Extended Hobby License for $99 or enable hobbyists to use Cloud Credits for Simulation.

ebachalo — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:58:59 GMT

As a user that loves Fusion 360 but only uses it as a hobby right now, it is very hard to justify $495/year.

Personally I am fine with the Hobby limitations except one, I miss the Simulation functionality.

I can justify $100 to $200 per year for my hobby and would purchase a slightly less limited version of Fusion 360 if available.

Once in a while I design a structural part and would like to do a simple static stress analysis. Now I have to export the component and load into FreeCad to do all FEA.

I would suggest a lower price option for Fusion 360 that includes a few less limitations for the more serious hobbyist.

You could just enable Simulation but only allow Cloud Credits to use any simulation, even the simple static stress. A serious hobbyist could justify buying some Cloud Credits each year. This would only be a version change and should not affect your accounting/sales department or any other internal department I would think.

Just a suggestion.

Thank you for allowing hobbyists to use Fusion 360 it is very much appreciated.

Re: Extended Hobby License for $99 or enable hobbyists to use Cloud Credits for Simulation.

phil_eichmiller — Sat, 22 May 2021 02:37:48 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for posting. This is an interesting idea, and I can understand completely. I've passed this on as customer feedback. Thanks for sharing your voice.

Regards,

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