What is the scope of operations for Fusion 360?
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Hello, I'm looking for some clarification on what the targeted scope of operations is for Fusion 360.
Based on the elevator pitch on the fusion website of "Fusion 360 is the first 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool of its kind. It connects your entire product development process in a single cloud-based platform that works on both Mac and PC." I was greatly intrigued and started working with it. This single product, end to end design philosophy seems ideal for my company where collaborative mechanical design is key.
In working much deeper with Fusion 360 I'm discovering that it's unparalleled when it comes to collaborative design for single parts or very small assemblies and the CAM is tremendous, but it doesn't seem built for assemblies or production environments. Lots of little issues like references between parts, how fusion handles libraries, joint organization, exporting of solid models, very slow operation in assemblies and the many weaknesses of it's drawing tools make it unsustainable for anything but single parts and the most basic of assemblies.
What I'm trying to learn here is if this is the intent of the Fusion 360 team. I get that there's merit in a less feature rich program and I should not waste time trying to force a program optimized for very small projects to handle mid size assemblies. The marketing for Fusion 360 though is positioning it as a lighter, redesigned from the ground up, replacement for Solidworks and Inventor. Is this a case of the software still being young, or is this a case of the marketing not really matching up with the true scope of the product?
Thanks