Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
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Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
Not Acorn related, but I know many of you are using it.
If you are using the FREE Personal Edition, you should take note.
Straight from Autodesk:
https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/fusi ... se-changes
If you are using the FREE Personal Edition, you should take note.
Straight from Autodesk:
https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/fusi ... se-changes
Reminder, for support please follow this post: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=383
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
Thanks for the heads up. Guess I'll start paying. LOL
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
I have talked to several people about this and for a hobbyist it may not matter much. If you need 5 axis or some addon you may need a paid subscription. Autodesk did send a discounted rate of $295 for a year and a little better for a 3 year subscription. $25 a month is not as good as free but may very well worth what Fusion 360 can do. The 10 active documents worries me some.
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
A couple of fine points:
4-axis CAM is not supported either. 3-axis is still supported.
They advertise the 1 year license as $297 / $25 per month, but there is no option to pay it off monthly (at least not that I could find)
There are other restrictions with the new free version, such as file types that can be exported and imported and a limit of 10 active projects - all others will be archived. Current active projects can be archived and archived projects then brought into the active set.
Those seem to be the biggees - information is all over the web.
IMHO it's still a screaming good deal for what you get compared to other CAD/CAM offerings.
My 2 cents,
Gary
4-axis CAM is not supported either. 3-axis is still supported.
They advertise the 1 year license as $297 / $25 per month, but there is no option to pay it off monthly (at least not that I could find)
There are other restrictions with the new free version, such as file types that can be exported and imported and a limit of 10 active projects - all others will be archived. Current active projects can be archived and archived projects then brought into the active set.
Those seem to be the biggees - information is all over the web.
IMHO it's still a screaming good deal for what you get compared to other CAD/CAM offerings.
My 2 cents,
Gary
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
They also restrict rapid feeds to be the same as feedrates. That's just to annoy you and seems rather petty.
The 4th axis I finished recently is going to be pretty much unusable. I understand correctly, generating multiaxis (both simultaneous and indexed) toolpaths will require both the paid for version AND the eye watering "extension" subscription. That's not going to happen because I've never bought a lottery ticket.
I'd consider paying for the "upgrade" ("regrade"?) but without 4th axis it seems rather pointless now.
The 4th axis I finished recently is going to be pretty much unusable. I understand correctly, generating multiaxis (both simultaneous and indexed) toolpaths will require both the paid for version AND the eye watering "extension" subscription. That's not going to happen because I've never bought a lottery ticket.
I'd consider paying for the "upgrade" ("regrade"?) but without 4th axis it seems rather pointless now.
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
I was able to lock into a $310 a year subscription for life when I became a subscriber a year ago. The cheaper rates apparently are only for three years. If it makes any of you feel better, there are certain tool paths like "steep and shallow" that I have to pay extra for despite being a "subscriber"!! Still a bargain compared to other packages.
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
Yes, that's what I was referring to when I mentioned the "extensions". They also cover the multi axis CAM.
How much are you paying for the steep and shallow etc CAM extension?
How much are you paying for the steep and shallow etc CAM extension?
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
I am NOT, 1 credit is $1, it's over $100 a month for that. Luckily I don't need it, or at least haven't realized I need it.
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
I don't use F360, but "credit" seems to imply that there is some way to "earn" them within the system in addition to purchasing them directly. Is this the case?
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Re: Fusion 360 Personal Edition Changes Coming Oct 1
No, you have to buy credits (like tokens), then decide where to squander them - as well as CAM, you can blow them on rendering, simulation and other options, IIRC. Credit, as in you buy them before you actually "spend" them.
At over $100/month, that makes the cost of the "base" product look like small change.
At over $100/month, that makes the cost of the "base" product look like small change.