I don't do well with laptops, and I have been building my own desktops for years because I don't care for what's available off the shelf.
Bleeding edge tends to be expensive, so right behind the bleeding edge hits the spot. I've already got used to workarounds for the Freecad topological naming problem, you just sketch on planes and not faces. It's a pity that most videos show the latter not explain the former. I'm only wondering about this because I like a challenge, and it's a hobby. Martin ________________________________ From: Chris Albertson Yes, you physical computer must have rough hardware resources that it can give the virtual machine enough to run Fusion and still have enough leftover to run Lininx. So a dual-core 8GB, integrated graphic laptop would be a poor choice. If that is all you have. You options are to try FreeCAD or OnShape. OnShape is a good option, it "feels" like Solid works because it has made by people who left SolidWords to start a new company. But you have to pay for the CAM add-ons from 3rd party developers. FreeCAD is limited but runs native and does well on low-end hardware. It is good enough for simple projects. The question is if you are making a living with this or if it is a hobby. If you are running a business, then invest in what you need. Typically you'd invest 25% of an employee's salary in capital equipment, so buying a new $10,000 workstation every four years is not unreasonable. On Sat, Oct 22, 2022 at 10:14 AM Martin Dobbins <tu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Your saying it is a "resource hog" does not bode well for running it on a > virtual machine that doesn't have hardware horsepower. > > Thanks, Thaddeus > > ________________________________ > From: Thaddeus Waldner > > I’ve done Fusion 360 CAD/CAM classes with middle school kids (age 10-14). > While it was mostly an exercise on how to follow instructions, many of them > knew their way around the software and could begin making changes on their > own by the time it was over. > > I reiterate that it is a resource hog, much more so than Solidworks or > Onshape. It becomes painfully slow on anything with less than 16gb memory > or with mediocre single-threaded CPU performance. It seems that none of > those CAD packages are optimized much for multi-core processors. > > > On Oct 21, 2022, at 6:04 PM, Matthew Herd <herd.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I use fusion on both windows and Mac. Mostly Mac. > > > > Matthew Herd > > > > > >> On Oct 21, 2022, at 6:52 PM, Martin Dobbins <tu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> So, following on from the CAM discussion and all the love shown to > Fusion 360 > >> > >> Has anyone tried: > >> > >> https://all3dp.com/2/fusion-360-for-linux-how-to-install-it/ > >> > >> or something similar? > >> > >> Or do you all use Windows or Mac? > >> > >> Martin > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
