{"id":32066,"date":"2020-09-16T19:01:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T23:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=4bb4b8f5a5fd5be93051c996061274fa"},"modified":"2020-09-16T19:01:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T23:01:28","slug":"autodesk-announces-major-changes-to-fusion-360-personal-use-license-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=32066","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Announces Major Changes to Fusion 360 Personal Use License Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2020\/09\/16\/autodesk-announces-major-changes-to-fusion-360-personal-use-license-terms\/\">Hack a Day<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: The \"free until we suppress the Free \/ non-saas competition\" suspicion is now confirmed.\nIt's a shame, the CAM suite really was impressive, enough that I wasted some energy learning it.<\/div><p>Change is inevitable, and a part of life. But we&rsquo;re told that nobody likes change. So logically, it seems we&rsquo;ve proved nobody likes life. QED.<\/p>\n<p>That may be a reach, but judging by the reaction of the Fusion 360 community to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/campaigns\/fusion-360-personal-use-changes\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the announced changes to the personal use license<\/a>, they&rsquo;re pretty much hating life right now. The clear message from Autodesk is that Fusion 360 &mdash; the widely used suite of CAD and CAM software &mdash; will still offer a free to use non-commercial license for design and manufacturing work, with the inclusion of a few very big &ldquo;buts&rdquo; that may be deal-breakers for some people. The changes include:<\/p>\n<ul><li>Project storage is limited to 10 active and editable documents<\/li>\n<li>Exports are now limited to a small number of file types. Thankfully this still includes STL files but alas, DXF, DWG, PDF exports are all gone<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps most importantly to the makerverse, STEP, SAT, and IGES file types can no longer be exported, the most common files for those who want to edit a design using different software.<\/li>\n<li>2D drawings can now only be single sheet, and can only be printed or plotted<\/li>\n<li>Rendering can now only be done locally, so leveraging cloud-based rendering is no longer possible<\/li>\n<li>CAM support has been drastically cut back: no more multi-axis milling, probing, automatic tool changes, or rapid feeds, but support for 2, 2.5, and 3 axis remains<\/li>\n<li>All support for simulation, generative design, and custom extensions has been removed<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Most of these changes go into effect October 1, with the exception of the limit on active project files which goes into effect in January of 2021. We&rsquo;d say that users of Fusion 360&rsquo;s free personal use license would best be advised to export everything they might ever think they need design files for immediately &mdash; if you discover you need to export them in the future you&rsquo;ll need one of the other licenses to do so.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, it was pretty clear that changes to the personal use license were coming a while ago with <a href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2019\/10\/13\/hackaday-links-october-13-2019\/%EF%BF%BD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the consolidation of paid-tier licenses almost a year ago<\/a>, and the cloud-credit system that monetized rendering\/simulation\/generative design services happening on the Autodesk servers. Features removed from the free license in this week&rsquo;s announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/changes-to-fusion-360-for-personal-use\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remain in place for paid subscriptions as well as the educational and start-up license options<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with these personal use licenses is that it&rsquo;s easy to get used to them and think of them as de facto open-source licenses; changing the terms then ends up leaving a bad taste in everyone&rsquo;s mouth. To their credit, Autodesk is offering a steep discount on the commercial license right now, which might take some of the sting out of the changes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change is inevitable, and a part of life. But we\u2019re told that nobody likes change. 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