Autodesk Fusion 360 Reviews & Product Details

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

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.

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 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

I liked all of the trainers' willingness to answer questions.

I found it unnecessary to talk about what the trainers were going to talk about... this could have saved 10-15mins per session which would have avoided the need to rush through the content right at the end. The software overall seems like a good tool, but there do seem to be a few annoying bugs.

I won't know this until I start utilising the software fully.

I am most appreciative of the staff that are helping to train us. It's convenient that we can use the Word plugin with their software.

We don't have everything we need in the program yet as far as our dropdown menu's go.

The staff is very helpful when they know there is a problem. They have gone out of their way to help us get the software set up to work well for our business.

I like that it is easy to use and very self explanatory, making all of the jobs you do easier and simple. This software is very useful and keeps everything in one place so it is easy to find and pull back up into your memory

Clearly the cost is a huge downfall, but that is with anything. Cost has to be considered when defining what you are using it for vs what it is actually worth in order to do day to day business.

designing and engineering across our inventory. It was great to have everything in one place but with that being said, we worried about confidentiality and safety concerns regarding our original designs.

For a new organization setting up life cycle management, the preconfigured workspaces get you going really fast. The app store gives you great ideas on how to use the product and extend it within your organization. The staff on site are happy to help, and can assist with issues you run into.

It can be difficult to adapt the environments to pre-existing workflows. Scripts are not always user friendly to manage. Once you add a workspace, its difficult to remove it cleanly, as it leaves links and data behind that make maintance painful. The interface can be slow to use though, and page load times are a common complaint.

Currently used for life cycle management both for of individual parts and produc families, part number creation, change order control, change requestes, problem reports and serial number tracking.

The workflow processes - especially visibility of what state a current project is in. Also the assigning of tasks with that flow and project completion.

The lack of project timeline management - we would like to see greater control of timelines and project completions based on the completed tasks and uncompleted tasks.

Solving the NPI process and shortening the length of time it takes to bring a product from idea to finished goods.

Once you get used to it, it is fairly easy to navigate. It allows the company to have all product information in one location instead of scattered through our shared drive.

When the sales pitch is that you can do everything yourself - you don't need to be in IT or need IT's help. Its not true. We needed help, lots of it, which ends up costing a lot of money. Might have well have invested the money up front to have it set up the way you wanted. However, that is not what was presented to us.

The main benefit we have found is being able to look up current product specifications and being able to look through the history of the item.

The User Interface is nice and it looks like there are a lot of functionalities.

However, what they show in their training program only works smoothly on the program. Once one starts using the software, many of the features of the software are half-baked. Their customer representatives are also not very knowledgeable about the issues they try to solve, and it takes a few days until they reply.

PLM/PDM. I wanted my company to have file version control for 3D CAD.

Mobile access, Product portfolio management, Multi-CAD data management, Change management, Dashboards and KPIs, Centralised data and processes, Open API are good features compared to its competitors

Change management, Bill of materials these 2 featured can be improved further. Since Fusion 360 is still evolving from upchain point of view, user requirements will take time for incorporation,

The most amusing feature of Fusion 360 manage with upchain is Multi CAD data management and helping a lot for my problems. New product information feature need to be improved further.

Smooth workflow and good data management.

Some more plugins / compatibility with other CAD files.

The API, PLM apps and the workflow changes. These have made the processes very smooth and adapting. Supplier collaboration, Bill of Materials, Design change adaption, etc have improved the overall quality and experience.

It gives a separate dimension to our imagination and analyse the creation that how it will act under different conditions and also allow us to improve simultaneously when required.

Add-in has limited sources that prevents us to increase our designing speed

I faced minimal problem with autodesk fusion 360, it is very collaborative with upchain

Everything was best and all the functions are at their best. It is a well structured solution which solves the common problems which we were seeing in a fast paced product development space.

There is nothing that I don't like. It's a great experience

Forced revision control on check-in helps ensure that the correct revisions are being selected by the manufacturing team