Originally Posted by
rcheli
I am really close to retirement and starting to look at the cost of life after employment ends. But, I have saved enough by not eating out every day for lunch since the pandemic began that I have already covered the cost of the 3 year subscription. In the meantime I can see what happens with FreeCAD and three years from now make a decision what to do next.
I have just retired and just the numerous trips to the company coffee machine cost me far more than the 82 cents/day subscription costs (ok, provisionally $1.37/day after the 3 years are up). It's even more attractive now as I'll be using it more during my retirement than I did when I was working! As you say, after 3 years we can then reassess situation.
Rechecking the latest Fusion FAQ I found:
What does no rapid moves mean?
Removing rapid moves means that all toolpaths will use High Feed, where the maximum feedrate for linking moves is the cut feedrate. You can still decrease the feedrate of linking moves if you want but you won’t be able to raise the high feed value above the cut feedrate.
What does no automatic tool changes mean?
Removing automatic tool changes means you will not be able to post operations that use more than one tool. You can still post multiple operations, so long as they all use the same tool. This means that if your program uses multiple tools, you’ll need to post each section individually.
For many of you without automatic tool changers, this likely changes very little about your workflow. If you do have an automatic tool changer, you can still use it of course, but the tool change codes won’t be in your posted code.
I'm not sure how long this has been described in that way, perhaps it's relatively new or maybe I missed it earlier, but that last part sounds quite nasty. We'll find out for sure tomorrow.
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