Fusion 360 personal use
Solidworks is better for manufactured goods and design engineering, whereas Fusion 360 is more suited to hobbyists and some advanced designers. Solidworks is an assembly-driven software, whereas Fusion 360 uses a multi-component part system. However, rather than just being bitter I wanted to share some of the sentiment those of us in the maker communities are thinking and feeling. Solidworks is mainly a Windows application, whereas Fusion 360 works on both Windows and Mac. Fusion 360 for personal use Fusion 360 for personal use is a limited free. I am not ungrateful for the willingness of Autodesk to offer the personal license, and my post here is probably insignificant. The application says that they are in use by you Fusion 360 uses a top-down. If we abandon and invest the time to learn another software, process, and system, I doubt we will be back, and the loss of precious time invested will remain a sore spot.
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In my case I imagined one day when I retire from professional life being able to justify a small business using what I am learning and relying on a paid version of Fusion 360 to facilitate that.
All of us are still learning, we have day jobs and dabble in 3d printing and CNC routing in fits and starts as life allows and support each other in communities. There a many of us and the discussion now is centered around life after Fusion 360 due to the new restrictions to the personal license. In my case I transitioned from Sketchup to learn Fusion 360, this is not a simple or easy transition, if not for the current capability of Fusion 360 I would have never bothered.
They are still offering it for free, for personal use, and are stating that it is not going away.
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I am a maker and a part of a large maker community. Here is a bit about the latest from Autodesk regarding the free version of Fusion 360. Id previously signed up for the free personal/startup license. I read through the answers in the link above. Autodesk Fusion 360 is an advanced tool for modelling 3D objects, as well as for supporting and promoting your own projects. So Fusion 360 does function reliably with Linux using Wine Some of the messages here. I am a little embarrassed but I believe in open communication so I posted the following in the Autodesk Fusion 360 forums. Fusion 360 for Personal, Hobby Use Multi-axis (3+2, 4th, and 5th axis) toolpaths Unlimited open documents (free licenses may only have 10 documents open at a.