Switching from Rhino to Fusion -- advice appreciated

Switching from Rhino to Fusion -- advice appreciated

downesguitars
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Switching from Rhino to Fusion -- advice appreciated

downesguitars
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Hello!  I'm interested in hearing from people who have made the switch from Rhino to Fusion for their CAD and CAM needs.  I am currently using Rhino 6 and RhinoCAM, but for various reasons I'm considering switching to Fusion 360.  I had no experience with CAD when I started with Rhino, but some with 2D design (mostly with Inkscape).  In my limited experience it seems that Rhino and Fusion are quite different interface-wise, but again I'd love to hear from people who have made the switch -- what was the learning curve like?  About how long did it take before you were up and running at the same level in Fusion?  I'm not planning on running both and using one for certain operations and the other for different things -- one software environment for everything from design to generating G-code would be ideal.  I'm hoping to get some professional training if I go for Fusion but any thoughts or advice from the community would be most welcome.  Thank you!

 

A few additional details if you're curious: I'm a guitar builder, and I have a Laguna IQ CNC machine.  I'm running Rhino 6 and RhinoCAM 2020 at the moment.  Part of my motivation to explore Fusion is the fact that MecSoft (RhinoCAM) does not offer training or anything beyond basic support unless you're running the latest version -- the upgrade cost exceeds the annual fee for Fusion, and buying the latest version only to get training doesn't make financial sense for my business.

 

 

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davebYYPCU
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I have not transitioned,  as far as I know Fusion has parametric, and Timeline functions,

File / Assembly structuring takes some time,

as for learning curves, about same as your piece of string.

 

There is another Forum Group here for Manufacturing questions, 

 

Here, understand Rule No 1 and 2.  Sticky Topic top of the forum.

Use the timeline functions.

 

Might help....

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TrippyLighting
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I also have not switched.

Usually, what you start with in any CAD application is modeling. 
As @davebYYPCU has already mentioned, Fusion 360 is parametric, vs. Rhine is mostly direct modeling without a design history. Also in Fusion 360, even when sing surfacing techniques, which you certainly will as a Guitar Builder, the end goal is usually a solid model (BRep). 

That is also different from Rhine which is mostly a Surface modeling application.

 

I can't speak to the CAM side, but we have quite a few guitar and string instrument builders .

In this thread @jeff_strater has posted a number f links to guitar and string instrument related threads.

 

One thing to consider, while it might not make a difference to you as an Instrument Builder is that Rhino has many fantastic modeling tools, that are not available in Fusion 360. So I personally would not "switch", but add it to your tool shed 😉 


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