It’s as easy as using Dropbox or Google drive.Īre you worried about the security of CAD in the cloud? Click here to read Autodesk’s cloud security white paper.Īll revisions are tracked on save with no checking in or checking out. It does this seamlessly – you don’t need to do anything special. How often do you need to speak to the person that saved the file to ask what they called it and where they saved it to be certain that you’ve got the correct version?įusion 360’s integrated cloud data managementįusion 360 stores all of your documents in the cloud. This leads to a lack of trust in the system. The trouble with storing your files on the server (‘on the system’) is that it’s not very systematic! People can store files wherever they want, call them what they want and move the files around Willy-nilly. Head over to our Fusion 360 review page to learn more. One of the problems that they were keen to tackle is the issue of collaboration on 3D CAD designs. The lucky people on the Fusion 360 team got to ask this exact question. Imaging that you could design your own CAD document management tool right from the ground up. What would you keep from your current CAD PDM system? What would you like to take from other CAD PDM systems? What problems would you like to solve that you couldn’t solve before? The comments, mark-ups and notes added to the drawing can be recorded and stored should you need to go back and review the history of the decision-making process.īut is there an easier way? Imagine that you could re-design Document Management from scratch? You tell us that this is because you need to maintain an audit trail. Surprisingly, many of you tell us that you still use drawings (Paper and electronic) as in integral part of the design review process. So – How do you collaborate on your 3D CAD models?ĭo you hook up your CAD station to the big screen in the company boardroom for design review? Do use free CAD file viewers, or publish to a neutral format for non-CAD users to review? Do you forget about the 3D CAD model entirely and publish drawings to review instead? However, you do it – don’t tell me that it’s easy or seamless! We have lost the ability to gain the 1000ft overview of our designs in progress. Anyone wanting to see progress on a project could simply walk up and down the design office, peeking over the drafter’s shoulders.īut, with the advantages of CAD there are some limitations. The design office was a sea of drawing boards. How do you collaborate on your 3D CAD models?īack in the good ‘ol days collaboration was easy.

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