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CAD - what you using?
gerritv:
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--- Quote from: NeoTech on December 29, 2015, 08:28:48 AM ---Would say Fusion 360 is your best alternative atm, if you don't wanna become a pirate (yarhh)
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Are many here using it? It seems pretty good, has built in toolpath generation, and the commercial licensing costs seem reasonable..
Most of the videos I've seen promoting it seem to end up having been sponsored by AutoCAD though, so it's hard to be sure..
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The videos are actually a great course to learn 3D Cad using Fusion360. I struggled to learn Alibre/Cubify Design. I find the training materials for Fusion to be excellent and plentiful. With an hour or so of watching along with videos I managed to model a QCTP design that I am adapting to my Taig lathe. http://a360.co/1R9mmMe. Very pleased with the ease and feel of the product.
nrml:
Another :thumbup: for Fusion 360 from a fledgling learner. Apart from the CAM component to it which is a major benefit, you also have the fringe benefit of familiar interfaces and methods across Autodesk's suite of free products which makes the learning curve less steep if you want to play with other Autodesk free software packages.
awemawson:
Been doing a bit of googling re: Fusion 360 and have come across a few possible Gotcha's I'd welcome comments on.
Firstly it only runs on a 64 bit machine, all mine at the moment are 32 bit so I cannot quickly download and try for my self. I'll have to obtain a new machine so need a few reassurances first!
Secondly it stores your (my!) files on the cloud, I believe you can locally cache files but need to connect to the web every few days to synchronize, has any one used this facility?
Thirdly, it is said to be free to hobbyists, but I've come across at least one comment on the web from someone, a hobbyist, who's 'free' trial expired and could only regain access to his files by paying the commercial rates. Has anyone lengthy experience with it without this happening?
Fourthly if I go 64 bit I run a lot of legacy software that may well not work so would be forced to run multiple machines.
tom osselton:
The guy teaching the 360 intro to it at protospace says it is just as good as solidworks and if you register as a startup it is free at the expiry just renew as startup.
sparky961:
This might be the software model of the future but if it is I'll be stocking up on obsolete legacy systems to keep running my offline standalone stuff.
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