Autodesk Fusion 360 Reviews: 4.3/5 — Solid Choice

The product is easy to begin using and training users is easy. The fact that the product is accessible from any computer makes it more attractive to on the go and high placed work environments.

The reporting feature in the product stills needs some tweaks as well as copying workspaces from tenant to tenant.

We are using PLM for change management, specifically BOM management. The BOM compare feature is great as it allows cost comparisons. The multiple BOM views are great for multiple department uses.

In Autodesk Fusion 360 the best part is that, the cloud system and graphics quality, design experience was great, on emore best features were command for all the tools

Less tool were provided in assembly section I think 3d modelling and assembly shouldn't be on same index, it gives some inconvenience while designing and assembly.

Change management system and product data management, solve BOM and Change Management Problems, multiple versions control and centralised location of stored data.

It has very good versatile option that helps user in a better way.

Few things it need improvement are need to improve application stability and API interface

It helps in stream line current development process and reduce time to market time.

Best for beginners, easy and clean UI also usually most engineers are well versed in AutoCAD so its easier for them to learn Fusion360.

Ability to render. Also it lacks some advanced 3D analysis tools like creo and solidworks have.

Best aspects is the Cloud saving and restore. anybody who is authorised can view the model no matter where they are which is really amazing.

The user interface is so smooth and there are a lot of options and customizations in the software which helps to have a superior review of the CAD Data and helps us to visualize the product.

Currently, the software demo area can be concentrated more for product expansion and it takes a little more time for people to understand the tools, a proper tutorial will be good

Product reviews with multiple version controls and the centralized location of stored data which are being reviewed across different systems.

The user interface and inbuilt domain functionalities

The backend coding is niche. The developers needs proper training before working on the code

Change management systems and Product data management

The process better understanding of the plm and pdm

Everything was quite interesting there is nothing I could see that can be changed

Industrial problems

Able to collaborate with peers/coworkers and share design creations as well as edit as a team

Steep learning curve to use the product, though there are adequate support materials

I am able to work with a team through the design process with necessary sharing abilities

I like to integrate with existing business systems with open API, as well as standardize critical business processes.

I have performance problems with my system on PC, accessing projects prepared by the team.

Project management with a uniform platform and attentive team from the web.

Central data location, revision control, data protection etc etc the usual merits of a PLM system (we don't have one at present, so this is a vast improvement for us).

Cloud navigation can be occasionally be sluggish. Third party ontrol may be tricky at time i.e. server down times and reliance on off site servers, should be fine though I'm sure! Unable to observe at approve level the workflow journey and who the approvers are and their real time status.

Central data location revision control data protection an end to duplicated files lean storage lean cross department communications mobile working; off site working opportunities The merits of a PLM system (we don't have one at present, so this is a vast improvement for us) and cloud connections.

Very comprehensive data capture and management. Pulls ALL of your product data together and controls the release of the right data to suppliers and internal customers. Maintains a single point of truth for a given product. Prevents suppliers or production from using the wrong data. Easy 3D item viewing for production users is invaluable. The custom "workflows" that automate and define the approval and release of information are brilliant.

Well, it is cloud based. If you're not careful you can still have copies of parts & documents added to different item numbers.

■ Revision control. ■ No more duplicate parts, assemblies & drawings all over the server. Only one of each item. ■ Information sharing to production and suppliers.

I like how they listen to our requests and if they don't provide it currently they will pass the feedback onto development team

Having no plugin for the adobe suite (as of yet)

Solving loads of housekeeping issues we have faced for many of years. Also having a project follow workflows better is great

I've come from a completely non CAD/PLM background, and I've been able to get up to speed with the way Upchain works quite quickly. Support has been massively improved in the last few months, and the speed in which developments/improvements are delivered is good. Feedback is taken on board and acted upon. I've dealt with similar sized companies in different fields who didn't take feedback onboard and just issued platitudes, but Upchain acknowledge that the system can always be improved.

It's not without its bugs and error messages (but as mentioned above, these are acknowledged). As I deal with end user support, I see more of the issues that users face when dealing with Upchain, and one of the main complaints is the errors given are vague and ambiguous.

