I'll report back when I have really stressed the Fusion360 surfacing kernel. Heading at it with an open mind.
The tool path stuff has been an eye opener for me. I went from a designer's knowledge of machining to making complex female molds on a large format router in a huge hurry. Now I am burning through relatively complex, multi manual tool change aluminum machining for structural bits and pieces that I have designed. Just keeps getting more useful.
This is why I started looking at the CAD side of Fusion360 because it is parametric with the CAM side. And at full boat pricing it is absolutely amazing. If they had a CFD solution it would be THE only choice. Working on that as well. Also trying to figure out a lathe mill that sorta showed up unannounced and upgrading everything in my shop. And last at the moment; I am also looking at building a meter cube 3D printer for large diameter filament mainly for some tooling I am looking at. The Maker world has really changed the way a prototype shop approaches things.
The tool path stuff has been an eye opener for me. I went from a designer's knowledge of machining to making complex female molds on a large format router in a huge hurry. Now I am burning through relatively complex, multi manual tool change aluminum machining for structural bits and pieces that I have designed. Just keeps getting more useful.
This is why I started looking at the CAD side of Fusion360 because it is parametric with the CAM side. And at full boat pricing it is absolutely amazing. If they had a CFD solution it would be THE only choice. Working on that as well. Also trying to figure out a lathe mill that sorta showed up unannounced and upgrading everything in my shop. And last at the moment; I am also looking at building a meter cube 3D printer for large diameter filament mainly for some tooling I am looking at. The Maker world has really changed the way a prototype shop approaches things.