The SW Verses Fusion is heating up here and I need a really good input. The engineering/design team will be getting together next week to prepare for this meeting the following week - Speak your mind?

Below is the email I got this morning.....


Guys,

I am getting a meeting together for a discussion group on the CAD/CAM solution for WW it will be on Tue June 1st
J will be down and this will be for users of the solution.

I want you all to write up some basic concern areas in particular what I have heard seems to be based around use of assemblies and the other one seems to be ease of mates.
I am not knowledgeable myself on these solutions from a user perspective so I may have some of this wrong or some of these things I heard may be related.
I remember hearing that changes to the model don't update automatic in the Sketch things like this.

Very Very important that the team focus on top 2 or 3 items don't nit pick the interface. or where they put buttons or how it looks focus on real day to day use topics in particular things that if not resolved will take more labor then your used too in current solution.

My goal is for you guys to touch on these top items and have J who has used F 360 tell us how he would approach these issues.
WW has not needed to Model complex items some of the things that your noticing may not really be worth a more advanced solution if we continue to make simple items but the direction of WW is more furniture that means configurations. Modular tables have to be more precise... programming of more parts that must join well. Chairs are going to continue to be developed and there more complicated. So while KC is going away the value of the more advanced assembly modeling may still be valuable I want to vet this out.

Learning Curve on the interface and cost will be the Pro's pushed by going to 360 as well as CNC post programs being implemented already.

Need a Side by Side price compare if someone can type that up in a sheet and bring it along.
Will one of you consolidate the issue topics so we can send that off to J in advance as well I would like him to be prepared as well.

Sum up

Need side by side pricing appropriate version of Solid Works next to 360 ( this has all been gathered before JM may have it)
Need solid CAM cost included for the side by side and if 360 has a CAM add on to do the same need that in there
Need cost to post a machine for both CAM packages
Will be good to include a note that subscription is monthly for 360 while we can once and done Solidworks someone brought that up the other day so a note would be good.

Need list of Issues with good examples describing the impact of the issue and where it would be a problem going forward.

Would one of you have time to collect and compile your teams info in one document for me to look over before sending it to J.

Thanks