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Can’t say I didn’t predict this would happen. F360 still exports like 10 formats, a bunch of which are read by other software like solidworks. However Add-Ins and scripts are still supported in personal, and there are free DXF export and other options available. I’m in one of the last few purchasable versions of Adobe creative suite. It’s crashed out whenever you close it for years, and I now can’t update my OS or it won’t run. I get your sentiment, but unfortunately if you spent 4K on a package and didn’t use it for years, you’d likely find it won’t run on a modern & secure OS. It would be great if these sorts of scenarios didnt exist. If I bought a Maserati and couldnt get it serviced AT THE DEALERSHIP 6 years later…Id go nuts. 3dsystems calls a 6 year old machine a TRADE IN. I have two lathes, CNC mill, manual mill, CNC plasma, two 3D printers … many thousands of dollars have been spent on them, but there is no endless monthly fee on them. Also these things have re-sell value, unlike software. But for hobby I’d rather pay $4k for even a limited package but I would not pay $150/month for full access Onshape, using those companies/products/prices just as an example. I’m grateful that Rhino hasn’t followed the subscription trend. And you’ll also be surprised how little software these days β€œonly works in Windows”. Hopefully we will regain some of it based on the recent Autodesk’s policy change. Will be able to boost the development once again. That is why i would never use anything β€œcloud” or subscription based… Also i try to use as much FOSS as possible. I was responding to S’s β€œuse the β€œSave as STL” feature it saves it instantly locally”, which DOES imply that he considers this a form of backup. Just trying to point out the limitations of this. Using the β€œSave as STL” feature is like saving a screen capture of a text document. What you get is readable, but not really editable.

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Whether retrofitted industrial machines or scratch-built specials. A rack changer is a pretty simple thing to set up. But really the main pain points for me are lack of simulations and 10 active drawings. I have programmed 8+ axis CNC systems and the CAM for that is often $10k+ PER YEAR. Yes, people do have CNC at home, but I have to agree with Paul, no shapeoko or carbide3D is going to touch those advanced features. Autodesk still allows the basic milling that those machines use. Really ATC isnt even present on DIY machines under 7k. With the cloud, THERE IS NO PLAN B. Your data, your work, your time, is locked behind a gate, and for every gate the