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[Phil PParticipant @philp]

I have shown a few of my friends in the local model engineering club what can be done very quickly in 3D CAD and they are all totally amazed.

I used Autocad 2D for a lot of years before we transferred to Solidworks 3D at work in 2005, every now and then I have to make change on an old Autocad drawing and it beggars belief how we ever managed to produce anything with it.

Another 100% thumbs up for 3D from me.

Phil

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Andrew Johnston on 09/01/2021 09:57:57:

Posted by Richard Cox on 08/01/2021 16:52:45:

I admire what some of you lads can do with cad I can only dream, I keep toying with the idea of getting into it but not really got the need bit of a catch 22 really to get good at something you need to always do it….

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Another plus for 3D CAD is that 2D drawings are simple to create.

Andrew

Andrew's reasons for preferring 3D are spot on but he reminded me I hit an unexpected Fusion360 restriction last week.

The non-commercial / private version still generates 2D plans from the 3D model but the ability to export drawings as a PDF or DWG is disabled now. At least on my version, which was updated on Tuesday. The change is due to their latest licence policy; the feature is now paid for.

[Anonymous]

I've been using Alibre for 12+ years. I looked at Fusion360 (due to the built-in CAM) a few years ago. I'm glad I didn't swap over. Free access is only good while the current CEO is in place. While I use 3D CAD for work it's not my main source of income and I wouldn't want to pay for full commercial access.

Andrew

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