Work Off Line

[Anonymous]

There should be an option to work off-line, not connected to the internet.  A time restricted authorization token could make it work... similar to how a traditional license server lets users 'check out' a time restricted license for off-line access when traveling.  

Additionally, cloud storage is great but it would be better if it could work more like Google drive or One Drive with your project files stored on a local folder that syncs to the cloud in the background.  This would enable off-line modeling until the next opportunity to connect and sync data.

-john

[Scott.Weiser]

I agree with this. One of the concerns I have is how difficult it is to store files on a local server even for backup. There should be a preferences selection allowing an automatic save to a local or network drive whenever the file is closed in addition to saving to the cloud. Forgive me, but trusting everything to the cloud is as dumb as trusting everything to a single hard drive.

[kward101]

Hi, sorry, maybe I misunderstand your question, but does the "work offline" feature (under the user name drop down in the top right corner) not allow this?

[brianrepp]

@Anonymous - are you aware of, or have you ever used Offline Mode today in F360?  Are you looking for something different than this?

The second half of the idea around syncing particular cloud data to your desktop is a project that the team has been working towards, but is a large and complex project that is still pretty far out.

[keqingsong]

This is possible already, and we're improving it more in the next couple of updates. See our latest roadmap update for more details: http://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/blog/spring-2017-roadmap-update/