Fusion 360 Manage with Upchain - FAQs

Fusion 360 Manage with Upchain – Your Questions Answered

As an Autodesk Platinum Partner, we stay close to Autodesk and their software users. These relationships give us a unique opportunity to understand hot topics and provide guidance that addresses current questions. Recently, you may have heard a lot about Fusion 360 Manage with Upchain, Autodesk’s newest product lifecycle management (PLM) solution that helps manufacturers get products to market faster by connecting people, processes, and data.     

Below are answers to five frequently asked questions. 

1. What does “multi–CAD data management” mean?
   With Autodesk’s Fusion 360 Manage with Upchain, it doesn’t matter which CAD authoring tools you use; it can bring in data from every major CAD system. For example, if you use Creo for product design, Inventor for tooling, and Solidworks for other parts, Fusion 360 Manage with Upchain will gather all the data into one common engineering bill of materials.
    
2. Why does Autodesk need two different project data management (PDM) systems?
   Autodesk started with a cloud-native data management product that will become a core technology component of a future unified design and manufacturing cloud platform solution — Fusion. However, there will always be a need for on-premise PDMs because of security requirements, regulations, and restrictions.
    
3. Is Vault being replaced?
   No. There will always be a need for on-premise PDM solutions, and Vault is a mature, powerful solution used by many customers.  Autodesk will continue to invest in the capabilities of Vault as well as connecting Vault into its design and manufacturing cloud to drive extended capabilities.
    
4. Is the cloud secure?
   Yes. The cloud is secure. And because updates are pushed automatically to software in the cloud, it can be even more secure than on-premise solutions that require users to load the updates.
    
5. Can Autodesk PLM be used with Construction Cloud, Revit, or Plant3D?
   No. Autodesk PLM is for product development and discrete manufacturing, with the user experience centered around a design and manufacturing context. Revit and Construction Cloud tools have their own collaboration interfaces.

IMAGINiT’s team of manufacturing experts is well-versed in Fusion 360 Manage with Upchain and has helped numerous companies of all sizes understand, implement, configure, and use it. Contact us to start a discussion on how this PLM solution can help your company achieve a competitive advantage by reducing time to market.