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Differences and uses between Inventor, Fusion360 and FeatureCAM

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Differences and uses between Inventor, Fusion360 and FeatureCAM

Anonymous
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I have been using Inventor and Fusion360 for a few months and have recently started educating myself on FeatureCAM  as it is a need where I work. My question is about the differences between these three products. As I mentioned I have been drawing in Inventor, importing it to Fusion360 to develop tool paths. Since this new unit is only using FeatureCAM I cannot find the benefit of it. Does Inventor and Fusion360 lack something that FeatureCAM provides because from what I have experienced in the few short hours exploring it it seems like the shortcomings rests with FeatureCAM.

 

What am I missing?

Where can I begin?

Can I use the models I have made in Inventor in FeatureCAM?

 

Thank you for any information. I appreciate it.

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

Of couse you can use the solids from inventor. Start to select the documents type you want to open. then go to the File -> import.

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Thank you for the reply. I just opened FeatureCam and started a new document. When I go to FILE, IMPORT, any .ipt FILE nothing shows up in the work space. I can import this same part into Fusion360 but not FeatureCAM.

Any info on my other questions?

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Hi @Anonymous,

 

It depend on the part complexity, but Fusion360 is easy to use, and there a lot of good videos to start with.

 

Instead if Import then try "Import using exchange"

 

 

 

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al.whatmough
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One quick comment.  If you are a subscriber to Inventor, you actually have access to Inventor HSM so you can do your tool pathing directly in Inventor.

 

The product that is the best fit for you will come down to the types of parts you are manufacturing and the machines you are running them on. 

 

https://www.autodesk.com/products/hsm/overview

 

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AL Whatmough
Director Product Management - Manufacturing

Note, I love to engage on the forums. However, I spend a lot of time in meetings trying to help clear the path for our amazing team of Developers working on Manufacturing at Autodesk. So, if I don't respond immediately, it's not that I don't care.