>This thread which came and went recently prompted me to revisit Autodesk Fusion 360 again. It >turns out I got 2 pleasant surprises. One, they have released turning cam in Fusion! And >secondly, it is now free for enthusiast use. To purchase it for commercial use for small business >it is something like $300/yr. This seems very reasonable considering I pay that for my Geomagic >maintenance. The CAM that is integrated is from HSM Works (which Autodesk purchased a while >back). I have to say it is quite a powerful CAM package. > >I have just designed and turned two parts in Fusion one as an imported model (.stp file format) >from Geomagic and one usingFusion 360 CAD directly and with both I used the turning CAM >functionality. I am really impressed and pleased with the results. I am using a beta post for the >Tormach (PathPilot driven) slant-bed lathe and it is quite close to what I need. I had to modify the >post to get the tool change syntax to my liking and there are some features that need to tweaked >(threading for one), but all-in-all quite nice and got me a bunch of useful code. > >Even if you aren?t a fan of online software (I am not) I suggest you sign up and check it out. If >nothing else other than the use of the CAM software to process parts it is quite nice. > >-Tom
Wow. Let the CAD wars begin. They seem to be punching hard. They are buying a lot of companies as well. I am all for online software. I am just not a fan of Autodesk. Maybe I'm not into craft beer and tats? Or maybe my fear of them Home Depoting the CAD market? It is good to see the competition start up again. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
