![]() But the version of Fusion 360 previewed last week provides enough hints that it’s possible to read between the lines, and see that the vision is a big one. That’s not to say that Autodesk’s full vision for Fusion is out in the open, for everyone to see. Now, after years of work, Fusion is finally approaching the threshold of capability and maturity where it makes sense to use as a serious production tool. They’ve added, changed, and removed capabilities, without the constraints they would have faced with a commercial product. They’ve taken quite a bit of time, trying out ideas through Autodesk Labs. Interestingly, Autodesk hasn’t rushed Fusion to market. The technology preview is the first step in delivering the full vision of Inventor Fusion to engineers everywhere… The June 2009 preview is the first step toward Autodesk’s goal of providing seamless bidirectional parametric and direct workflows to users by allowing them to adopt the modeling approach that best fits their needs in a single application.” “Autodesk Inventor Fusion is new Digital Prototyping technology that unites the power and control of parametric, history-based modeling with the speed and ease of use of direct, history-free modeling, enabling users to choose the modeling approach that is right for the task at hand. It’s the situation a few lucky people in the Emerging Products and Technologies (EPT) group of Autodesk were presented with a number of years back.Ībout three and a half years ago, the first fruits of their efforts appeared in the form of Inventor Fusion Technology Preview 1. This is more than just a fantasy exercise. Just a big toolbox full of component technologies, enough money to buy anything you need, access to an international team of smart developers, the freedom to experiment, and a reasonable amount of time to get it done. ![]() No requirement to build on the existing generation of products. ![]() Next, imagine that you were given the task to develop a next-generation 3D mechanical CAD product. Imagine, for a moment, that you worked at a major CAD developer, with massive technical resources, and more than a billion dollars in the bank.
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