import the part, translate it by 5mm in positive x direction, and subtract from it a centered cube larger than the part that is moved in positive x direction so that it ends at x=0: Say you have a centered 30x10x10 mm part and you want to remove the central 10mm. Openscad is the best for working with existing STLs. Most users use conda to get all the dependencies going which is a horrible monstrosity. That is extremely good for businesses, not so good to grow an economy or a free society.Ĭadquery is a massive pain to install. And, the owners can decide who passes or not by their streets, and how much they pay. It is the equivalent of a country were all streets and roads are private. And that foundations not only are used for businesses but also for society. Our current problem is that almost all platforms are designed for profit but platforms, by definition, are foundations.
The goal would be more aligned with citizens needs instead of maximizing profit.Īt the same time, companies can still capitalize on the different needs of the enterprise software. Many institutions (schools, universities, or even the military) could spend resources on creating the tools that their students, and society as a whole can use. Maybe the solution is to remove part of the software from the market. And, it makes a lot of economic sense.Īs, I think that capitalism works. You get a customer base, but as your company grows you leave the less profitable customers behind. Because that is how basically business work. It really is the best deal in CAD/CAM - we have no stake in this claim, this is just my opinion.> I'm sick of companies building their products off the backs of the personal/hobbiest/small business market, and then when they get enough recognition and buzz, switch to essentially an "enterprise-only" pricing structure, completely screwing over the users who made them successful in the first place.Īs someone said on the Internet, what you are sick of is capitalism. While these changes make for tough decisions, I can attest that there isn’t another product that compares to what you get from Fusion 360 for the money. In that sense, I am thankful for the access and ability we had to build something before needing to pay full price through the startup license - this was critical to our startup and something we hope to see continue. However, the personal license is important to bringing new users in that can build their skills or something that can be profitable. If you’re using the free license and making money doing it, you should realistically be paying for the software. It frankly isn’t surprising that any company would want to make money on a product they sell, that only seems fair. Since they’ve been made public, I have advocated for keeping as few changes that would degrade the use of Fusion 360 for personal users. That said, I had no prior review of these changes. We have full autonomy in any of our content with or about Fusion 360 as well. To be clear, Portland CNC’s relationship with Autodesk and Fusion 360 is simply that we are “influencers.” In exchange, we get the use of one commercial license as well as new feature previews from time to time, no other benefits, or financial gain. These are hard changes – I (Justin) started PDX CNC using the startup license of Fusion 360 and switched to commercial licensing when that made sense for us. There will be no limit on how many archived designs you choose to keep.
This change won’t come into effect till January 19, 2021. When you need to edit another, you’ll have to “swap out” an active for an inactive file.
First off, you’ll never lose access to your files, what it amounts to is you’ll only be able to actively use 10 documents at a time. One other item to highlight: 10 active and editable documents.