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> You can use Fusion 360 for hobby stuff, but if you're attached to your work (as any creator would be), it's disquieting to have it hosted in a cloud that you'
by eightysixfour 4y ago
> You can use Fusion 360 for hobby stuff, but if you're attached to your work (as any creator would be), it's disquieting to have it hosted in a cloud that you're just being given permission to access. You're one corporate decision away from losing your files.
I can export things locally in any format I want from Fusion, is that not the case with certain licenses or something?
- kube-system 4y agoYou can export it... either in a non-source format, or in a format that only opens in said cloud.
- dekhn 4y agoNo, you can export STEP to local files, or f3d's. f3d's open from the filesystem, so you can send that to another person.
- kube-system 4y agoI'm saying that if you've been kicked out of Fusion 360 or it no longer exists, you won't have anything to open the file with. As opposed to locally installed software which will run indefinitely.
- jwagenet 4y agoMost professional cad software is behind a subscription or license server, so I’m not sure what the alternative would be.
- kube-system 4y agoThere’s not as many offline perpetual license options today, but that model used to be common.
- eightysixfour 4y agoMost of the CAD applications have a proprietary source format and can export into more portable formats. I’m not sure I’m aware of a single, portable “source format,” do you know of one?
- kube-system 4y agoIt's less about the format being portable, and more that the software is portable along with the files. You need both to be able to work with them.