Link to McMaster-Carr catalog to bring in existing models of hardware (nuts, screws, springs, etc).

Looks friendly for small production prototypes of single objects.

Excels at smaller detailed objects without the need to scale up as in SketchUp (“the Dave Method”) for detailing.

Since all tools were native, similar look and feel of User Interface.

Wide selection of fully native tool set (mirroring, fillets, curves, lofting, advanced extrusions) for many of my required needs.

Enhanced with Fusion360’s built in screen capture video feature for sharing of issues.

Forum support from customers and developers.

Frequent updates often with bug fixes and new features (some directly from Forum input voting).

Appears to be fully MAC compatible for all features.

Fewer crashes and bugsplats compared to my use of SketchUp (that was one of the frustrations which led me to try Fusion360).

Some Observations based on my study case three years ago.

Some may say it is not fare to compare the free Fusion360 to the Pro version of SketchUp, but since I use SU Pro, that is what I used. I used SketchUp Pro and Fusion360 (free license to hobbiest) on a MacBook. It has many details representative of hand crafted fine woodworking.

I chose an Arts and Crafts Table featured in Tim Killen’s book Fine Woodworking Google SketchUp Guide For Woodworkers. After taking the Fusion360 tutorials, I did a test case to compare a design done in Fusion360 with the same one using SketchUp/Layout. I have been using SketchUp Pro (aka Classic) since 2015 to capture my designs in 3D and Layout for shop drawings for myself and other woodworkers.Ībout three years ago I did a deep dive into Fusion360 to see if it was suitable for the type of studio furniture work I do.

Google sketchup for woodworking