The web based Upchain licenses have enabled us to take some people off of more expensive CAD licenses.

Upchain , I love it because it allows me to keep all the information stored in the cloud in a layer system where the information is encrypted, to be later used in sending or sharing specific information, however this offers us other tools and collaborates with us in The design processes for the marketing and advertising campaigns in this offer us a tool to create a filter and thus be able to find errors or find positive things to be able to spread it to the clients, we are happy because it has been handled very well and not showed no problems with clients from the campaigns already sent, in summary useful and easy system.

I have a main problem and that is that their server support or their status in the cloud is in problems because it is cumbersome to enter the system and download the program in circumstances it is difficult are optimization problems that can affect being effective.

The main problems that we have had so far is to send quality or poor quality designs that make the products not important or not get results in advertising, it is for this reason that we seek some type of filter or help without having to reach the Digital marketing processes that are expensive, also because in general the majority of software indicates that everything works in a good way, for this reason Upchain is the service that has handled this problem because it has provided a solution and has worked objectively and just what is good.

I really enjoyed the cloning feature and the web interface. I also really appreciated that the people at the Upchain help center had quick responses.

From time to time, I would have issues with upload speed/reliability. There is also currently a lack of compatibility design tables, but I have contacted the support center about this and they have informed me that the feature is currently in the works.

Upchain has made it really easy to create study parts with the cloning feature. It only takes a few clicks to save a copy of a file that you can perform a study on.

The ability to create revisions of BOMs and track changes

The inability to see multiple projects in one screen

Detailing BOMs with CAD/Pictures/SKUs all in one place, which we had not had before

I think the online access is my favorite feature. The ability to pull up parts and assemblies on a remote computer without a SolidWorks license to make quick measurements or review of the part has been extremely useful. The flow of updated parts is also intuitive and easy to use and review.

There were some issues in our online training sessions which were confusing. Sometimes parts were failing to load properly, or error messages were popping up which were glazed over and moved on with quickly without a thorough explanation. Terminology could also be confusing, so maybe a glossary of common terms before the training sessions would have been helpful. A more rehearsed training session would have been helpful, but the instructors did do a nice job of answering all questions when they were brought up.

As mentioned above, the online parts viewing and measurement feature has been very helpful. We are also doing a much better job of version control and modifying parts between multiple engineers than we were prior to using Upchain.

Version control of every model you build. Being able to resort back to previous models.

Having to pull items manually every once in a while to make sure you are working with the most recent version.

Working on large projects as part as a team.

We deal with a lot of part changes coming from our clients. Upchain let's us have more control over the process. We can assign projects to people and be able to track changes and project info.

The setup takes some time. We had a lot of data that needed to be moved into the system. Upchain staff worked with us until we got it done.

It gives us one platform to manage part changes.

Collaborative and insightful with a team that has hands on experience with engineering and design. Rapid response to user needs, personable and professional management and development units.

Stability is not top notch yet, but has been on an upwards path. Acceleration in that area will be great.

Engineering design management is the primary use.

We found Upchain to be simple to get started. After initial consultation, we were able to start with a small-scale pilot with a very short set-up period. The licencing model and the implementation timeframe was very simple when compared to alternate solutions. This was helpful to us to make a decision to do a in-house pilot trail to fully evaluate Upchain at a very low-risk . The flexibility of Upchain to customise the software to suit our needs will give us greater use of PLM software.

I would like to see some more comprehensive tutorials and worked examples. Perhaps regional experts would be beneficial to further improve the implementation. Worked examples or case studies with details of issues, solutions and work-arounds would be good too.

We have no existing PLM system. We have identified a need to improve the engineering change system, project management tools and dashboards. The initial use of Upchain , is engineering focused. Out initial target is project managing the design of engineering projects, with dashboards, project management tools & engineering change. Progressive rollout to other departments will unify the produce management.

Upchain has easy integration with Solidworks and Office suite, and the online web features are easy to use. The Upchain team has customized workflows for our process.

The PLM logic was difficult for us to adapt to initially because of our historic way of handling manufacturing document control. It was tricky to convert our released design libraries into "projects" inside Upchain.

