Utilize Fusion 360 cloud based collaboration features for project sharing and design review.Describe and apply design based workflows for design, engineering and manufacturing using Fusion 360 software.

Demonstrate knowledge of and apply job entry level skills in computer aided design, computer aided engineering (CAE) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM) using Fusion 360 software.In this course, we take the next step in connecting CAD, CAM, and CAE through a series of short exercises on 3D modeling, rendering, simulation, and computer aided manufacturing.Īfter completing this course series, you will be able to: This course builds upon digital manufacturing trends and foundational CAD concepts discussed in Course 1 of this series by introducing Fusion 360 as a problem-solving tool. Autodesk® Fusion 360™ meets this need by connecting CAD, CAM, and CAE in a single cloud-based platform unlike any other tool of its kind. Solidworks seems to have gone to 3dexperience stuff that everyone hates.Design, engineering, and manufacturing are undergoing a digital transformation, and the need for a collaborative product development environment is becoming an ever-growing requirement. It seems that fusion360 has taken the ability to export to DXF? WTF?

I've never used Solidworks, but I had heard it was great for rollcages or objects designed using metal tube.īut the Maker/student editions are unbelievably confusing of what you get or don't get. I've used Fusion 360 in the past and it handled sheetmetal and 3d printing fine, but it didn't handle tube design.

I'm a hobbiest/student and I'm looking to use either of these tools for Sheetmetal design, bending, and exporting to DXF for plasma or laser cutting, 3d printing, and metal tube designs (like a roll cage for a buggy, so 2 inch tube, joints, weldments). I'm trying to figure out if either will work for my needs.

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