Hi,
The main reason I started using Fusion 360 was because it was available on macOS and I could noodle around in it for free for years to learn it. Then licensing it while using it to do professional work (well, I wouldn't call it professional in the quality sense, but I was using F360 at work, so I paid for a license at the time :-)) When looking at CFD I noticed that it was only available for Windows, which means it would be more of a hassle to use. Sure, I could probably run it in VMWare, but that isn't really an attractive option. Would you consider porting it to macOS?
Another issue is that I couldn't find anything akin to an "entusiast license" or "startup license". That is, some more palatable price for hobbyists that are doing non-commercial work (ie learning) or startups that will be cash constrained. Sure, there are 30 day trial licenses, but those are really for professionals who have some basis for comparison and need to make a purchase choice. They are not really well suited for learning. Given the prices I've seen for Autodesk CFD it is doubtful if you would stand to loose any money on this. However, I think that by bringing CFD to a larger audience you would, over time, expand the size of your audience, possibly making more affordable pricing models a viable. (Several of the people I employ who have professional Fusion 360 licenses spent years using Fusion 360 as hobbyists. As a result, Fusion 360 was really the natural choice once they started doing work related design work).
Thanks for your time.
-Bjørn
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