I have switched to FreeCAD. Autodesk has shown the color of its spots and while they put STEP export back they have shown how the view the DIY maker community and the techniques they’ll use to get their “customers” to pay annual rental fees.
But it was not just that which sent me packing. It was also the fact that they are using file format incompatibilities to force dependency on the versions they want you on. For example, I INSTALLED F360 version 2.6.19 when it was new and for 3 months used it to take classes on F360 but ran into a problem doing something and asked the instructor for guidance. He found a work-around and posted his file but I could not open it. He was using the latest version 2.6.21. Even if it were v2.7.x I might not have an issue but literally just a few months old and major.minor version is incompatible.
So I just don’t trust them to be enablers of the DIY makers, I believe they will change things again to limit what DIY makers can do with their software, I don’t like renting tools for access my property(CAD designs) I’ve created and don’t like requiring others to do the same when my designs are posted to the open source community and their software development practices are very poor. And if I’m going to have to change my own workflow around failures in their software(IIRC it had to do with intersecting holes in a rotated pattern) I have no problem if the same pops up in FreeCAD. And the FreeCAD forum has been amazingly responsive. Would also feel far better sending $100, $200 or even $300 to FreeCAD developers than Autodesk.
Deja Vu…cough Eagle cough.