The lost business and problems this package has cost me is way more than the total it costs for the year. I have now been unable to use my CNC machine for 2 days I cannot find any direct way of speaking with Autodesk or Fusion. With a small business I really do not have time to be sitting down reading forums and watching videos I already work 50-60 hours per week. I had 2 replies the first was as follows 'we are not changing the post processor back and it's not that difficult' (but no real help or advise), the second from engineguy (mentor) saying we have been posting on the forum for months the changes and I should be reading the forums and watching the videos. However, as I couldn't use my CNC without fear I would be crashing the head into the bed I posted my issue. I'm not a big user of social media and I would honestly prefer not to be posting my issues for all to see and for this to be the only means of communication I find really unprofessional. When the call did come through it lasted a total of 5 minutes and 13 seconds and I was told they were unable to help as it was beyond their technical help and I was to post my issue on the forum. Fusion 360, if you have a problem like I did last week you have a to book a scheduled call being the UK this meant 7pm on a Friday night 4 hours after I needed the help. You come off the telephone feeling you have added to your knowledge all within 30 minutes.

With SOLIDWORKS you call a telephone number and a person picks up, your talk through your problem, they understand and if needed log on to your PC and explain the issue. The difference between SOLIDWORKS and Fusion 360 after sales is stunning. This is when the real issues with Fusion 360 started as there is NO customer service and really poor technical help. However, last week Fusion 360 changed the post process and this threw up several warning symbols which were not there on the older version. This was a good simple and cost-effective solution to our CNC programming needs. I use SOLIDWORKS mainly for all our designs but use Fusion 360 for the CNC machining. OSS/BSS (Operations Support/Business Support).Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS).Application Performance Management (APM).

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