While I applaud AutoDesk (and OnShape) for what they're doing and the impact they've had on the CAD world. Tell someone you develop on Fusion and they'll ask you which hacker space you are with.Drawings (while they've gotten a fuckwack better in recent years) are still kinda garbage and super slow even for simple parts.Not robust enough for real multi-user environment which needs access controls and revision management.Still not fully featured, just cannot do really advanced plastic design well.Near impossible to maintain a neat history.Or multi selecting lines and telling them all to be vertical or equal etc. Still pretty rough around the edges - a lot of other really simple things are super annoying like constantly having to change your selection filter or hide things.So easy to access files across different machines (with build in browser viewer).Seriously, I can't emphasise enough how easy simple things are that are ridiculously stupid to do in many desktop CADs like moving a body, or copying a thing.I personally am a huge fan of the single part environment (there is only one CAD file, no parts and assemblies etc.). A bunch of really awesome free shit comes with it like really decent simulations, basic t-splines/Alias, really decent mesh tools, and I've been told the CAM is amazing for what it is.Free and near free, and even when paid very affordable.Amazingly easy to jump into and just do shit.Doesn't even play nice with itself (still no STEP242 support and no plan on implementing) So easy for files to go to shit due to architecture and philosophy of the program.A mangled together mess - half their products don't work together, no unity, vision, or consistency.The VAR system (seriously, fuck off you useless tools).$4k to start plus essentially mandatory subs making it both SASS and pay for license in an industry where CAD costs are coming down hugely.Works relatively well in multi user environment and.A lot of things have been optimized for quick workflow (often at the cost of stability).Drawings of appropriate size are quick and great.relatively easy to jump into and get used to.It's like saying Burger or Steak? Both can be great, both can be terrible, and there's appropriate occasions for each yet not too many occasions in which you would choose one or the other. You can't just lay out a question like that - it doesn't really make sense.
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