Autodesk Fusion 360: Getting Better All the Time

摘要

FUSION 360 is a CAD-CAM-CAE program from Autodesk that combines 3D design and modeling, simulation, generative design, documentation, collaboration and manufacturing in a single, integrated environment. Originally introduced in 2012 as a free technology preview, Autodesk Inventor Fusion offered solid and surface modeling tools and supported parametric and freeform modeling. Two years later, the company discontinued Inventor Fusion when it released Fusion 360. Since then, Autodesk has continued to improve Fusion 3 60 with frequent updates, to the point that today it rivals and often surpasses the capabilities of Inventor. When we last looked at Fusion 360, Autodesk offered two different editions: Standard and Ultimate. Both provided a full suite of tools for design, documentation, data management, collaboration, simulation and manufacturing. But the Ultimate edition-which cost five times as much-included more advanced simulation such as buckling and nonlinear stress, support for manufacturing using four- and five-axis machining and generative design shape optimization.