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Post by gene35146 on May 23, 2021 13:35:22 GMT -5
I have been using Aspire for a few years for most of my work. I have used Sketchup for years but they recently went to a subscription model and I have the 2020 version and was not willing to pony up the $260 per year for a subscription. My son is an Aerospace Engineering student at Georgia Tech and has used a lot of CAD/CAM tools and suggested Fushion 360. He used it in high school and now uses Solid Works for college. I went thru some tutorials on using the FREE version of Fusion 360 for designing and was extremely impressed. If you want to see for yourself the YouTube URL is www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3YiLaPydV_8zUJib4ZJkW10L-1bmchnk. There is a small learning curve but IMHO for woodworking it is way better than Sketchup. I am now considering giving it a try for the tool paths but cant find a good beginning to end on how to do that with the Axiom any suggestions? I did a search for it and found the threads on the post processor my interpretation is that it works mostly but would love some validation on that. Any comments or suggestions or even opinions welcome.
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Post by djl on May 26, 2021 21:32:04 GMT -5
I use Fusion 360 for woodworkng ( and have a Axiom Iconic-8 with the RichAuto B11 controller. I use the RS-274 post processor and have had no issues. The controller is metric so you have to make sure to specify millimeters in the PP settings dialogue.
Doug
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Post by dadealeus on May 29, 2021 14:30:18 GMT -5
I used Fusion 360 exclusively with my Axiom machine since I purchased it until last year when I bought Aspire.
Fusion 360 is great, but I found it's overkill for most projects I needed to work on. I've done commercial sign milling, aluminum parts for custom machinery, wooden cutting boards and slotted furniture on anything from straight pine to various thicknesses of plywood. Inlays are also super easy with Aspire, but fairly difficult with Fusion 360 unless you're using straight end-mills (which will often leave gaps between your inlay and your base wood.
Honestly, for me, Aspire has been much faster in both setup and tool path generation. Depending on the version, it also does wonders with 3D relief carvings of all types.
I would say the only projects that Fusion 360 would likely be potentially better for would be a highly detailed mechanical part.
Just my opinion, but that's been my experience so far.
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