« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2019, 01:44 AM »
I used to be a SketchUp guy using it with my Mac, but given the hefty cost of SU, I moved over to Autodesk Fusion and I have to admit I like it much better.
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@mdihle . Your post inspired me to take a look. I just downloaded Fusion, and I absolutely love it. I've been using Sketchup since just after Google bought them. And I kept using it after Google set them free. But Fusion takes 3d modeling to a whole new level. I don't yet see how it is free for non-commercial use, but it's powerful enough that even if I have to buy a subscription, I might. I have a friend who told me how much he likes it, but I never really looked any further. Now, I finally see why. I used to do quite a lot with Sketchup. Enough so that I even purchased a 3d mouse. But it was difficult enough to create an accurate model in Sketchup, that I mostly stopped using Sketchup and the mouse. With Fusion, I just might actually put that mouse to use again: modeling that walnut dining room table with butterfly leaves that I'm about to start on.
@usernumber1, I did a little bit of research, and while I didn't find a cutlist equivalent for Fusion, it looks like there is an extension that will provide a bill of material in CSV format that will list out everything in the model, along with length, width and height of each component. Not really a cutlist, but I'll probably use it.

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