Saving a project locally

[Anonymous]

How can you work completely offline? I am under an NDA which prohibits me from sharing their designs. I have to use my other workstation that is isolated from all networks. I need to know how to save my data when working offline locally and never put into the cloud or any other external network. Certainly there has to be a way to do so because I cannot be the only person that has this issue.

[s.david.baxter]

You can always save your files locally to a directory of your choosing, so
no problem if you want to leave. But, you won't once you get used to it.

[mnemennth]

There's a big difference between "being cloud-based" and having to beg for a copy of your own work from Big Brother just so you can work on it with your own hardware.

There is no good reason for this requirement, other than so you can monitor everything anybody makes with your product to be able to litigate when someone uses the "Hobbyist" or "Startup" license for profitable design.

Not having local storage AS THE DEFAULT mechanism is sneaky, underhanded and not in the best interest of your clients, only yourselves. PERIOD.

[TrippyLighting]

If you don't like the policy, then use another product. Period!

There are no hidden traps here and AD has clearly communicated many, many times that this is a cloud product and that it's not going to change.

[mnemennth]

 don't like it when someone calls you out eh?

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[TrippyLighting]

 I am not an AD employee. As an Autodesk Expert Elite I am a paying customer (not just a user).

Autodesk is a for profit enterprise just like any other business and Fusion 360 is one of it's products.

If you don't like the product then use a different product from a different provider. It's not that there are no alternatives.

If you do like the product but there's a feature you require the you might have to make a compromise one way or another.

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[mnemennth]

So you're just a volunteer apologist, not a pro? Good for you.

If you don't work for them, and you don't like hearing other folks talk about this obvious and legitimate gripe with the product, you can always go someplace else too.

Cheers, and have a great life,

[TrippyLighting]

Fusion 360 is just one of the CAD tools I use. I've used CAD and other 3D modeling software for almost 30 years in professional environments earning my living. That makes me a pro 😉

I told you to go somewhere else if you don't like the product. I don't see where that is apologetic. That's what pro's do!

[s.david.baxter]

Sounds like you should be looking for another software solution that meets
your needs.

[mnemennth]

And if you don't like people like me coming in here to vent, as you can see repeatedly happening on several pages prior,  By dint of its placement in the Google search on the subject, it appears this thread (and several others like it) are now the place to go and vent about it.

Just because I dislike something about this product, doesn't make me ignorant; I too have used AD products since the dawn of time and was quite happy to get free of AD and their ridiculous license structure . I'm not exactly excited to jump back into that again.

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[Discussion_Admin]

A reminder for everyone

Please remember these are professional forums and as such deserve a professional decorum when participating.

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[jkotrosa]

Yes, @TrippyLighting, that is exactly why my company pays for a Solid Works seats.  But, as a hobbyist, I resent being forced to consenting to be spied upon just for economically suitable access to technology.  It is one reason I will always remember, and never professionally recommend this software.  Like you said use something else - period.  Got it - loud and clear. 

[Anonymous]

I'm new to Fusion 360, on the fence about weather or not to commit any projects/time to it.

What's bothersome about this response from Autodesk is that none of the great feature descriptions preclude this desktop program from saving files locally to the desktop.  The cloud features seem wonderful for collaboration and fabrication services, (neither of which I plan to use).

Yet, as a maker/hobbyist, the price tag of Autodesk Inventor is simply out of reach.  My alternatives are abysmal, (on a Mac, or BSD/Linux machine).

What I don't understand, is why Autodesk is so adamant about forcing users to store their files in their cloud?  This product approach does not engender trust.

Autodesk people: as a hobbyist/maker, I would happily pay $300/yr for a version of this product which let me save my files locally, (and work with them however I see fit).  Till then, I don't believe I'll be able to commit my time or projects to this tool.

Maybe one day I could have a compelling reason to use the cloud collaboration tools, but till then, I just sit an wonder:

What in the world does Autodesk have to gain by saving my files, and paying to keep servers online and serving them back to me?

About me:

I'm a UNIX professional, do not use 3d tools professionally, and have been using SketchUp for some years now for all kinds of personal projects.

With that, AutoDesk tools, (particularly CAM functionality as I dip my toe into GCODE and cheap CNC machines), is all pretty appealing.  Like the projects I've done with SketchUp, I'm interested in seeing how my use grows.

[Anonymous]

I would like to be able to save my files locally and not on the cloud for the fact that when I am at work on the factory floor I do not have acces to the internet and I am unable to access any of the components that I need to machine.

Fusion is a good tool for modeling but seems to be quite hard to understand when it comes to generating a program.

most of my parts are simple parts with not a lot in them generally a program for a mill is around 4kb to 30kb 

I still use my old software for most things and it is for me far quicker and easier for me than fusion, generally it only takes around 15min to draw what I need and make the program and depending on what I have to do on the machine to make the part I can be making chips in around 30min after loading the program to the machine. and when I say my old software I am talking about software that was only a few hundred $ circa 1998 "Bobcad v18" basic stuff but it does what I need for most of my parts and is saved locally, but some parts fusion is the way to go for sure. but accessing the files when there is no internet its impossible. have to wait untill I get home access the file generate a program then save the program to a thumb drive go back to work the next day to make the part. This = lost time and time is money as they say AD wont compensate me for that will they.

[etfrench]

Save the file before you go to work 🤔

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@mnemennth wrote:

...about this obvious and legitimate gripe with the product...

Sounds to me like you didn't do due diligence.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@jkotrosa wrote:

Yes, @TrippyLighting, that is exactly why my company pays for a Solid Works seats. 

Autodesk has an equivalent product to SolidWorks - it is called Autodesk Inventor Professional I have heard that SolidWorks (one word, not two) has an equivalent product to Fusion, but I have never seen it.

[Anonymous]

allready do that problem is cant access at work due to no internet on factory floor this problem doesnt happen all the time only when a customer wants to cue jump and push all my other clients back and their part is only worth maybe a coulpe hundred $$ as apposed to my important clients being $$$$$$

I know whos work has priority and its not his.

[AmazingSpanoMan]

This may be completely bogus but can't you export the file as an .f3d file and work on it locally without internet? I love fusion am not under any non disclosure but sure would love to ensure I have my files locally just in case. I'm pretty sure this would solve the issue.. no?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

you can save the file locally and use it offline!

günther

[s.david.baxter]

You can work locally (off line) but you do lose some function and you have
to touch base with the mother ship every few days.