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RotarySMP:
About 15 years ago when my employer sent me for a weeks course at Honeywell Seattle to learn flight data recorder read out. The course was a waste, as it was a very easy to understand primitive db to decode, and I never had anything to do with FDR's before or after, but the Honeywell training center computers had Inventor installed, so I learnt it through the tutorials. I had already been using AutoCAD 97. What a leap forward. I wish I had a license for inventor, as I thought it had the nicest rendering.
I did took drafting for 5 years in high school, which making picking up these systems a little easier. Still forgot to put the diameter symbols in front of the number in the CoC below :wack:
I have an old student licensed CATIA V5 which needs XP, so I keep a laptop loaded just for that. Catia was a steep learning curve, and I only use a fraction of it's capabilities. Really just part, product and drafting.
Don't knock 1.1CoC. It is still fast, easy and reliable and can be pinned to the wall behind the lathe.
I did install Fusion360, but that whole model of licensing and having your files up for ransom really turned me off. I deinstalled it after a quick 15 minute play with it. Maybe I should give it a second chance.
Regards,
Mark
Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: Jasonb on December 29, 2015, 03:05:21 AM ---I use Alibre PE which is now sold as Cubify design. Tried a few other CAD packages before but never got on with them but like the Alibre. Reasonably priced and has most of the features we are likely to need of the more expensive Geomagic which it is based on. You can get a 14day free trial and instructional videos are on teh net
http://cubify.com/products/design
Fusion 360 gets some good reports and is free.
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Like Jason, I still use an older copy of Alibre. I bought the Pro version back a few years ago. I still does everything I need. After trying multiple products, I chose this one because it was the easiest for me to learn.
Eric
efrench:
--- Quote from: awemawson on January 12, 2016, 06:27:25 PM ---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.
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Fusion 360 can export your files in different formats like iges, step, stl, etc. so you can ensure having a local copy that is usable in other programs if you can't access Fusion 360. Offline mode only requires sync'ing every fortnight.
PC's are too inexpensive now to worry about how many you have around :zap:
awemawson:
"PC's are too inexpensive now to worry about how many you have around :zap: "
Yes you are right - I've a bid on a system that ends in 15 mins that I propose to use as a test bed for Windows 10 and Fusion 360 - that way it isolates it from my other computers if it goes belly up
John Stevenson:
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