cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18633629

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.

  • @[email protected]
    7•3 months ago

    This is exactly why I don’t use tools that won’t let me save my files in my computer and use them elsewhere.

    • @[email protected]
      2•3 months ago

      What do you use?

      I tried to learn FreeCAD, but having only an hour or so of free time in a day, it felt like it was wasted.

      • @[email protected]
        2•3 months ago

        I use FreeCAD. MangoJelly has really good videos on YouTube that you can watch sporadically

          • @[email protected]
            1•3 months ago

            You may also want to wait until 1.0 comes out. The schedule is still TBD but it has a LOT of quality improvements. It’s still buggy and tricky to use in the current release version.

    • @GlemekEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      You can export to local storage in fusion?

        • @GlemekEnglish
          1•3 months ago

          Mine lists .f3d (the fusion format) .iges .sat .smt .step and .usdz

          Edit: .usd to .usdz

          • @[email protected]
            2•3 months ago

            I’d have to take a closer look at iges. As far as I can tell the rest of the formats are only 3d models and don’t contain constraints or sketches.

            • @GlemekEnglish
              2•3 months ago

              Yeah, I wouldn’t really expect them to, you can export sketches as .dwg files I know, but I don’t think that carries constraint and parameter data forward. From a little reading there is some development on a .f3d file importer for freecad.

              Is there a cad tool that actually does contain that data in an interoperable way that a separate cad tool can import? Foss or otherwise?

              I’m stuck with fusion for work, and like using it overall, but I do appreciate the concern over being tied into a software as a service work environment.