Leo Voisine
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As some know, I am a Vectric Aspire user.
I am also a Solidworks user. I have a legal copy of Solidworks at home because I have it at work. That is in the $10,000 plus range. I have this seat at home as long as I am employed at the job I have. That is not so good because I use it - a LOT - and after I retire I will no longer have access to it.
I also want more full 3D ability and to be able to do full 3D 4 axis stuff. Aspire cannot do that.
I have been eyeballing Rhino and RhinoCAM but we are talking $5-6k -- maybe a retirement gift - maybe - but maybe not.
HOWEVER - I contacted Autodesk about a LEGAL and free seat of Fusion 360. They said YES, as long as you are a hobbyist or small business making less than $100,000 annually. SOOOO - I set it up.
I will be keeping Aspire and I now have Fusion 360. Both have their plusses & minuses.
FUSION 360 has some really positives in rendering, modeling, and assembly, that Aspire will never have. I think with practice it is by far better than sketchup. PLUS - it has a CAM side to it with "some" multiaxis capability. It have some really decent 3D capability.
Additionally it can handle laser and it also has a module for 3D printing
Best of all - FREE
It is certainly worth a look see.
I am also a Solidworks user. I have a legal copy of Solidworks at home because I have it at work. That is in the $10,000 plus range. I have this seat at home as long as I am employed at the job I have. That is not so good because I use it - a LOT - and after I retire I will no longer have access to it.
I also want more full 3D ability and to be able to do full 3D 4 axis stuff. Aspire cannot do that.
I have been eyeballing Rhino and RhinoCAM but we are talking $5-6k -- maybe a retirement gift - maybe - but maybe not.
HOWEVER - I contacted Autodesk about a LEGAL and free seat of Fusion 360. They said YES, as long as you are a hobbyist or small business making less than $100,000 annually. SOOOO - I set it up.
I will be keeping Aspire and I now have Fusion 360. Both have their plusses & minuses.
FUSION 360 has some really positives in rendering, modeling, and assembly, that Aspire will never have. I think with practice it is by far better than sketchup. PLUS - it has a CAM side to it with "some" multiaxis capability. It have some really decent 3D capability.
Additionally it can handle laser and it also has a module for 3D printing
Best of all - FREE
It is certainly worth a look see.