OnShape, a Free 3D CAD Program

[awemawson]

Apparently - you can work 'offline' storing locally, but have to connect at least every couple of weeks to synchronise ( and presumably let them check your licence credentials)

I also am not a fan of the cloud, and to date have had nothing to do with it - I don't 'do' Facebook or any other 'social media' thing other than forums, but am going to make an exception in this case as the upside is too good to miss out on.

I understand that Fusion 360 can share it's processing between the local computer and their server, which does at least mean if your internet connection is slow (we are on overhead copper here) or lost (it happens) you can still carry on.

[EdK]

(01-16-2016, 02:02 PM)Sunset Machine Wrote: ...I don't like the "cloud" though, can Fusion or Onshape store drawings locally?

Fusion can. I don't know about OnShape. Tom could probably answer that though.

Ed

EDIT: I'm not sure Fusion can store files locally now.

[TomG]

The cloud is what makes OnShape so powerful. All the computing and file storage is done at their end and not on your PC. In fact nothing is stored on your PC, not even a program. Working offline can't go away fast enough in my opinion.

Tom

[EdK]

After playing with Fusion 360 most of the day, it has some really nice features but it is slow with files of any size since it's cloud based. I much prefer working offline on my PC.

I should just bite the bullet and learn TurboCAD since I've had it for ages but never have taken the time to learn the 3D aspect of it. I've got the latest version of it.

Ed

[EdK]

A little clarification on working offline with Fusion 360. It's doable but you first need to open the project via the cloud, then you can work on it offline.

Ed

[Mayhem]

(01-16-2016, 07:34 PM)EdK Wrote: After playing with Fusion 360 most of the day...I should just bite the bullet and learn TurboCAD...

One might comment that you should get your mill set up first...

[EdK]

(01-16-2016, 07:56 PM)Mayhem Wrote:

(01-16-2016, 07:34 PM)EdK Wrote: After playing with Fusion 360 most of the day...I should just bite the bullet and learn TurboCAD...

One might comment that you should get your mill set up first...

That's not going to happen when it's -2F out in the garage.

Ed

[TomG]

I spent the afternoon working on a design for a set of scope mounts on my smart phone, because I could.

Not sure how efficient it was with my fat fingers, but it worked just fine

Tom

[Pete O]

(01-16-2016, 08:01 PM)TomG Wrote: I spent the afternoon working on a design for a set of scope mounts on my smart phone, because I could.

Tom

Scope mounts on your smart phone sounds cool

[Mayhem]

Well Tom is getting on in years - perhaps he needs the optics to see the keypad