Fusion 360 purchase?

Software Fusion 360 - CAD
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I got my crossfire as a hobby and something to play with. Will not be selling pieces or making profit. Is there an alternative to purchasing fusion 360?

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You don’t have to purchase it. There is an option for it to be free for you. Do a search online and there will be clear instructions. It is a little tricky to figure out but works for free.
Free is good.

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Thanks. I had looked at it but didn’t figure the free part out other than the free trial for 30 days but will look again.

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I believe you have to sign up as a student.

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Use this link.

As a hobbyist/small commercial user you can’t sell more than $100K of products annually made using Fusion. You also have to re-affirm that once a year.

Students need a .edu email address but can get a 3 year license that doesn’t need to be re-affirmed each year.

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Thanks for the information

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when I tried to do the start up business for fusion, It wanted me to have a company name and website. I do not have either of them. Do I need to create a business so that I can complete this process? If so What do I do for a website?

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That’s because you picked Start-up for the type. There are 3 non-chargeable licenses - hobbyist, start-up (less than $100K in annual sales) and educational.

The hobbyist is personal use and just requires you to self-certify that you’re using it to learn or for personal projects.

The commercial selection on the license type pop-up will take you to the company info page. They assume if you’re selling things you’ve got some sort of company - a name, etc. If you don’t and it’s more informal than that, you should go back and choose non-commercial until you’re ready to make the leap into a real company (which can be a sole-proprietorship so you don’t need to have a corporation or anything).

The educational license requires an email from a qualified .edu email address.

You just have to re-certify every year that you still qualify for the license. Once you hit $100K in annual sales it’s time to buy a full license :slight_smile:

Here’s the pop-up that starts the whole thing:
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You get there from this page

and clicking on Step 3 in the lower right corner of the page.

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My 30 day free fusion was about up, been dreading it. I laughed it was so easy. 3 steps checking boxes and it was done. Been sweating it for nothing.

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Thanks so much for your help. We’ve been cutting stuff like crazy