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Just as a heads up, AutoDesk will start deleting your Fusion Files if you don't login once a year (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by wjrii to c/cad

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18633629

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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is exactly why I don't use tools that won't let me save my files in my computer and use them elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What do you use?

I tried to learn FreeCAD, but having only an hour or so of free time in a day, it felt like it was wasted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I use FreeCAD. MangoJelly has really good videos on YouTube that you can watch sporadically

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Guess I'll hunker down and get through the rough start.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

You may also want to wait until 1.0 comes out. The schedule is still TBD but it has a LOT of quality improvements. It's still buggy and tricky to use in the current release version.

[–] Glemek 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can export to local storage in fusion?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only in fusion format though. I can't load that into another CAD program.

[–] Glemek 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Mine lists .f3d (the fusion format) .iges .sat .smt .step and .usdz

Edit: .usd to .usdz

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'd have to take a closer look at iges. As far as I can tell the rest of the formats are only 3d models and don't contain constraints or sketches.

[–] Glemek 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I wouldn't really expect them to, you can export sketches as .dwg files I know, but I don't think that carries constraint and parameter data forward. From a little reading there is some development on a .f3d file importer for freecad.

Is there a cad tool that actually does contain that data in an interoperable way that a separate cad tool can import? Foss or otherwise?

I'm stuck with fusion for work, and like using it overall, but I do appreciate the concern over being tied into a software as a service work environment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Compatibility between CAD tools is always an issue. This is not exclusive to fusion360.