The Future of Fusion?

[ICanSpinIt]

     I am in a pickle. I have been using Fusion for a bit now and absolutely love it. There are the few issues here and there with laggy performance and all the minuscule things we have experienced over the years but I have come across a new issue, the industry.

I have been pushing Fusion to all new companies, and people I come across, almost like a religion. I love the layout and the ease of everything. Fusion started fresh and they did it right. 

There is a few hangups in the progression with Fusion that I have come across. The industry is flooded with Solidworks, Inventor and all the other out-of-reach CAD programs, It seems impossible for companies to make the switch. Training is the biggest issue, price is perfect but its the overall consensus of the Fusion "beginner CAD program" that is another hurdle.  The below is what I have experienced that make people/companies not want to switch. 

1) Fusion is missing the basics for real industry use. In the sheet metal space you have to manually source and enter metal thicknesses. From that point on it loses all data for BOM's (that is still a 3rd party plugin) and I think I forgot to mention any ANSI part callout or specs. Spur gear, spring, V-belt etc. can they all be added? It's a PIA having to google or old school book research what is acceptable.

2) FEA or Simulation, can the weld calculator be a feature? Can the option for structural metals be a click away? Can a basic semi-accurate CFD option be added? 

3) You all nailed the CAM side, no complaints there!

I know all these conflict with Inventor but Fusion is such a better platform. You guys did a really amazing job with the UI and all the little details that make this program kick ass. The lack the above mentioned are a total buzz kill.

I don't want to but it is getting to that point. Do I ditch Fusion and switch to a more professional platform 🤢 or can I be faithful and hang in there for a short bit longer... 

So what's the deal? 

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@ICanSpinIt wrote:

 1) Fusion is missing the basics for real industry use. 

….hang in there for a short bit longer... 

So what's the deal? 

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I wouldn’t hold my breath while waiting.

We’ve had years of super amazing 6-8 week release cycles.

How much progress has been gained?

[ICanSpinIt]

The last 2 years, I have given almost every release a Napoleon Dynamite yes! But by adding those features they will be overstepping Inventors toes. Would there be a need to keep Inventor going? Or will Fusion replace it and the cost of Fusion go up 6x. Or is Inventor staying around and if you need it then they got you with both🤑