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Inventor Fusion for both Mac and PC (#4410)
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In case you didn't know, those awfully nice people over at Autodesk recently released Inventor Fusion (beta) for Mac. Inventor Fusion being an MCAD application which I think will eventually take Spaceclaim's crown. There are a few teething problems with getting Fusion to accept SAT and DWG files made with any other software apart from AutoCAD at the moment, but Autodesk have assured me that they are looking into this. I think Inventor Fusion together with Shark/VC could be a dynamite combination to have/own?
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I've downloaded and installed it. The UI takes a little learning and some of the conventions are different, but not bad. There wasn't a way to do surfacing, just solids. It crashed often. Autodesk have a lot of work to do before inventor fusion for Mac is useable for professional work.
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It's still in beta, so it will crash. Autodesk assure me that they are optimising Fusion as we speak. I've also sent them ViaCAD SAT files to get them importing into Fusion. Right now I still prefer ViaCAD, but we'll see how it pans out. :)
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Is the preview of all operations in real time and the selective context menus...The kernel for doing the operations is the same as Shark/Viacad...
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The 123D app for PC that Autodesk does started life as an "Inventor Fusion Beta". It did file transfers between Creo, Inventor and parasolid, (nice!)which was trimmed out by the time it became 123D. Autodesk bought a permanent license for ACIS at version 7, but went off with its own kernel after that, so .sat transfers with AutoCAD and 123D, and possibly this fusion version as well, might stand a better chance of success if you export/transfer as ACIS V7.
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Thanks Murray! It worked! :)
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