steelsurgeon
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2021
- Location
- Southern Indiana
What are everyones thoughts on programming in Fusion 360?
Shop I work at has been using FeatureCAM for probably 15 years or more. I was initially trained on MasterCAM in school but have not used it much since. I have become pretty good at using FeatureCAM and do all the programming here. But like many others have surely noticed, the writing seems to be on the wall for FeatureCAM.
That being said, we have a new owner, hes the son of the original owner here and was already involved in the business so it was no major shake up with him buying the place. Hes an engineer and semi familiar with Fusion 360 and wants to start using it more and eventually gearing up to switch over to it completely for the inevitability that AD kills off FC.
So I have started messing around with Fusion, and it may just be me, but it seems clunky compared to FC and nowhere near as powerful. Keep in mind, I have only messed with it for a few hours and have no formal training or experience on it. I do have a decade or more experience with FeatureCAM and MasterCAM so in my mind it should be relatively comparable to them, but it does not seem to be. Am I wrong here?
Is it a mistake to try to start programming with Fusion 360 instead of a standalone CAM software? I think it is, personally, but boss man disagrees and thinks Fusion 360 is the answer going forward.
Where is the best place to start to learn Fusion 360 as it looks like I will have to start learning anyway?
Shop I work at has been using FeatureCAM for probably 15 years or more. I was initially trained on MasterCAM in school but have not used it much since. I have become pretty good at using FeatureCAM and do all the programming here. But like many others have surely noticed, the writing seems to be on the wall for FeatureCAM.
That being said, we have a new owner, hes the son of the original owner here and was already involved in the business so it was no major shake up with him buying the place. Hes an engineer and semi familiar with Fusion 360 and wants to start using it more and eventually gearing up to switch over to it completely for the inevitability that AD kills off FC.
So I have started messing around with Fusion, and it may just be me, but it seems clunky compared to FC and nowhere near as powerful. Keep in mind, I have only messed with it for a few hours and have no formal training or experience on it. I do have a decade or more experience with FeatureCAM and MasterCAM so in my mind it should be relatively comparable to them, but it does not seem to be. Am I wrong here?
Is it a mistake to try to start programming with Fusion 360 instead of a standalone CAM software? I think it is, personally, but boss man disagrees and thinks Fusion 360 is the answer going forward.
Where is the best place to start to learn Fusion 360 as it looks like I will have to start learning anyway?