After the personal version expires, can it be renewed for free?

[Anonymous]

After the personal version expires, can it be renewed for free?

[jodom4 · Accepted solution]

Hey there,

The answer is yes. You will be eligible for a personal license renewal when your current license expires. These renewal notifications come up every 12 months. 

[Anonymous]

Any idea how to renew your account after it has expired.

I've spent an hour chatting online to people on their helpdesk and got nowhere.

I've tried the online form but that doesn't work.

I get no emails or anything back from them.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Have you looked at this?

günther

[Anonymous]

Yes I have.

I have followed those instructions 4 times.

Filled out the form 4 times.

Waited the half an hour 4 times.

Nothing happens. No email. No account renewal.

But don't worry. I am using other software now after this debacle.

[michaelbuffington]

I'd love to know what you're using.

I've spent years dealing with unstable, constantly changing versions of Fusion 360. I put up with it, even tried to give back where I could since the software was free and had promise.

Last week I went to go give a new Fusion 360 user a primer on how to use it, and instead showed that new Fusion 360 user how solidly locked out of Fusion 360 I was. Try as I might, Autodesk thinks I should have an educational license, and won't allow me to renew a personal license.

I've been fighting licensing issues for five days now and I'm fed up. I get that Autodesk is a for profit business. If I were also a for profit business I'd want to pay for an appropriate license.

When Autodesk started locking down parts of the free license, I wasn't happy. The free, unlimited use, license is what got so many people using Fusion 360. For those of us who've used it from the beginning, we were also willing alpha-testers. Now I'm fully locked out, and fully fed up. It got me to switch from Solidworks. Solidworks is looking attractive again though, especially as they consider more personal-use-friendly licensing.

[Anonymous]

I feel your pain.

And as much as it sucks, I'm kind of glad that it isn't just me having these issues.

Their horrendous help desk is absolutely useless. I spent most of the time trying

to explain to them that I already had a personal licence and just wanted to renew it.

For some reason that was beyond them. They eventually sent me to this forum for help

and that just got me sent back to where I started.

That was the point at which I gave up.

I'm using FreeCAD now.

I wasn't doing anything tricky with F360 that I can't do with FreeCAD.

Just remember to export all your models from F360 so you can import them into

whatever software you end up using.

I used FBX as I can import them into Blender and then export them to other formats if I need to.

To be honest, I wish I could have just stayed using F360 but it's just not worth it.

And even if they sorted out this mess (which they won't) I probably still wouldn't use their software any more.

Because in 12 months time I would have to go through it all over again.

[Anonymous]

Hello, thank you very much. How can I reapply for personal edition?Can you provide a link？

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@Anonymous  schrieb:

Hello, thank you very much. How can I reapply for personal edition?Can you provide a link？

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try this

günther