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Fusion 360 is getting worse and costs more every year. Now they just emailed that the early renewal discount will also no longer be available.

Sadly FreeCAD is just not there where it needs to be to be a good alternative.

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I switched to FreeCAD 2-3 years ago. It suits me just fine and I'm so glad I can store my project in a local folder. I also don't have to worry Fusion360 taking any more features away or locking me out. I also don't have to beg them to renew my licence every year.

FreeCAD has improved a lot recently.

MangoJelly has also done massive work creating thorough video tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_yh_S31R9g&list=PLWuyJLVUNt...

Fusion turned a corner recently imo. They added the ability to reference driven dimensions in formulas, which makes fully parametric designs trivial. I seem to never get hung calculations or crashes anymore.

I use fusion 360 several times a week, but I'm not quite able to follow what you said. Can you provide an example or a link to where they announced this feature?

https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/october-20....

Fusion is my daily driver and this is a huge thing for me. Missed it. Thanks.

I tried FreeCAD earlier this year but I nearly pulled my hair out trying to move a hole in a design after the hole was created. This is a much easier task in Autodesk. I am not sure I am a huge fan of the UI design choices that FreeCAD has made.

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