cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18633629

This doesn’t sound like an issue for those who use Fusion frequently, however you may want to find ways to get local files, just to be safe.

  • naonintendois
    7·
    3 months ago

    This is exactly why I don’t use tools that won’t let me save my files in my computer and use them elsewhere.

    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      3 months ago

      What do you use?

      I tried to learn FreeCAD, but having only an hour or so of free time in a day, it felt like it was wasted.

      • naonintendois
        2·
        3 months ago

        I use FreeCAD. MangoJelly has really good videos on YouTube that you can watch sporadically

          • naonintendois
            1·
            3 months ago

            You may also want to wait until 1.0 comes out. The schedule is still TBD but it has a LOT of quality improvements. It’s still buggy and tricky to use in the current release version.

      • naonintendois
        1·
        3 months ago

        Only in fusion format though. I can’t load that into another CAD program.

        • Glemek@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          Mine lists .f3d (the fusion format) .iges .sat .smt .step and .usdz

          Edit: .usd to .usdz

          • naonintendois
            2·
            3 months ago

            I’d have to take a closer look at iges. As far as I can tell the rest of the formats are only 3d models and don’t contain constraints or sketches.

            • Glemek@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              3 months ago

              Yeah, I wouldn’t really expect them to, you can export sketches as .dwg files I know, but I don’t think that carries constraint and parameter data forward. From a little reading there is some development on a .f3d file importer for freecad.

              Is there a cad tool that actually does contain that data in an interoperable way that a separate cad tool can import? Foss or otherwise?

              I’m stuck with fusion for work, and like using it overall, but I do appreciate the concern over being tied into a software as a service work environment.

            • B0rax@feddit.org
              1·
              2 months ago

              Compatibility between CAD tools is always an issue. This is not exclusive to fusion360.