I just posted a legal way to get Solidworks for $40 which is close enough to free.
Back to Fusion360. You should not have lost your drawings. They can be saved locally as .STEP files. Step files are universal and can be imported to just about any CAD system. Yes they do charge for Fusion if you make money with it. The threshold used to be $50K then that changed to a $100K threshold but now they judge if you are still in "startup" mode or if you are an established business. The paid license is only $495 per year and if you are using Fusion to earn $100K you can afford $495. On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 1:40 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use Alibre Atom 3D CAD package which I find excellent and is a very > cheap one time purchase. There is a CAM package too but it’s more > expensive. > > I used to use Fusion 360 but they stopped my free licence when they > looked at my website and found I did some ‘job shopping’ _regardless of > turn over_. I wasn’t prepared to pay the $50 per month so I lost all my > Fusion drawings. Be careful!!! > > I am a newbie to CNC machining but like Andy and the others say it’s > best and quite easy to learn G-Code and routines for turning especially > once you have a few templates you can just modify. > > Andy’s macro addon to LCNC axis is very good too. > > Pete > > > On 16 Sep 2020, at 11:44, N <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hello, > >> I have been using freecad for designing parts, and then milling them on > >> a sherline mill, getting the hang of that a little bit. > >> I have a lathe too, that works with CNC linux, but noticed heard, > >> that you can't really make parts, or g-codes, with it for a lathe. > > > > Also used Freecad a little bit. Suspect rotating a sketch is a good or > > very good method to draw parts for a lathe. Do know anything about how > > CAM, the path workbench will work a lathe but should be simple to try. > > > > As someone pointed out Fusion 360 might be better but CAD software > > usually also tend to be rather expensive. > > > > > > Regards Nicklas Karlsson > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
