Fusion360 has hiked its prices once again. Brace yourselves, CADfugees are coming

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Fusion360 has hiked its prices once again. Brace yourselves, CADfugees are coming

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https://twitter.com/jnesselr/status/1542170744901079042

Any Fusion folk interested in helping make Migrating_to_FreeCAD_from_Fusion360 a thing?

Edit: Also FreeCAD_Managing_Expectations
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That probably explains the increase in daily number of people asking to join the Facebook group.
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Nice timing considering the recent 0.20 release :lol:
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Expect deluge of questions like:

"why isn't FreeCAD doing it the way I was doing it in Fusion"

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bambuko wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:52 pm "why isn't FreeCAD doing it the way I was doing it in Fusion"
Here's a wiki page that was created to deal with that:
FreeCAD_Managing_Expectations
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Kunda1 wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:12 pm Here's a wiki page that was created
I really do not like reading:
Can you rephrase that please?
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Roy_043 wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:21 pm
Kunda1 wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 4:12 pm Here's a wiki page that was created
I really do not like reading:
Can you rephrase that please?
I think the entire page needs to be redone to remove all the snide and/or negative remarks throughout. Keep it positive by explaining the features that might be different, without being defensive.

In today's social media environment trolling is a way of life. No web page will stop that, but explaining how and why FreeCAD is different can be useful.

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I can probably make a page about why Freecad matters and why almost all commercial CAD programs are terrible investments.
I'm really passionated in hating most commercial CAD programs!
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MisterMaker wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:39 pm brace yourselves 29062022193756.jpg
That was really funny!!! :D
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