Even on the free version.Tempess_airplane-opener-inches_0001.dxf (53.5 KB) Want to design on one box and have a second computer in your shop to read dimensions off of? Sure - works seamlessly. Want to show somebody your project from a work computer without Fusion? No problem. As a bonus you get free cloud storage of your CAD files with an online viewer. If you look on youtube they have excellent how-to guides from Lars Christian. The learning curve for Fusion360 is a bit higher than Sketchup, but IMO it's 100% worth it. If you have any inkling at all of getting a CNC or carving setup, Fusion360 will support it right out of the box. The great thing about Fusion360 is that it's a real parametric CAD program with the capability to make tool paths in 2D, 3D and 4D. They have limits on using it for income, but anybody worried about the price shouldn't care about that. I even animated the door openings although not sure that has any practical value for me other than entertainment.įusion360 has changed their subscription model a few times, but as of right now it's 100% free for personal/hobby use. It took me a few days but I now have a basic cabinet design with raised panel doors and a face frame that I can simply modify with two parameters, width and height, and everything in the model adjusts appropriately. You can of course use it in a less parametric fashion, but being able to drive entire models from one or two dimensions is a lot of fun, at least I think so.I agree. Being careful in design gives you lots of flexibility for making small changes quickly and seeing how they will affect your final result. Parametric modeling is great but there is a learning curve. It has a reasonably simple UI, but still can do more exciting things if you dig deeper into the program. I find it generally easy to use (disclaimer I do a lot of parametric modeling at work) It generally works quite well for me but I keep running into odd bugs. I guess all good things must come to an end.įusion 360 is pretty nice and being free helps. I can't justify the cost for pro license of either platform, and the new online Sketchup is absolutely awful. Most recently I downloaded the last free version of Sketchup Make 2017, but immediately after doing that, I had the same problem with a file closing and losing my work that I had on my old PC. Since the Fusion 360 learning curve requires a considerable investment of time, I chose not to continue. I really liked the parametric modelling capabilities and animation capabilities, but about half way through the training course I was concerned about their license terms changing. I decided to change to Fusion 360 with the free license for individual non-commercial use since I'm just a hobbiest. I also had Sketchup Make 2017 on that drive, but I've always had a bug with that version where the active file would just shutdown and disappear and I'd lose all of my work so I stayed with 2016 which was reliable. I thought I could simply take the hard drive out and access files on it from my new PC however when I tried launching Sketchup 2016, I received an "expired license" message and never got any further. I was recently in the same situation and lost access to Sketchup Make 2016 when my PC died. Surely not everyone who uses free Sketchup is no paying? What free programs are people using? Or is there more to Sketchup Free that I’m missing? I tried reaching out to Dave Richards whom I’ve talked Sketchup with before but he seems to have vanished? I read in a thread here from earlier in the year that one used to be able to download Make, but that’s apparently be done away with in place of the Shop version which requires a fee of $119 a year I believe.Īm i correct in that most all the other modeling software has a free trial period and then a fee is required to keep using it? I don’t want to spend the time figuring out how to use something then have to pay for it.Īn understand these companies need to make money but I’m a little PO’ed that after years and years of free Sketchup they’re now charging. How on earth do they think it’s a good idea to lump together commands like the circle tool, rectangular, etc into one button, then after clicking on it having to find the command you want. The UI is terrible - I couldn’t believe how few buttons there were and no options to add more like in the old downloaded versions. On my new computer this morning, I tried the web based version of Sketchup free and it was absolutely terrible. My old computer died and along with it went my version of downloaded Sketchup.
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