Fusion 360 Personal is adding more restrictions

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I noticed that Save-As and New-Document-Template actions are now available only for the commercial version. This is a change from last week.

The restrictions a few months ago did not effect me much as my usage is preparing designs for 3D printing but this is a bit of a pain since I often call up old designs for modification.

I make a lot of sweeping nameplates which have a base and the name sweeps up. Any suggestions of a free CAD program that will allow this. I suspect there will be more restrictions that will eventually lock me out. I’m totally non-commercial and retired so the subscription is a non starter.

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It can be a learning curve if you haven’t done openscad before, but Thingiverse has swept text designs in openscad that you can download and customize.

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Thanks! That is a neat tool if you only want to change the sweeping text. I often add info to the plate with a Bible verse or other text. I’ve looked at what it would take to understand and change the code for this and it makes my head hurt.

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This thread discusses the SaveAs issue as well as some not being able to login. If you use Fusion 360 Personal, it may be worth saving this link.

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This is strange… Earlier today, if I clicked the File tab, SaveAs was visible but gray and with a little button. Clicking the button gave a message that a subscription was required for this command. Without closing and reopening the application, the SaveAs and NewDocumentTemplate commands are now normal. SaveAs works and I’m guessing the other does as well. The thread above has examples of such changes.

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Solidworks is free for our members (well, a few hundred of 'em), but at the moment the student licenses are unavailable as we transition between versions 2020 and 2021. The student/maker license for us includes the CAM add-on.

We do have a full Premium copy of Solidworks on the jump server for anyone to use for commercial or noncommercial purposes.

The functions should be completely familiar to the Fusion 360 crowd even if the interface and nomenclature differ.

The badly-written “canned” instructions for obtaining a student/maker license are below:

Follow the instructions in this thread to get a free Solidworks license as a benefit of the membership:

[quote=“David Tucker”, post:5, topic:53371, full:true"]
To obtain a code send @David_A_Tucker your full name and email address and agree to these application terms:

  1. I (meaning, you, the requester) represent and warrant to DMS that I am now a member in good standing of DMS.
  2. I ask that David Tucker or another authorized DMS person fill out the online application form on my behalf as my agent in order to obtain a download code that will be emailed directly to me at the address I will provide.
  3. I directly agree to these additional terms that are contained in the Solidworks application form:

“Community Access,” “Student Access” or “Student Access product” refers to Student Standard (formerly known as the Student Design Kit/SDK), Student Premium (formerly known as the Student Engineering Kit/SEK), or the 60-Day Trial version of SOLIDWORKS® software.

SOLIDWORKS Community Access licenses available at this website are provided only to Students and Educators at academic institutions that have been authorized by Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation (“DS SolidWorks”) to offer SOLIDWORKS Community Access; and
Students and Educators who have received Student Access for trial purposes. SOLIDWORKS Community Access also includes makers, hobbyists, military, and sponsored organizations

I acknowledge that this agreement supplements and is governed by the Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation License Agreement (the “License Agreement”), which you have received with your download of SOLIDWORKS and which permits you to use SOLIDWORKS Community Access only for your own personal and academic purposes.

I confirm that DMS has notified me of my eligibility to receive the appropriate SOLIDWORKS Community Access product (either Student Standard formerly SDK or Student Premium formerly SEK). Any download and use of a SOLIDWORKS Community Access product by a person who is not eligible for such product shall constitute a violation of the License Agreement and applicable laws.

Please note that the SOLIDWORKS Community Access product obtained through DMS differs from other versions of SOLIDWORKS software in that the license for such product will expire in accordance with the terms of my download card or the DMS’s particular agreement with DS SolidWorks. Files created with SOLIDWORKS Community Access contain an ‘academic-use only’ watermark.

Just say, “I agree to the Standard Solidworks DMS Application Form Terms and undertakings posted in David Tucker’s reply to the Talk message SOLIDWORKS 2020 Licenses for Dallas Makerspace” in a private message to me, and give me your full name and email address. I’ll then fill out the online form for you, using our super-secret special master code. The email with the 16-or-so-digit individual code should come straight to your in-box. Incidentally, Solidworks doesn’t work on a MAC Operating System. If you use Parallels, though, you can get it to work indirectly.
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Then follow these instructions to download and install the program:

You can find all information on using the Jump server via our wiki: JumpServerFAQ - Dallas Makerspace

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