On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 8:48 AM Bruce Layne <linux...@thinkingdevices.com> wrote:
> and once you have tens or > hundreds of designs in their proprietary CAD format, they decide to > unilaterally change the deal and you're trapped. Moving away from Fusion360 is easy. Fusion allows you to save in ".STEP" format. I suggest you try moving a simple test project from Fusion360 to (say) OnShape just to prove you cannot be "trapped". (I've done this test. It's easy. Some of my Fusion files are now in OnShape.) I would not use a CAD system that did not allow saving work in a "universal" file format. But then it is hard to find such a CAD system. My "pass/fail" test for any CAD/CAM system is to make a battery powered hand drill or a "Saws All" type tool. A simpler test might be a computer mouse that has a kind of free-form shape. Another important test is the availability of high-quality training material. The big ones (Solid Works, OnShape Fusion360) all have this and even have the option of paid classes where you get a live instructor. Although most of us will use the free video classes. -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
