When I started designing loudspeakers, I started in drawing 2D, I use Corel draw a lot because it exports and reads many formats. And their forums on are very active in tracking down and reporting on bugs. They do releases about ever 2 months or so and always do YT videos on the new features and updates.

As you move from 2D to 3D, you'll want to be sure to work through components They make a huge difference in productivity and keeping things organized. They just introduced 3D sketching which does add some nice features if you want to do that.Ĭomponents are your friend, whether using Sketchup or Fusion. I'm not an AutoCad user so can't comment on what does or does not come over.ĢD - the sketching capability is quite strong - lots of abilities and continually improving with new updates. Importing - I have not had any problems with DXF file import, STP file import and even JPG import for tracing over them. You can see some performance hit on really complex 3D models, but for the most part, I've found it to be fine for furniture or other simpler projects. I use on a Macintosh and also have the viewer on my iPad. April Wilkerson just released a couple of videos and there are many more that are great for getting started.Īutodesk also has a very active youtube channel that I'd suggest.

Quite a few other videos on Youtube on learning it. I have done several online courses - one that I started with.

And it's supported by a lot of CNC providers now because of these factors.īut the learning curve can be a bit steep. It has a lot of capabilities that I like - parametric, 3D, built in rendering, strong community of users, continued improvements, free for hobby users and students. Started with it and gCode and now use it with SVG export for Shaper Origin. I've used it for several years as a hobby user.

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