With this in mind we will assume that all of these three alternatives are free throughout the recommendations below. It has come to our attention that Fusion 360 is available for free as well, although with some restrictions to whom is eligible for the free version. Therefore, we feel that it’s time for a conclusion.

We could’ve gone on and on about all the features missing in 123D Design compared to Fusion, but that would get tedious after a while (you probably get the idea by now). Fusion’s snap tool is SO MUCH more flexible and 123D Design also lacks a few inspect tools. Every sketch-related tool is also so much more robust in Fusion. All of the movement, joint and animation-related features are left out of 123D Design as well.Ī render done in Fusion 360 (from an earlier post)įusion 360 has this construct feature which lets you create planes, axes and points in a wide array of ways to make your life easier. You also don’t have anything close to the “capture history”/parametric modelling feature in 123D Design which you have in Fusion. This is essential to have if your assembly consists of several components and extremely convenient to have regardless of the assembly size. The browser is not present in 123D Design where you in Fusion have a good overview and management over each instance (components, bodies, sketches and so on). In 123D Design you don’t have the render, sculpt or CAM modules (among several others), which you all find in Fusion. Let’s talk about the major differences first. In Tinkercad you’re so blatantly aware of your major limitations that every feature is a godsend, but in 123D Design there are all these smaller and more subtle limitations which you discover after a while which can almost give you a bit of a headache.

vs Fusion 360īeing more of a simplified Fusion 360 than an improved Tinkercad software, 123D Design can almost get a bit annoying to work with if you’re used to Fusion (or other larger CAD programs, we have to assume).

There are expanded features here compared to Tinkercad with export and import of STEP and SAT-files, which is convenient. We have to mention the import/export options as well. How ’bout some love for the good ol’ Comic Sans? The measure tool shows the shortest length between the two selected edges, the anlge between them and the lengths of the edges themselves.

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