This was not how I planned to spend my Sunday.
But they've shown an obvious willingness to twist the screws with minimal advance notice, and if they do it when you're just a few months in on a year-long subscription, you'll be both up the creek and out the money. To their credit, they are offering a paid license at a substantial discount if you pay for a full year up front. I'm not opposed to paying for software and I realize Autodesk isn't keeping the lights on by appeasing "freeloaders", but the way they are handling this leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. If you have signed up for a free hobbyist version of Fusion 360, you may notice that your trial might be expiring (it will display up in the title of the window). I can't yet justify the expense of something as nice as V-Carve Pro and I don't have any experience with the various open-source tools that are out there, so any suggestions by those further down the path than myself would be greatly appreciated. I've gotten pretty comfortable using it for my 3D printing needs but I'm literally just starting out with CNC projects on my BlackBox-powered Workbee 1515, thus switching to something altogether different isn't a huge problem. This question will obviously be influenced by the type of work one does.
I'm wondering what options others in this situation are considering. It has me strongly considering jumping to another program for my 3D printing and CNC modeling needs. If you're on a Personal license version of Fusion 360 then you've probably gotten the nasty-gram from Autodesk that they are essentially crippling the program.
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