Originally Posted by
abshipp
I've still got some trauma from using SkechUp to do the layout of the machine shop when my company moved buildings. It was a gigantic model, and my computer was really not up to the task.
Happen to have a spare key laying around for Fusion?
I do have Solidworks on my work computer, so if I ever need to do any 3D stuff I could probably just use that.
I share your “love” for sketchup. It’s a strictly for emergencies kind of thing for me. Fusion 360 used to be free for home and small business (<$100,000 revenue a year). Many of the home/hobby CNC guitar builders choose it for their modeling and CAM use for that reason.
IIRC, Solidworks has a similar scheme too, but it is much more convoluted than “I am a hobby user” statement. I know I’m repeating myself, but I would love to learn solidworks. Alas, my day job totally ruined my plans to buy a ShopSabre 23, so those plans have to wait quite a while longer
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