@the16bitgamer to 3DPrintingEnglish • 4 months agoJust as a heads up, AutoDesk will start deleting your Fusion Files if you don't login once a yearimagemessage-square74arrow-up1226arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: cad
arrow-up1223arrow-down1imageJust as a heads up, AutoDesk will start deleting your Fusion Files if you don't login once a year@the16bitgamer to 3DPrintingEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square74file-textcross-posted to: cad
This doesn’t sound like an issue for those who use Fusion frequently, however you may want to find ways to get local files, just to be safe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoIs STEP a CAD format or 3d file format? I thought the latter. Like I don’t get constraints or sketches, only 3d models
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoIt’s a CAD format in that the files contain object descriptions instead of meshes (like OBJ). But the format does not support all of fusion 360’s features so it is a lossy export in that respect.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoSTEP is at least marginally better than STL, because it can represent stuff like circles, instead of just a mesh.
Is STEP a CAD format or 3d file format? I thought the latter. Like I don’t get constraints or sketches, only 3d models
It’s a CAD format in that the files contain object descriptions instead of meshes (like OBJ). But the format does not support all of fusion 360’s features so it is a lossy export in that respect.
STEP is at least marginally better than STL, because it can represent stuff like circles, instead of just a mesh.