Autodesk Fusion 360 Reviews & Product Details

It is User friendly and Good customization as per users requirements

Not as such any. All is good. Except instead of Project I think there Should be folders and where we keep respective info.

Yet I didn't have any exp or problem with upchain.

Great way to store data and files in searchable locations. I really enjoy the project management features built in to the system. Customer service is very good at supporting users.

There were a few minor bugs that had to be worked out initially that made the user experience slightly not ideal. These have been worked out now.

Keeping projects organized, controlled, and searchable

Upchain have kept open and frank communication during the entire process, answering any and all questions we had as best they could. When we asked some difficult questions, the CEO and CTO were more than happy to jump in to help clarify, really exceptional customer service.

I am yet to begin using upchain in a production environment. However the only thing I've seen so far that it can't do out of the box is serialise file naming of CAD parts.

upchain will bring structure to our design process, and ensure that products and designs consistently improve. It will also cut down on rework, and duplication of work.

A software that allows you to work together with a team or individually if you wish and is a very powerful tool

WHen an update is made it must be re-installed again

The collaboration between teams and to impove the production in a project

The ability to collaborate and ensure everyone is working off the most up to date revision. Previously we found ourselves working on multiple copies of the same part and never being sure which should be used in production.

Frequent updates requiring re-installation

We no longer have time wasted on figuring out what files are production, r&d, and testing

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 process better understanding of the plm and pdm

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

Industrial problems

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

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

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.

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.

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