in a simulation
2. With the help of it's feature recognition tool, it's easy to design each and every single part and can align them in a single tree
3. Easy to access shortcuts helps an advanced user to design components more quickly

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As this software a cloud-based, it requires high-speed internet to stay logged in while designing and rendering the whole model.
Constant updating is one thing that I'm concerned cause it popped out in the middle of your work

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you can color objects and change the appearance of things plus engineering drawing.

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all of it is too confusing for no reason it wont le you click or even delete a certain thing without going through a whole process.

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I really like the cloud functionality where you can store your models on cloud servers and access them anytime. The fabrication feature is also great as it allows me to generate tool paths for machining parts and 3D printing.

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I didn't find any negative points, maybe because I've only used it a few times for a few projects.

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simplicity/ ease of use

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f360 haging up/ instability of software/ unpredictible behavior, lack of fast and lasting customer support

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Fusion 360 offers collaboration tools and powerful features for 3D design, including parametric modeling and simulation capabilities.

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The software requires an internet connection to access and has a potentially overwhelming user interface, with some users experiencing crashes. And the pricing is not charming for freelancer.

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As user who started with Eagle i was nice progress forward with Fusion. Really easy to use also as a student. Contstruction of your PCB was really fun.

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Sometimes problems with library when you wanted to add your component. In compare with easy contrusting this is kinda week point.

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Fusion is a hybrid parametric modeling program offered by Autodesk. Fusion is the more entry level offerings in the Autodesk lineup, being simpler to use compared to their other offerings like Maya and 3DSMax, albeit while fulfilling a different role.

One of the main benefits of Fusion 360 is that it is free. After then end of the trial you can choose to continue using the software as a hobbyist for free, allowing you to use it so long as you do not monetize the models created in Fusion.

Being free, there is plenty of documentation and tutorials available to get started on Fusion and begin using it for CAD design.

One of the areas where Fusion shines is for 3d printing, creating suitable printable models with ease. Fusion integrates with many models of 3d printers so that they can be directly printed from the program. For unsupported printers, Fusion can also export 3d printable formats such as .STL files for the printer to use. This is usually preferable anyways, as it allows for more flexibility compared to printing right in Fusion.

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Fusion is a hybrid modeler, combining the features of a direct modeler and parametric modeler to create a more streamlined and easy to use tool overall. This means that some of the more complex parametric modeling tools and functions are missing from Fusion, making it unsuitable for more serious CAD design.

While the interface is clean, many functions are often hidden behind too many mouse clicks that can make the program hard to navigate at times. this can be particularly confusing for those unaccustomed to 3D modeling or CAD software.

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Fusion 360 set out to be the best integrated CAD and design software, and it certainly has achieved a lot of its goals. While not as high-powered as top-tier CAD programs, it holds its own and is uniquely designed with the user in mind. I love Fusion 360's cloud-based system; without having to store files locally, I can log in on any machine that has Fusion 360 and access my projects. The interface is clean and easily customized, and the tools are intuitive. There is also an active community that is great at answering questions, and a lot of YouTube tutorials put out by Autodesk and others that fully explore Fusion 360's functionality.

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Because Fusion 360 is constantly being updated and new developments are being added regularly, sometimes you will open it up after a few weeks without using it and the interface will be different. If you're trying out a preview feature, you might not get to keep it if the development team decides to go in a different direction. But this is rare.

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Fantastic ease of use, easy to teach and learn. Everything is in places that makes sense and you can create models based on measurements very easily. The software is designed to go right to 3D printers and even CNC machines. Lot's of options for modeling types/contexts such as parametric and even sculpting primitives. The cloud platform makes it very easy to access your work from other computers/devices.. One of the most useful features for me is the fact it handles threads so well, easy to 3D print and have parts properly screw together. I tested over 30 different modeling software packages before I settled on this. No regrets.

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The only real gripe I have is with the overall model of subscription services, I'd rather pay and own this type of software but I understand I am getting real time patches and updates.

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It have great UI. It is full featured 3D modelling software can be accessed freely using student version. we can create machine code for 3d printing the designed model. It is best suitable for mechanical industry . Online tutorials can be found so using this is not that difficult.

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It run on cloud so you have to have an internet connection for using this. Learning can be difficult for the beginners. Beside these it is a great software for 3D modelling

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It has all the features to satisfy you as a beginning or reasonably skilled maker - someone in mechanical engineering or digital manufacturing.

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It's now gotten more difficult to apply for a startup licence to be able to use the software for free for commercial purposes, but I still think it's worth it.

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Fusion 360 has a unique easy to use machining simulation that makes CNC way easier and also helping you to design a product already looking to its manufacturing is a great differential.

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Sp. Fusion 360 has some simplified resources from inventor wich can make some tasks in the software a bit harder and leans you to also having to buy Inventor.

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This program along with a couple of online tutorials get my students creating solutions to human problems in the first couple of days of class. From there they begin to see the connection between structure, function, and asthetics.

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Initial installation is frustratingly clunky and overly involved. In order for my students to get an educational license I have to provide each of them with a letter on school letterhead. If we are at a school, using school based google domain emails perhaps we can get this program going a little easier!

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Ease of use and plenty of on line courses held by bunch of professionals.
As a hobbyist I am using fusion to make models which later will be printed on 3D printer.
For fast prototyping must have tool. Free for students and educators - hobbyists

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I have no complaints regarding this software, it is stunning

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Fusion 360 is the best solution for 3D CAD as a maker right now. It allows you to make complex parts easily.

