Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into subscriptions [video]

Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by 05 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @01:51PM (#36552868)

As a Linux user, onshape (web based CAD) is streets ahead of FreeCAD. Seems on par with parts of Fusion I use (of course, Fusion also includes FEA, CAM and lots of other stuff). Not libre, but free for personal use (all your free tier designs are public) and works on Linux.

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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by alias_neo on Sunday July 02, 2023 @05:51AM (#36559944)

I've created an account but I need to do some reading, it's a different enough workflow to FreeCAD, that I couldn't immediately figure out how to do some basic things.

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Re:Louis Rossmann: Autodesk turns lifetime licenses into sub... by MSFT_Edging on Sunday July 02, 2023 @05:42PM (#36566089)

I'm still preparing myself for when I need to learn onshape to do something freeCAD cant.

You basically made a list of reasons why I avoid it, its in a browser, you need a log-in, basically zero ownership of your designs on the free tier, with a jump to $1500/y for the "standard" tier. I know cad programs are difficult to make but damn they make it easy to not want to be their customer.

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