Autodesk,
The first thing I noted with Fusion 360 is the lack of input customization for mouse. No worries, this is typical across most CAD, so I (and others like me) use programmable mice/keyboards which allow for application-specific profiles.
These are generally activated on focus to the application based on a static path location (e.g. Notepad at "C:\Windows\system23\notepad.exe"). It's a static install location for that executable, and thus if you set a profile based on this application, the software changes the button/key profiles based on focus to these location.
So, regarding Fusion 360. For whatever reason, you opted to use a dynamic install location like the following:
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Autodesk\webdeploy\production\fe3aabe314e26a9de16467d8eecb0c30acd7712b\Fusion360.exe
And then proceed to change this path every time you update the application (or some such trigger). This results in a non-static reference to Fusion360.exe, and thus breaks the profiles every time, requiring manually updating the path in the input software.
Other CAD systems do not have this issue (e.g. Creo, NX, SolidWorks, FreeCAD, etc.)
AutoDesk seems to be basing Fusion360 as a use-friendly, dynamic system which has potential of standing up to the other "big boys". However,this kind of dynamic deploy with non-static base executable locations will play havoc with enterprise deploy systems.
Based on this issue alone, I know the CAD IT department in my corporation would never seriously consider Fusion360, and this is likely true for other corporations.
Please consider addressing this issue.
Thank you,
-Eric
