This doesn’t sound like an issue for those who use Fusion frequently, however you may want to find ways to get local files, just to be safe.
Freecad is where it’s at.
How’s Freecad these days? I avoided awhile ago it because it looked difficult to use but I think this might push me over to it
It does take a little work to get started especially if you haven’t used any cad software before. But once you get the basics it’s easy to search for different techniques to address any problems you encounter.
Sweet thank you!
Hot take: that’s fair. They probably have thousands of users who made an account, drew a bunch of stuff and then abandoned it.
It’s not the best solution - that would be local offline storage - but it’s a fair change.
It’s fair if you ignore that it’s a problem of their own creation 😅
I do understand the point you’re making though
And this is why all tools I use are opensource.
This is my biggest gripe with Fusion 360 after the literal dozens of minutes using it. Why can’t I just save my projects locally?
I’ve personally switched over to FreeCAD, because of Autodesk signin policy (not this one, fusion kept signing me out forcing me to keep having to log back in). I am excitingly waiting for the next major FreeCAD release since the daily builds are looking extremely promising.
Why can’t I just save my projects locally?
Because then you wouldn’t be Autodesk’s bitch, and Autodesk really wants you to be their bitch.
Wait what?
So when I save my F3D files locally I don’t get the whole project in the file?
You do. It’s just more tedious, and you may not get some of the collaborative history like component comments and the like.
But then there’s fewer reasons to beg you to subscribe.
https://github.com/aconz2/Fusion360Exporter lets you bulk export all of your projects to local storage.
I have all the autodesk products available in software center from my job. Decided to give fusion a try, as it includes what was once eagle as well as enough 3d for my use… Online only? Where file? No offline stl because conversion is done online? GTFO! I’m back to using inventor and an ancient eagle version.
Oh fuck this digital hellscape. I wouldn’t mind if a solar storm killed every fucking processor on this planet tomorrow.
Watch as the 21st century as you know it devolve as supply chains collapse and everyone no longer has access to the necessities needed for survival.
