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Got this email from Autodesk that Fusion is increasing their annual price by a huge amount. I subbed for 1 year a couple years ago for I think $380. Then I was able to get an educational sub after that. Fusion is still the cheapest CAD software out there, not including the free stuff like FreeCAD, but still, this price increase is massive.

It should be noted that it's still free to use for personal use minus the extra features.

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 9 months ago (3 children)

No, no - they're not raising the price; they're rebalancing it to reflect the value it delivers!!1!

And since they've reduced the free version functionality significantly, I believe I'm due a substantial rebate.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago

A five finger rebate

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I dont use it, but did they bundle any other software in or add any features that would justify the use of the word "rebalancing" or is it just plain old fashioned corporate bullshit?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What did they take out of the free version?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's been a little while, but they gutted the mesh editing tools in he free version. They also dropped the number of active models, restricted certain file-functions (maybe assemblies...I don't do any/many), and limited file import/export.