On Sat, 30 May 2020 at 09:06, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Use whatever you like but don't make a decision based on a misconception. > I even think "what happens if Fusion disappears?" So I keep the design > backup up as STEP files that will import to any CAD system. I learned this with Alibre. I was using the free version, and that disappeared, and all my models became unavailable to me. I had the _files_ but the software stopped working. This is functionally equivalent to having the files in the Cloud and the cloud storage not working. So, no, I am not going back to Alibre. This has also happened to me to an extent with Inventor. I qualify for a home-use license for Inventor, but that license has stopped working. Also, the Windows VM I was running Inventor on has become corrupted In that case I have lost the software _and_ the files. At least with Fusion the files are likely to continue to exist. I think that if you want to be confident of keeping both the files and the software, OpenSCAD and FreeCAD probably win. But I have something like 30 years AutoCAD experience by now... -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
