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The Fusion360 free-tier has been getting ever more restrictive over time. At the moment it is at:

> users who generate less than $1,000 USD in annual revenue and use for home-based, non-commercial projects only.

Which already makes it unsuitable for any Open Source work. While one might still accept those restrictions for quick one-off projects, those projects are also the ones that FreeCAD can handle fine.

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and only 10 editable projects :/

Editable files! A project might have tens of files in it and you’ll find yourself having to toggle which ones are in the active set. It’s maddening!

I had no idea it was at this fine-grained a level.

You’re permitted 10 files - total - that can be editable at any one time.

For simple things you can have all your components in a single file and make do but I rather dislike working this way for a ton of reasons.

I’m thinking about solid works when my fusion license expires. At least I’ll own my files and be able to manage them on my own ssd.

Solidworks for Makers is currently $25/yr I think (discount code).

I'm a pretty happy FreeCAD guy, actually -- my issues are not FreeCAD but learning design -- but I will be trying it too.

oh man! I didn't realize - that's so much worse!

I'll reconsider the $24/yr Solidworks deal now...

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