I have been using Unix (many versions) since the early 80'S and linux since the mid 90's. (Many flavors). MS/Windows has always just been a necessary evil for me for the handful of tools that don't work on Linux, like the Flex Innovations Aura Configurator.
Rockwell Aim65 here. 6502 based like the commodores, but no video. Just a 20 character LED display and 20 column thermal printer. Upgraded it from 1K to 4K and wondered what we were going to do with all that memory.
LOL! I asked my wife to pick up a hard drive from EggHead while she was in town. She called and said they didn't have a 10 Meg HD, the smallest they had was a 20 and I thought "What are we going to do with all that memory!"
That's an odd statement, they're not generally seen as softwares that compete against one another. One is a parametric modeler for more engineering-type applications, the other is a mesh modeler primarily for making pretty stuff.
Blender does absolutely everything Fusion does including absolute precision on all levels but it does thousands more then what Fusion could ever dream of. They don't compare because Fusion is like a slingshot compared to a firearm, there isn't really a reason to compare the two since they are not in the same echelon of capacity remotely. I think Fusion downplays Blender because it's free and open source. From what I've used in Fusion, I wasn't impressed with at all, I'd be using FreeCad if I wanted something more primitive like Fusion.
I'm looking at it objectively, and from a business perspective. It's entirely hype and status quo why Blender has not overtaken Fusion on the engineering world, the engineers simply have not taken the time to learn Blender. The hype with Fusion was strong emphasis upon team collaboration on projects, this is it's only merit and strength it has over Blender, it's only one being that, the average private user does not need that feature. What are we in the hobby really needing and using, and as it relates to it, we are just doing parts for 3d printers or a visual of the project to get a look at it before committing to laser cutting up additional parts for. I'm finding myself pioneering in the teaching element for Blender to make it more accessible to the beginner, this has been it's weak area. My background is with simpler, but in ways, similar software to it too, Moray Ray Tracer and Pov Ray, so Blender has been easier for me to pick up.
see my reply above.
I saw a big need for people new, raw etc., to Blender so they can make use of it right out of the box. This tutorial does exactly that, no video with thick accents you cannot understand, no talking about my family life, pets, world events, wandering aimlessly as most tutorials, just direct, to the point and usable. https://happyrcflyer.com/converting-2d-cad-to-3d-for-printing-tutorial/
Thanx, I will go through it, give it an honest try, and report back. I'd love to add Blender to my repertoire; Fusion does what it does very well, but there are things Blender does better simply because it approaches some things differently.
No, it's not. Blender is not for engineering, never has been, never was intended to be. It's designed for computer graphics.
Showing my age, but we used to use Windows Paint to do technical drawings out at work because it was the best we had.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with using what is available to you or whatever happens to agree with your budget, being able to improvise is highly useful.
It's the exact same XYz coordinates, same measurements regardless of how detailed and extensive the model may become. Is there another coordinate or dimension Fusion some how manages to cover that Blender does not?
Simple example - your tutorial is 16 steps long. In Fusion, the same model can be made in 2 steps.
There's more to it than that. Parametric CAD is math driven, Blender is a mesh modeler, all it can do is approximate geometry. For hobby modeling this is often sufficient, for engineering where precision and tolerancing matters it is not. Likewise, not having robust feature history is a problem, this is part of the reason I dislike Fusion as its feature history honestly kind of sucks.
