Larger Scale Transition from Inventor to Fusion

[allan_partridge]

We have been working with Inventor for about 24 months.  We work at a larger scale than some - building timber framing, catwalks and pipgrides for theatre, large scale wood retail installations and detailed building envelope components.  Just trying to get a feel for the transition at the scale we are working at.  Any out there in the architectural field using Revit/Inventor and working at an LOD400 (fabrication) level in the building world that would have some honest comments? 

I have gorged myself on Fusion conent and features, very impressed but need to get a level of comfort that a 30 day trial might not fully reveal.

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing that drawings are very important in your field, so you should take a very good look a Fusion's drawings module and the various forum posts about drawings. While there is a promised upgrade for drawings, I wouldn't purchase software on a promise. If the current module does what you need, great, but many find it lacking.

[allan_partridge]

Actually, for us the consumable data is where the value lies for us. My concern is can Fusion truly work at a large scale level with steel and wood beams/columns, channels, angles, HSS and bolts?  Are there parts content at that level? 

[TrippyLighting]

These things are hard to evaluate for people ouside of your exact industry.

Often details are important and these only become apparent once the software has been given a thorough test run on a real project.

Fusion 360 runs on a subscription model, meaning if you don't like it, you can simply not renew the subscription. This should make it easier to evaluate the real product without having to shell out the cash for a traditional license.

[PhilProcarioJr]

@allan_partridge

My quick question for you would be do you work with large assemblies? Are there going to be a few thousand models in your project files?