If you are familiar with common ECAD tools, you will have heard of Autodesk Fusion, aka Fusion 360.
The software is touted as "your entire manufacturing process by integrating CAD, CAM, CAE and PCB into a single solution allowing you to design and make anything."
It is also free for personal use.
Avnet would like you to test and give feedback for the Sourcing and Logistics Add-In for Autodesk Fusion, here's a quick run-down of the software introduced by our sibling community Hackster.io with Alex Glow:
You can find the Avnet App for download on the Autodesk App Store.
There's also help documentation available.
General Usage Instructions - How to create a BOM quote:
- Open the Schematic from the Projects tab.
- Under AVNET TOOLS tab, click on COST & AVAILABILITY.
- Click "Cost and Availability Analysis"
- Click "Project Actions"
- Then hit "Quote BOM"
- Enter the required "PROTOTYPE QTY" and optional EAU QTYs
- Hit SUBMIT
- A list of Matched Parts appears with a detailed overview of each part number.
Feedback can be sent via e-mail to onlinesupport@avnet.com or I will collect comments on this thread and feed them back internally.
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