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It can be clunky at times like all CAD software and

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Fusion 360 is a wonderful program!
It has everything a makes needs.
Parametric 3d cad yes sir!
Simulations check!
Collaboration no problem!
Pcbs no problem!
CAM to calculate tool phat generation, change of tools, all there.
Cnc,laser cutter, or 3d print everything is covered.
Until a certain point the hobbyist license was like the enterprise version in functionality. But that is no more

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The license model is broken, the hobbyist license is useless once that you where used to all the enterprise functions.
Fusion is aggressively distributed in school and colleges. But once you have to pay for it it’s too steep for a hobbyist.
This was why I left fusion

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This program makes it very easy for me to design high-quality furniture pieces for my clients.

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I have not found anything thus far that I can't do through this program.

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Advanced simulation options are available, allowing us to easily test how real-world selling parts hold up to real life stress(used in previous organization).

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Malware risks are available so hard to use.

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I found this really easy to use especially when I am used to using other platforms, I picked this up really easily

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Nothing really, I am quite happy with using it

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Sono agli inizi della stampa 3D e non ho provato molti software per la progettazione in 3D ma con Fusion mi ci sto trovando molto bene, è intuitivo, la grafica aiuta molto e anche le scorciatoie sulla tastiera sono molte e intuitive in modo da non dover obbligatoriamente aprire altre finestre o menù sopra il proprio ambiente di lavoro, inoltre, anche la versione gratuita per uso personale penso che sia davvero completa

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L'unico lato negativo che ho riscontrato è che il programma potrebbe avere qualche problemino sui computer più vecchi visto che è abbastanza pesante

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Fusion 360 has a great architecture enabling a great 3D designing experience

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considering the 1yr licensing fusion 360 is a bit pricey

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easy to use some nice features ease of access

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could expand on many of the features to enhance user experience

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It has user friendly interface and cloud based so every thing is accessible. Also it comes with affordable pricing

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It is not efficient in handling complex models and often struggles with large files. It also needs us to be connected to be internet most often possible but still a dependency

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Sistema robusto, com muitas funcionalidades para criação de desenhos técnicos 2D e 3D

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O custo para aquisição é extremamente elevado

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Fusion has a simple UI, easier to understand than Solidworks, making it better for those looking to start out in CAD work.

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While Fusion 360 is a beginner software, it is not industry standard like AutoCAD, and does lack some more advanced tools. Other than that, it is very beginner friendly, and does perform better on lower end systems.

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It is user friendly with many tool bar for construction of 3d model

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Its rotation views not very smooth and the printing option is limited

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Fusion 360 is inexpensive and handles 99% of the modeling needs that I have. The user interface is simple and intuitive. It strikes a good balance between having what you really need easily available with minimal hunting as opposed to having a congested user interface with thousands of options that are all one click away if you can manage to find the right "button".

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One previous con with Fusion 360 was not directly related with the software but rather with the updating experience. During the first update, my IT team struggled to the point I almost decided to cancel the subscription and switch to OnShape which is cloud based and doesn't require my IT team to do anything. To be fair to AutoDesk, I have never had problems updating the hobbyist version of 360 on my personal laptop. The last couple of updates were more easily managed by my IT team, so there might have been a learning curve for them. So this doesn't seem to be an issue anymore thankfully.Another previous con was related to software capabilities. At first, I really despised the lack of ability to incorporate weld symbols into the drawings. However, Fusion 360 added that capability and now I can provide detailed drawings with weld symbols without having to copy-paste pictures of weld symbols into the drawing. This too has been resolved and so it is no longer an issue either.The only remaining con I have with Fusion 360 is the simulation capabilities. I had moderate hopes that the FEA tool would be useful, but it seems to be linked to a limited amount of credits and limited types of simulation such as liner-FEA. It really seems like AutoDesk is just trying to "check the box" to say that Fusion 360 can perform FEA. Don't waste your time with the Simulation tools in Fusion 360. Find another tool for that such as SimScale, Abaqus, Ansys, etc.

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Its user-friendly interface that makes design easy, along with powerful features for collaboration, simulation, and rendering that truly enhance my projects

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Limited customization options, and the steep learning curve, especially since it relies heavily on a stable internet connection

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super easy to use and many features, even on the free personal use version

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the free version is for personal use only, but its still great it your a hobbist

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Nothing, its expensive, unclear and annoying

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Everything is wierd, nothing is clear, you have to look everything up, even how to move the camera.
Other programs are so much more logic, you can just use them without training, but Fusion 360 is super frustating.

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Facile à appréhender avec la multitude de barres d'outils

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Quelques bugs à déplorer en cours d'utilisation

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Me ha encantado la facilidad y rapidez para crear diseños en 3D que pueden ser exportados en formato STL. Sobre todo me encanta que permita modificaciones a los bocetos y todo lo que se realizó después se adapta al cambio, es sorprendente.

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A veces creo que el hecho que de el recurso se utilice online es una desventaja y al mismo tiempo una ventaja ya que no tengo que mover los archivos entre distintas computadoras.

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Has lots of tools that can increase the efficiency and detail in the model e.g. thread creation tool.
Also has good integration with manufacturing tools

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Not as collaborative as some other CAD tools and assemblies can be a little tough to navigate

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I use the free version for personal use. Probably the best ”free” 3D software. Easy to use and interactive.

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There is more to wish for the scetch tool. Blue on blue isn’t very visual and the snap fuctions feels fiddly. Scetching is way faster with the tools in for example Autocad R14 (long time ago, but that is what I am used to). I don’t like cloud based software since I often work while traveling.

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The software is very versatile and user friendly. The software to go to make 3d models.

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the learning curve is quite steep, but with some effort you wil be able te draw simple models.

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very simple and intuitive interface, easy to take the first steps

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being a hobby program it is not easy to make complex projects. Some commands are missing or difficult to find

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It's a parametric design software that makes it possible to revise previously made features.

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Fusion is so incredibly slow and laggy that it's unusable. Even on a modern Mac M1, it's so laggy that it's impossible to get any work done within the software.