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Fusion Works with SolidWorks

Fusion 360™ – The Perfect $300 Companion for SolidWorks

Fusion 360 is the first 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool of its kind. It connects your entire product development process in a single cloud-based platform. The days of difficult-to-use, disjoined workflows of legacy CAD tools are a thing of the past, and you don't have to purchase any more expensive individual modules and plugins to do all the same things Fusion 360 can do with SolidWorks.


What does Fusion 360 do that SolidWorks doesn't?

  • Rendering & Visualization:
    Fusion 360's visualization capabilities enables you to better communicate design intent, review designs with teams or clients, illustrate assembly, and produce high quality images for marketing.
  • Simulation (FEA):
    Fusion 360's simulation capabilities enbales you to test fit and perform simulations to answer questions such as: Will it break? Will it overheat? How will it change a shape when loaded? Can it be made smaller and cheaper?
  • CAM:
    Fusion 360's CAM capabilities enables you to work with SolidWorks file formats to create and simulate toolpaths to machine your components.
  • Collaboration:
    Fusion 360's collaboration capabilities bring design teams together in a hybrid environment that harnesses the power of the cloud when necessary and use local resources when it makes sense.

What does a SolidWorks/Fusion 360 product development process look like?

product development process in SolidWorks/Fusion 360

The above chart demonstrates how Fusion 360 can be used throughout the product development process from initial concept to finally marketing the end product. Red blocks represent stages completed in SolidWorks. Orange blocks represent stages completed in Fusion 360.

Let's walk through each stage:

  • Conceptual Design (SolidWorks)
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  • Internal Design Review (Fusion 360)
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  • Manufacturing Design (SolidWorks)
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  • Structural Analysis (Fusion 360)
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  • Design Review (Fusion 360)
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  • CAM (Fusion 360)
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  • Marketing Literature
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