Speed of new design creation and release is improved, strict tracking of up-issues and approval of new designs is hugely improved, reduction of design association mistakes also

Being able to collaborate with my team, having the option to work together or separately on a project

Some trouble with compatibility and the number of updates/ notifications.

Collaboration, being able to focus on the design without necessarily stopping production.

Traceability, for example, our company uses a Purchase Requisition (PR) system to allow the engineering dept. to order equipment & materials. By using this system, anyone can trace an order back to the PR, then to the RFQ and even to the Supplier's quotes who didn't win the contract - all with the click of a button. Previously, this would not be possible as everything was actioned through emails and only available to the project team.

There is currently no way to 'grey out' unneeded fields. With all processes, only certain fields are required to be completed at each stage. It would be beneficial if administrators could select which fields are required at each stage. At present the only options are to either group all the required fields in to a section and enable 'workflow locking' or use validations to warn the user that these fields should / should not be populated. The first option is not always possible as these fields may not be easily grouped as they cover different subjects or are required at different stages of the process. The second option can be frustrating as the warnings only display once you try to push the process on to the next stage.

There have been many processes developed by our admin team since we started using PLM 3 years ago. Some of these process are RFQ's, purchase requisition, holiday requests, calibration, non-conformance requests, meeting minutes. Two of the processes are explained in a bit more detail below. Our old document control system utilized a Microsoft access database and was contained on our internal server. This meant that you could only access the the database from within the company premises. Now with the document control system stored in PLM, any company employee with access to the internet can access any document they require, anywhere in the world. Previously, monitoring Supplier performance was pretty non existent. Now we have a process in place which monitors when supplier certifications expire and the number of non-conformance reports, and issues raised against the supplier. This will greatly help with quantifying positive or indeed negative feedback to suppliers.

The system was very quick to get up and running

There are still portions of interface still out dated

Scheduling - it has allowed interdepartmental communication easily

I like the back-end is accessible to the Administrators so the customization in JavaScript is easily accomplished. Having this option allows us to automate more of the process and implement API.

The reporting is not cross workspace, not being able to search in the custom scripts for certain words or symbols and the outstanding work is not reliable.

We are using Fusion in our Sales, Drafting, Engineering and Estimating departments, to track the order from beginning to delivery.

i like the whole concept of fusion lifecycle and fusion 360 user friendly simple a great deal of variants that cover all the aspect i require the cloud connection that i can accsess all of my data and designs and where its really really effective the mobile app is amazing and really helpfull the CRM moudule

i think the biggest problem i have faced is that its a new software and still needs a bit more development as it crashes a lot which forces me to redo my design sometimes it got me a while to get the hang of it bit it is not that hard improve the simulation addins there should be a library for the software which might make my life a lot easier

as we are already using Inventor and we are familiar with Autodesk software we have decided to go for fusion and as it is a full solution the provides all what we need it was an easy decision. we had a real problem in managing our projects as we have a great deal of details and task it really helped us to assign task with deadlines for each project and the result was more efficient and higher quality product

Autodesk Fusion Lifecycle is an excellent PLM software. Very easy to install and manage, excellent user interface, and never faced any functionality issues.

Accessing some specific file types over mobile devices might cause issues at times but I believe that's something being improved right now.

Data accessibility across a large number of teams

Autodesk PLM 360 features and workspaces work together to perform critical business functions. PLM 360 improves the way one works instantly with its advanced and specific features like document control, new product introduction , supplier management etc.

I find the following things to be the limitations : Autodesk PLM 360 supports only Android devices and Autodesk PLM 360 does not have an API available

product lifecycle management solution designed helps me to improve the way organizations manage processes, projects and people. It ensures everyone has access to the right information.

I like the ease of use and administration of the software and that it's cloud based so not too biased on IT involvement. It's easy to setup using basic IT skills and so can be introduced to a wider audience for now.

Cost. It's quite costly compared to other PLM variants out on the market. However it does do a good job.

The benefits of installing Autodesk PLM 360 has been to bring together project data, updates and communications in to 1 platform for all to see. Using this software has made it easier to keep up to date with project progress and information sharing