Tutorials for Catia/Solidworks User

[jankoenemann]

Hey,

I recently got my hands on Fusion 360, because I heard so many positive things about it from other students.

Before I began to study mechanical engineering I did an apprenticeship (Ausbildung) for 3 years as CAD Constrcutor. I gathered experience in Catia V5 and Solidworks and really fell in love with Catia (I know many people dislike its structure and how it operates).

Now I tried out Fusion 360 and I don't really get a hang of it, especially the assembly design/structure.

I know there are plenty of tutorials online but I'm here to ask for a tutorial that is made by someone who comes from Catia/Solidworks. I find it easier to learn if the tutorial does comparisons to other CAD programs so I can transfer my knowledge better.

Do you know any tutorial that would suit my needs? I'm really someone who likes this "strict" structures of Catia/SW. Do you think Fusion 360 might be not suitable for me?

[whittakerdw]

https://f360ap.autodesk.com/courses#getting-started-for-absolute-beginners

Check out all the tutorials under "Transitioning from another CAD system". It really helped me. I transferred from Creo to fusion and it took a while but I now find Fusion easier to work with than any other program.

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

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@jankoenemann wrote:

Do you think Fusion 360 might be not suitable for me?

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I am a Certified SolidWorks Professional.

If you forget about file structure for a few moments....

...imagine that you are in SolidWorks assembly and you use top-down modeling techniques to create all of  your components (and you can use multi-body techniques).  You save your work without consideration of what is happening in the background (*.sldasm and *.sldprt).

I think approaching Fusion from that perspective might help.  Everything is top-down in assembly file.

I don't really use Fusion and only tinker with it a bit, so others might have a different perspective.

About your question is Fusion suitable for you...

For me it does not have -

comprehensive 2D documentation tools.

comprehensive sheet metal tools.

weldments.

plastics features and injection mold tools.

routed systems (electrical and piping/tubing).

dynamic simulation (advanced motion analysis).

robust sketch helix.

parametric reference dimensions.

...and a myriad of other features that I run into daily, but slip my mind till I run into the limitations once again.  For these reasons Fusion is not the appropriate tool for me. 

I have found the Autodesk product - Autodesk Inventor Professional to be the functional equivalent of SolidWorks.  Students can download Autodesk Inventor Professional for free from http://www.autodesk.com/edcommunity

You might check out this perspective on Autodesk product customer focus...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGYPagFaALg&t=3s&list=PLMhqIwDF76hL7JOL06D0Eetqcvb1oYca3&index=2