DEVELOP3D - Technology for the product lifecycle

I’ve been waiting for this for some time, but it’s good to see it finally happen. Inventor Fusion is Autodesk’s take on the direct modelling movement. The ability to dynamically and directly manipulate 3D geometry. I’m pretty sure we’re all aware of how it works and the benefits you can derive by now.

From the demonstration and the discussion that followed, it’s clear that this has been in the planning for a while. This is a Mac OS X Native application. No Parallels, no virtualisation, no nothing. Native app. As a fan of the Mac, it’s good to see vendors taking the platform seriously and from just a cursory glance, it’s clear that Autodesk is doing this properly. The user interface isn’t a hacked about Windows UI stuffed into a DMG; it’s slick and effective. Some of the new tools within the next Technology Preview of Fusion are looking interesting too. So do you fancy a look?

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