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[kpreuss]

Re: Alias Speedform vs Fusion 360 vs T-Splines V4 

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04-06-2016 04:09 AM in reply to: QuasiLoci

Hi QuasiLoci,

again, I'm not a sales or marketing person, so I can't comment on why a certain product costs what.

Yes, you are correct, a lot of stuff (including cloud connection) has been removed from SpeedForm (compared to Fusion). Intention here was to put the focus on what's needed in the automotive industry.

For the same reason, we have added some functions (not sure if this list is complete):

1. Wheel Arch primitive

2. Drive by Curve

3. Lattice

4. Create and Edit CV curve

5. Cut

6. Editable Hotkeys

7. Send to Alias/Vred

In addition, you have simplified T-Splines, which are much faster in certain areas like extruding. Also a lot of performance enhancements have been done, including workflow tweaks (especially on the Edit Form command). It would be intersting to hear how you judge working in the Sculp workspace in SpeedForm compared to the one in Fusion.

I don't know what your exact workflow resp. area of work is, so I can't tell if Fusion or SpeedForm is the right way to go. If you are working with a lot of mechanical parts and/or solids, Fusion might the better choice, yes.

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I pulled out this particular post from over a year ago. I understand that Speedform is a slightly diff product than Fusion, Fusion is much stronger, but they have some feature that should be migrated over.  

I am not asking for specific toolsets, as those should be software specific regardless of how much I LOVE the lattice rig feature for Tsplines. 

I am talking about 6 &7.  HOTKEYS and SEND TO Command.  everyone wants editable hotkeys.  It is in the idea station,  Why can Speedform have this and Fusion cannot?

"Send To" command.  No that we need to send to Alias or VRED, well I need that software, but the majority of Fusion users (99%) do not.  They could probably use a customizeable send to command.  example:  send to solid works, send to Inventor, send to Solid Edge, send to "Insert Software here"

I've seen this in the idea station, Why has fusion not had this functionaltiy?

Kevin

[kpreuss]

Hi QuasiLoci,

again, I'm not a sales or marketing person, so I can't comment on why a certain product costs what.

Yes, you are correct, a lot of stuff (including cloud connection) has been removed from SpeedForm (compared to Fusion). Intention here was to put the focus on what's needed in the automotive industry.

For the same reason, we have added some functions (not sure if this list is complete):

1. Wheel Arch primitive

2. Drive by Curve

3. Lattice

4. Create and Edit CV curve

5. Cut

6. Editable Hotkeys

7. Send to Alias/Vred

In addition, you have simplified T-Splines, which are much faster in certain areas like extruding. Also a lot of performance enhancements have been done, including workflow tweaks (especially on the Edit Form command). It would be intersting to hear how you judge working in the Sculp workspace in SpeedForm compared to the one in Fusion.

I don't know what your exact workflow resp. area of work is, so I can't tell if Fusion or SpeedForm is the right way to go. If you are working with a lot of mechanical parts and/or solids, Fusion might the better choice, yes.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I pulled out this particular post from over a year ago. I understand that Speedform is a slightly diff product than Fusion, Fusion is much stronger, but they have some feature that should be migrated over.  

I am not asking for specific toolsets, as those should be software specific regardless of how much I LOVE the lattice rig feature for Tsplines. 

I am talking about 6 &7.  HOTKEYS and SEND TO Command.  everyone wants editable hotkeys.  It is in the idea station,  Why can Speedform have this and Fusion cannot?

"Send To" command.  No that we need to send to Alias or VRED, well I need that software, but the majority of Fusion users (99%) do not.  They could probably use a customizeable send to command.  example:  send to solid works, send to Inventor, send to Solid Edge, send to "Insert Software here"

I've seen this in the idea station, Why has fusion not had this functionaltiy?

Kevin

[promm]

@kpreuss,

Thank you for sharing your thoughts by including the workflows.  I wish it was a simple process to bring Speedform functionality into Fusion 360.  While they have a similar look, they are not the same architecturally.  Hot keys are in the works, once the team has worked out the interactions development will start.  The Speedform, Alias workflow is designed in to the two tools.  Is there something preventing you from using Speedform?

Cheers,

Mike Prom

[cekuhnen]

@kpreuss

Well tools Speedform TS has Fusion TS has not is because those tools for Speedform are from Alias.

TS will be increasingly more integrated into Alias. You can also see that some tools are 100%

trans design focused - an area I teach too.

Send to will at one point be not much needed. You can rather export the BREP of a TS model to SW.

@promm

I guess the point is why use Speedform when you are a Fusion user.

There is no benefit as the modules are not compatible (aka timeline and such).

Some of the trans tools are nice options but nothing one can do by hand.