Bobcad now has significantly more toolpath strategies and options than Fusion, so in terms of robustness, Bobcad is maybe as much as twice as capable when comparing 3 axis Mill Pro to Fusion. There are a few other minor things here and there between comparible Bobcad and Fusion toolpaths, but those are the highlights. The result is a smoother toolpath that can run perhaps 5% faster (best guess) through those links without negatively impacting the quality of cut. In tight areas where the motions are short, this works pretty good, but in longer areas where there is room, the Fusion links are better because they run parallel to the toolpaths, providing a transition from pass to pass that is more along the existing motion rather than across it. The overall geometry of the link is more perpendicular than parallel, which means the machine essentially has to change direction somewhat significantly. In Bobcad, and presumably every other Module Works product, the linking is done somewhat perpendicular to the toolpath, albeit with curves to start and finish the link. However, I like the way the Fusion version of Equidistant offset runs since it rounds out the corners on each pass to allow the machine to turn the corners more smoothly as well as how it links between each pass. The Fusion equivalent of Equidistant Offset (I'll use Bobcad terminology for comparison since this is the Bobcad forum) is also good, but Bobcad's version seems to behave better in some more difficult situations due to a few extra options in the toolpath setup. I really like the Morphed Spiral toolpath in Fusion, but again it has to match up with geometry that makes sense for the job. Even the appearance of the toolpaths are so different that you'd never confuse them if you know what you're looking for. I don't know why the Module Works link was shown, since as near as I can tell there is no link between Fusion's CAM (HSM Works) and Module Works. On the CAM side, there are things I like about both and things I don't care for about both, so again it really depends on your needs, and even kind of depends on the project. I guess that my experience is that neither is "better" on the whole, but that they both have their strengths and weaknesses and you have to decide what fits your needs better.
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You have to have a greater investment in understanding how to do many of the operations in Fusion to do some basic changes, while Bobcad is a little easier to get to that level of proficiency. If you bring geometry in from other sources and then want do basic work with the geometry to produce toolpaths, Bobcad is (in my opinion) the more simple program to accomplish the task.
Each system has it's uses and generally a specialty that others simply don't do well or at all.īetween Bobcad and Fusion, Fusion is the better CAD environment for sure, but only if you bought it for the CAD as a source for geometry. I also have Meshcam, and a few other smaller CAM systems.
Since it's just another tool, it made sense to buy it IMHO. To be honest, the $300/year that they wanted for the early adopter "Ultimate" version was too cheap to pass up on, knowing that I could dump it later if I don't like it, or keep it at the price as long as I like.
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