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Learn about Vlad, (straight from him)<\/STRONG>:<\/P> <\/P> \u201cMy name is Vladislav Kindyushov, I live in Sochi, Russia<\/A> (Remember the 2014 Olympics? That\u2019s the place!<\/EM>), with my wife and beautiful daughter. I am 24 and work as a freelance designer. Computer graphics is my passion; it helps me to create something out of nothing. I started to learn 3D CAD modeling as a hobby, without any art or technical education. After some time, I began to look for a job in CG and CAD modeling with help from my friends. Now, what used to be my hobby provides for my family.\u201d<\/P> <\/P> My Journey with CAD<\/STRONG>:<\/P> <\/P> \u201cI had been looking for a program to do hard surface modeling for a long time because it is a very difficult task to create a model with sharp-ended details on curve surfaces. For that task, you need to add new loops, but this typically breaks the model geometry in traditional CAD. I was trying to use different programs focusing on NURBS<\/A> or other systems but for a simple painter they are very complicated and don\u2019t feel natural. Since we were working with this software 8+ hours per day, it became very important that we were comfortable with the product.<\/P> <\/P> Discouraged by how cumbersome our existing CAD package was, I sat on YouTube<\/A> and searched for a solution for these problems. After some time, I found Fusion 360<\/A>. After watching the videos, I was impressed with the ease of execution of complex shapes for polygon modeling. But still I wasn\u2019t sure that Fusion 360 is exactly what I was looking for because it requires high accuracy and I was used to doing everything by eye (at least other CAD systems didn\u2019t give me any convenience). I went to the Fusion 360 gallery<\/A> to make sure that they had some art work that was not engineering-related and a little closer to what I typically work with. There, I found a design called Guangnan Wei – Car<\/A>, which gave me hope that Fusion 360 was exactly what I was looking for and I decided to give the trial version a shot. As you remember, I was in search of a program for hard surface modeling. To try out the functionality, I remembered that I saw a robotic concept on Render.ru in their gallery, designed by Palubasu<\/A>, this would be a perfect test, so I decided to do it. All of the parts of my robot were made in Fusion 360 except for some wires and couple of minor modeling details which were made in Nvil<\/A>.\u201d<\/P> <\/P> <\/P> How Fusion 360 Makes a Difference:<\/STRONG><\/P> <\/P> \u201cNext, I\u2019d like to talk about the moments which really impressed me in Fusion 360<\/A>. Firstly, its interface; it is very easy and convenient at the same time, quickly allowing access for all options. Secondly of course its history; that\u2019s INSANE! At any time you can go back to any filet<\/STRONG> or<\/STRONG> extrude<\/STRONG> and change any detail you don\u2019t like. I also really liked how interactive all of the tools are, being able to push\/pull the design instead of using exact dimensions each time. It is very convenient for the artist! The simplicity which the filet and array commands work every time I tried was also a pleasure! <\/SPAN>Of course, Fusion 360 has some negatives, such as absence of hotkeys<\/A> and the inability to create curves which don\u2019t relate to a sketch<\/A>. I think in nearly future Fusion 360 will solve these problems, because they seem to develop new features so quickly.<\/P> <\/P><\/P>