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Turning is currently a weakness IMO, but has come along way. Some things I like better about HSMWorks and some things better in Fusion. I think they are honestly off to a pretty great start.
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I was an early adopter of Fusion and have used it off and on over the past couple years. I got an email the other day that stated the Ultimate version would be back and priced at $1500/year. But you could have no promise of that with most software do you? No one can say with certainty if the pricing will go up or not. I would say if you can go with Fusion then go for it. Gotta admit, I am pretty excited about the prospect. So, am I missing something? It is really this good? Is there any reason not to ditch the $2000/year expense for a $300/year expense and pick up some more modern functionality? It *may* cause me to use SolidWorks less, also, but the important thing I proved to myself is that I can import any SW files and proceed to generate CAM output from Fusion 360. Well, I have been playing with it for a day or two, and have pretty much convinced myself that it can completely replace CAMWorks as my CAM package.
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At $300 per year, it sounded too good to be true. I was thusly motivated to investigate Fusion 360. It turns out that CAMWorks is the largest annual maintenance cost of all my in-house software, except for a very expensive, specialized engineering package that is not CAD/CAM related. It started with a snarky response to a request of my local VAR (details not important), and a review of all my software maintenance costs. Recently, the planets aligned to cause me to question my dedication to CAMWorks. When I needed CAM software, I chose CAMWorks, and was very happy with it for a number of years. And because of the work I do, it's likely that that won't end anytime soon. I have been a SolidWorks user for a long time.
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