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Hahaha. My Inventor teacher at college (2019) works for Autodesk and was trying to tell us that fusion would replace Inventor. I believed him then, but now, not so much. Inventor's workflow is just superior for large organizations, and Fusion is good for smaller projects and DIY.
Now there are things Autodesk would benefit from building on in Inventor, such as Frame Generator, Drawing features like sketch symbols, etc... Model States is a huge step in the right direction. I would like to see folders added though!
In the meantime, 'thread modeling' is already implemented in Fusion but still not in Inventor. They seem more focused on perfecting Fusion so it’s no longer just a 'DIY tool' rather than enhancing Inventor, which isn’t really evolving anymore.
I would like to refresh this request. As a 3D printing specialist, it annoys me that I can't print threads. The Cool Orange add-in no longer works with the current build of Inventor, so leaves me with nothing but manual thread modeling.
In metalworking, mechanical engineering and vehicle construction as well as in agricultural machinery and precision technology, standard threads according to ISO and ANSI are often required. Unfortunately, thread modeling is not available in Inventor, unlike Fusion and FreeCAD. However, thread modeling is a very important part of daily design work, also with regard to modern 3D printing. It would therefore be very beneficial to have thread modeling of both standard and trapezoidal threads implemented in Inventor. Please check that. That would be really cool. Greetings from Germany
thanks a lot for your message. I tried all that stuff but that not really good like in FUSION or FreeCAD. In NVENTOR 2021 there existed an good tool from COOLORANGE, but in actual versions it doesnt run an online there a lot of problems with the differen version.
Honestly, I no longer expect this feature in Inventor, since they’ve already integrated it into Fusion some time ago. I just get the feeling that they’re keeping Inventor on life support and will eventually push us toward Fusion, probably simpler for Autodesk. It’s very disappointing to have a platform like ‘Inventor Ideas’ and then seemingly not care at all. This thread has gone on too long without any response to believe that Autodesk is taking it seriously. (10years) 😤
Having personally tested Fusion, there's no chance I'll switch to it right now. It's completely unsuitable for my job (I design large assemblies and special-purpose machinery), so Inventor remains the gold standard for me. If Autodesk decides to discontinue Inventor tomorrow, leaving only Fusion, I'm almost certain I'll switch to the competition, despite my more than 25 years of using Autodesk products.
Yes, the Coolorange thread modeler works. My only criticism is that it's limited to just two standards (metric and imperial). The parts I design and have 3D printed (titanium, stainless steel, aluminum) often use cylindrical or tapered gas threads, with or without sealing, so I can't use it. If Coolorange decided to implement these thread formats, it would be a step forward while we wait for Autodesk to integrate the feature into Inventor (I know, Santa Claus is on December 25th 😀).
I agree that Fusion is not a replacement for Inventor and likewise if they stopped it and tried pushing me to Fusion I would have to jump ship. I've tried using Fusion but it's not Inventor, although its CAM capabilities for me are simple to use and good for my needs.
I've tried probably all the other 3D packages and still like Inventor, plus I have years of legacy data, but it's definitely lagging behind the others for new features and even old features like thread modelling.
I've been with Autodesk from before the days of Inventor with Mechanical Desktop and the days before subscription. One of their selling (forced selling) points for going subscription was to allow them to develop and improve each new release.
As someone who's been with them since the days of Autocad in DOS this is nothing new, or should I say, there is nothing new.
Agreed. I tried using Fusion but after learning CAD with Inventor I can't stand the Fusion interface. I use it at home though and I'm so programmed to know where features are in Inventor that I end up spending more time looking for where they are in Fusion than doing actual work. I also hate having everything on the cloud with Fusion. We have a server here at work with all of our CAD files with offsite backup. I hate to think what would happen if something happened to the Fusion servers accidentally and everyone's stuff just disappeared one day.
We have the PDMC at work so we get Fusion. 99% of the time I only use it for CAM and the other 1% is adding modeled threads to something I need to 3D print because I can't do this simple thing in Inventor without having to sketch the threads and do a revolve which is annoying. CoolOrange works OK most of the time but I always have to go in and add chamfer cuts or something to the threads afterwards.
I have the same issue with Fusion and I don't understand why they invented a new package that works in such a different way to Inventor which works. I design in Inventor and use Fusion for CAM.
Inventor is a good package it just isn't updated enough. Especially considering the cost. Did I mention Subscription which I hate.
I had a work experience lad with me for a few days and he had only ever used solidworks with it being free/subsidised to universities and students.
He took to Inventor very quickly and even said he preferred how it did things. Easier than Solidworks, but lacking Solidworks features.
Inventors been lacking even the most basic features others have had for years.
