Welcome to the Fusion 360 community!
The data for Fusion 360 is stored in the cloud! The data is synced with a Project in the Autodesk 360 Dashboard.
You may access your Dashboard from any web browser on any computer, by logging into:
https://myhub.autodesk360.com/portal/
You can create local archive files (files stored on your hard drive). See the below link for further detail.
I hope this answers your question. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
@leozayas wrote:
I am also interested in having my files local.
Is it possible to:
- Get the disk location where files are saved?
- Disable cloud syncing completely? No you cant do this, but you can run offline, remove the file from fusion then go on line see @innovatenate links
I am not interested in having everything uploaded to the Cloud. It's a as advertised cloud base program
Thanks!
This is a great article about using Fusion 360 in offline and covers where the local cache is stored.
How to create a local archive file:
This article highlights the offline vs. online translators that are available to open files:
I think these three links should help you to understand how to utilize Fusion 360 in offline mode. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
bengreonls77 wrote:
It seems like this company wants to associate their brand with broken glimmer that is a never ending sinkhole for money.
Tools were working fine, actually started liking it, tried to add layers, no feed-back..
Last time I checked Fus9in 360 was free for most, so i am not exactly sure what you're talking about.
Fusion 360 does not use layers.
If you need help, create a new thread, state your problem and maybe back it up by sharing screenshots, your design or a screencast. This Forum is one of the most responsive forums I've participated in in almost 3 decades worth of working with software and computers and it is very, very rare that a user will not be helped.
As to the data being in the cloud, this is how it is. It is clearly stated that the data lives in the cloud and it's never been stated that it will be otherwise. You either get on board, or you get out.
I can see that for individual users the advantages of having data in the cloud is not so overly apparent, but i work with Fusion 360 professionally and having a team of people that are all physically located in different. parts ok the country or around the globe is really not possible without the cloud features and is real enabler for the projects I work on.
Even if you pay full subscription price $300 for a CAD software such as Fusion 360 is an absolute killer deal.
So have you found where Autodesk servers are held and who owns them and who else use's them, its public record where they are.
if you catch your files you can get at them anytime you wont.
the As is is Autodesk will have massive problems if the server services goes down
@Anonymous I agree with many things you say, but in the end you are not being forced to use Fusion 360.
If it does not suit your needs as a whole, then you'll simply have to choose another tool.
In my almost 30 years of continued learning in the area of computer graphics, rendering, 3D modeling and CAD I've not come across a single software where I did not have to make some form of compromise between functionality and cost, between what I wanted and what I needed and sometimes I've simply outgrown a tool and while it was great in the beginning it failed to meet my increasingly demanding needs.
You have clearly identified some pitfalls of cloud based software, but there are advantages as well. In the end it's not Autodesks fault if Fusion 360 does not meet your criteria.
Don't go down the rabbit hole of matching today's companies hyperbolic marketing statements with reality. I am not quite there yet, but mostly I've come to ignore that rubbish and do my own research.
Id already appreciate it if the training videos would not be so peppered with marketing messages and we could get to the facts rather than the fiction.
I was asked the same question privately by a rather seasoned mechanical engineer just yesterday how AD ever proposes to appeal to a professional audience with training materials such as this.
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