

To purchase a subscription its $300.00 per year. If you are a student, hobbyist, or startup Fusion is available free for a year (need to reregister after a year but remains free last I heard). The ability to work offline is useful for both you (internet connection difficulties) and for Autodesk (they send your machine offline during updates, maintenance, etc.).
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Ultimately you need to connect to the net to update projects for long term storage. You can store models locally which allows you to work offline for varying periods of time (on average 2 weeks or so). Currently there are environments for designing parts and assemblies, fundamental stress analysis, sheetmetal, CAM, and some other functionalities.įusion is cloud enabled - the program actually resides on your computer which can be either Windows PC or Mac, but the models are stored in the cloud. Fusion 360 began as a 3D direct modeling program a number of years ago then, beginning about 4-5 years ago, morphed into a complete 3D design suite. Autocad is Autodesk's first product dating from early 1980s for use in making mechanical drawings.
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ThanksAutodesk is a company that provides software products for architecture, civil engineering, product design and development, and many other disciplines. Witch one would you guys recommend better? do they work the same? I'm confused, i thought auto cad was only for drafting, does the fusion 360 let you make actual programming?
