I tend to believe that if F360 was going to replace IV that they would do a similar approach and F360 would be coming with IV, not sure that is the case or not. At some point I realized that IV had progressed far enough that it was a better choice than MDT or 2D options and off I went. What’s the difference between Fusion 360, SOLIDWORKS, and Siemens NX Compare Fusion 360 vs. That allowed you, at your own leisure, to install and play with IV with each new release. I’ve also noticed DXF files export really. MDT was replaced by IV but you got IV with your MDT subscription. I’m trying to get the hang of Fusion 360 - don’t get me wrong, I like the CAM features it has, but modelling wise, everything seems so difficult compared to Solidworks I feel like I might be doing something wrong, but simple things seem a little more convoluted than they are in Solidworks - things like making matching holes in an assembly.

AutoCAD: Two CAD tools with different working principles, so it comes down to what you want to make. In my opinion they did a better job the first time than SW is right now. Fusion 360 vs AutoCAD (2021): The Differences Fusion 360 vs.

Sure at some point I think IV will be replaced by something but I tend to think Autodesk will do a better job at it than SW is. I think every CAD program on the market will at some point offer this to a varying degree. I would suspect that over some time frame you will see IV with a 'Cloud' option and more than likely in some form that already exists. They see company resources going someplace else and want it to go to fixing their issues instead. IV is a more mature product and you wouldn't expect it to have as many updates as a new product like Fusion. I guess us SolidWorks users could claim the same though. Perusing the Inventor forums seems to show IV users upset that they aren't getting many updates and Fusion is.

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