Help needed with chossing/using a CAD program for specific purpose

[Rob]

Hi eurikain, well, I tried SketchUp again and looked for plugins to do with turning but it's just to complicated for me which is funny because it is so easy for many people.

HOWEVER...happy days, I also tried the Fussion 360 (until I fell asleep at the computer,lol) and I really like it! I guess the best way to describe Fussion is it "feels right" to navigate the program and the videos definitely show the potential in a way that I can understand. Fussion is way more complicated than the Denford 2D program and I didn't get to try the "turning" option (in fussion) yet as I was too tired, but from the video tutorials on YouTube and from the limited time spent on Fussion itself I can see the potential.

Another point is my desire up to now was just for lathe turning and a simple program like Denfords 2D would be fine for that, but it's very limiting. I have other things to make which will require milling so in the long run it's better to learn something like Fussion if I can.

On another note, a friend called me last night and it transpired that he used to work with a larger Denford CNC lathe and knows Gcode etc... hopefully he will visit soon and give me some tips for the machine. EDIT, he just called and is coming over in an hour, fantastic!

The last thing is you mention the fillets and plugins for Sketchup are an important feature for you and that these options are missing for many other programs. I hope Fussion has the versatility I need and that the CAM side will work with Mach3, we will see.