I have a F360 license - single seat locked in at $350 per year. List price is $495. AD seems to run promotions once or twice a year. Right now you can get it for ~$300. Less I think if you buy 3 years upfront. What I remember from the ads I’m getting.
Remember F360 (and I’m pretty sure the SW deal) are subscriptions; they can (and do) change the rules from time to time. I certainly have my issues AD, but I’m a reasonably happy user. I bought the single seat a year or 2 ago even though I’m a home user, because you had to know they were going to keep adding further restrictions to the free license. For some, that won’t buy a single good bottle of Whiskey, but for me at the moment its about 3. Remember: there are no bad whiskey’s, just different ones :) Ron > On Sep 17, 2020, at 10:36 AM, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: > >> From: Eric Keller [mailto:keller...@gmail.com] >> Sent: September-17-20 10:16 AM >> Last time I checked, many years ago now, solidworks without simulations was >> $4k. They have sometimes not offered that split and it was $8k with the >> simulations. I feel like it hasn't gotten cheaper. Anyone have a recent >> price? >> Eric Keller >> Boalsburg, Pennsylvania >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 1:13 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> From: N [mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com] >>>> Watchout, if they discover you use it for anything commercial maybe they >>> come and want the full fee. >>> >>> What's the fee for small usage? The key change they've made is the >>> inability to export step or iges files to other CAD systems. You have >>> until January to save all your drawings in that format. >>> >>> But how much per year does a license really cost? Or to put it in a much >>> more eloquent currency, how many bottles of good Scotch do you have to give >>> up per year for it? >>> >>> John Dammeyer > > > Actually I was wondering more about Fusion360 per year. If it's $50/month > then that's $600 per year and that's still less than I'm paying for the > combination of AlibreCAD and 4 axis AlibreCAM (MecSoft). > > But, all I lose if I stop paying is upgrades and support. The licence for > the two PCs (only one runs at a time) is indefinite. So if I decided to stop > paying I can continue to use it until the PCs die. Then transferring it will > probably require a new license. That's what I liked about the USB dongles. > They were plugged into a USB to Ethernet device and although I was still > restricted to one unit active at a time I didn't need to move the dongles > around. > > I worry that Fusion360, will lock up your files if you stop paying. > > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
