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This doesn’t sound like an issue for those who use Fusion frequently, however you may want to find ways to get local files, just to be safe.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 3 months ago (26 children)

If you're a beginner: get used to a different software, because Autodesk is the king of enshittification. Your files will be hostage and then you're going to pay the subscription to keep them alive. Don't waste your precious time in mastering Autodesk applications, the more you wait the harder is the switch

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (20 children)

It's just so rough to switch away from the one major CAD suite that doesn't tar and feather UX devs on sight. Seriously, I like solidworks and solidedge and etc etc, but holy cow those interfaces are just unpleasant to use if you haven't been steeped in them for the last 30 years. Even Rhino is more intuitive.

[–] BingBong 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Having tried Fusion 360... It's interface and design paradigm is utter trash. NX, Creo, and Solidworks are all far ahead. Can't speak for catia, I've never used it but the versions I saw looked worse than Fusion

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

We all have our preferences, although some people's are clearly more insightful than others...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

UX isn't universal. What intuitively clicks for one person might be unusable for someone else. Good UX is adequate for as many people as possible, but it can't be perfect for everyone at once when some people work best with large labelled buttons with big, clear icons that have to go into submenus to fit on the screen, and other people prefer lots of small buttons whose purpose and location they've memorised which all fit on screen at once to save them needing to click into submenus.

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