They’ve been committed to supporting the hobbyist/small business market for years. Their recent changes in licensing maintained the free option and they specifically stated that commitment when they did the licensing update rollout.
IT IS NOT FREE !!!. They just called me and told me it will cost me approx. $500 to renew, I licensed mine as a startup originally , now they are telling me I do not qualify… I have 5 days to decide what to do…PERFECT!!!
if your not a start up then maybe the hobby license is better for you
I use Designspark Mechanical which is free, and for the tool path and g code I use sheetcam.
Will Designspark Mechanical accept my Fusion 360 drawings and create .tap files for use in my Mach 3 software I already purchased?
What did you save your fusion files as? It can open .step (it says read only but there is a simple way around that)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YK_ZDzt9mI, .skp, .stl, and it can export as .dxf, once I export it as a dxf I use sheetcam to create the .tap file.
Here is a good thread on the forum about sheetcam Fusion 360 vs Sheetcam
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Told them I am a one man hobby/ startup shop running out of my garage. Said it would cost me $500 a yr…
well startup and hobby are 2 diferent licenses so if your just doing hobby stuff it likely wont be accepted. they want proof you are a start up like incorporation, web page, phones, address that sort of thing. so they feel they are one day going to be paid if you are successful
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Sounds like you need to get another email address and create a new account with fusion using the new email address and list it as hobby?
Good luck with that. I talked to this guy on the phone twice, he gave me a lot of info. They are cracking down. He told me they are manual accepting investigating all applications. If you don’t think they can track your IP address you are wrong. You are using their cloud based server, they can do whatever they want… I value my files. I do have a website and am very successful at what I am doing. Don’t mind paying, so I did. Better than opening up Fusion someday and finding everything is gone…
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I renewed mine last month with no problem as a hobby 
… . But if your successful and don’t mind paying there you go it’s a win win, they get payed and you get what you want 
enjoy… But I still enjoy free stuff 
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FREE is good… LOL
They now offer a personal license in place of the hobby license. You can use it as long as you make less than $1000 a year with it, how they determine that I have no idea? Shortly after they announced the new plans, they also offered a promo deal, $310 a year. I might start taking on small jobs as a side business, so I decided to take advantage of the pricing.
About 2 weeks ago I renewed fusion. it was hobbiest/startup now it is I beleive personal / non comercial or something simular. I opened fusion and all it now says is Autodesk Fusion 360 at the top. Only issue i had renewing was self induced. My lack of following the instructions i guess. KX9M sent me a link that really helped. https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-switch-from-a-hobbyist-start-up-license-to-personal-use-license-in-Fusion-360.html
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They called me on October 31st around noon, said my one-man operation, making sub-$100k “didn’t meet their start-up requirements”. Had some bullshit requirements and also said 90% of the people he had called in the past 2 days didn’t meet the criteria either. If I decided to pay for the Legacy subscription and did it before the end of the month(that night) it was $310/year, forever. I asked what the catch was, he said “well, after midnight, it’s $500/year and will likely increase in the following years”. Utilizing the Legacy promotion, it’s $310/yr, for as long as Fusion is around. I was kind of pissed at first, then I started doing the math, that was actually really damn cheap for what the program can do.
So he transferred me to their accounting department and they get $310 from me every year. Is what it is, I’ve already learned the program, it makes me money(last part drawn/cut paid for 2 years worth) and it’s a write off.
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Yeah they basically told me the same damn thing but charged me for $410 a yr WTF.
I have not used Fusion for some time . When i opened it, it said i must update it. i gave to my son in law , because i don’t have enough internet to do it. I just got it back , and i tried to save a file, and it said I can’t save as DXF without subscription renewal. Does this sound right? I do nothing for hire, and i did i’d be out business by now.
conFusion360 apparently has changed a lot of their options for limited free use…
you may be out of luck
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conFusion is a great name. I think if i am going to pay, i will shop for somthing easier. I make a few parts ( i have some machinery) and some signs , for my enjoyment. I don’t that expence. Thank you for your reply
Look into inkscape
A lot of guys here use it and there are lots of videos and it saves right to svg for post process into sheetcam
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