Request for iPart and iFeatures , iLogic to Fusion 360 like in Inventor

Aadithya01 · ‎01-03-2017

I am an Inventor user and now our company's focus has been moved to Fusion 360. The user interface is so friendly than inventor . But what I feel is that Fusion 360 is just a modelling tool but not an engineering tool cause . Bolt designs , Chain and Belt drive generators and designs , and especially for creating configurations using iPart like in Inventor are something which should be added which is make it more of an engineering tool than just being a simple user friendly modelling tool .

This is just my opinion. I am insisting on configuration creation like iPart cause my customers have been repeatedly asking me for that

And also a concept like iLogic but should work without the dependency to know C , C++ and Java scripts like Driveworks in Solidworks should be brought atleast in Fusion 360 ultimate.

Anonymous · ‎02-19-2017

I am starting to think that this is not the way Fusion is heading... since I posted a similar request which also did not get much attention.

It is meant to be a simple product design tool, not a replacement for Inventor.

Perhaps the Fusion project should be scrapped and Autodesk should look into bringing Inventor to the Mac, and price it like Fusion 360.

Fusion is a large pile of unstable mess, and we all know it.

Aadithya01 · ‎02-19-2017

Yes rightly said @Anonymous .. Inventor must have two options cloud or no cloud and the user interface of it can be made easier like Fusion , CAE / CAM capabilities rather than bringing into Fusion should have been brought into Inventor and can be made available at an affordable cost ... Why Fusion when there is Inventor ... They (Autodesk) could have enhanced Inventor by having an option for Cloud , CAE, CAM , Render ,multi body interaction , Low cost , version control , collaboration - All of these could have been brought into Inventor itself ... But still Fusion is an amazing product ..

BenHarper-3Dtek · ‎06-28-2017

@Aadithya01, Inventor already has connection to A360 for cloud collaboration, Excellent, CAM via the free HSM works plug in, its own CFD, FEA and other analysis modules, Sufficient render and animation through its Studio environment, multi body interaction using constraints in assemblies, Vault for team version control and collaboration - the only item missing from your hit list is 'low cost'...... which is certainly not option with inventor;) Nor should it be, thats what Fusion 360 seems to be for, low cost access to most all the usually required functionality for people not designing the next Airbus.

@Anonymous +1 Inventor on a Mac - EXCELLENT Idea, wont happen;(

Anonymous · ‎06-28-2017

I hit so many bumps on the way to recreating a cabinet design we did in Pytha (which is crap) that I'm seriously doubting if the way Fusion is heading is the right one. Being unable to refer to a driven dimension in formulas is truly unbelievable...