I completely understand your point.
For a bit of context for others, Fusion 360 has undergone a few license changes and even tries to hide the hobbyist license on their site. It is not libre software and Autodesk continues to experiment with restrictions on the free product. At the moment, >10 active documents, >3 axis tool paths, rapids faster than feedrate, and some file formats are all locked away.
On the other side of the equation, Fusion 360 is incredibly feature rich. Autodesk is pouring a lot of resources into continually improving it as well. There’s also so much content available when you search for “how do I do x in Fusion 360”. If the job shop YouTube channels are to be believed, it has become the absolute standard for smallish shops for CAM.
I believe in Free Software. Despite having access to Illustrator, I start every project in Inkscape. I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of writing Inkscape extensions to get stuff done. Unfortunately I’ve
checked out a bunch of libre CAM options but didn’t find one to settle on.
I think a few of us have experiences that mirror Ara’s; we tried other options but reluctantly settled on Fusion.
Interested if other folks who have joined the conversation before have found better workflows. @palmada @Jonathan
Also tagging folks who mentioned CAD in their introductions: @morgoberts @mjadczak @Marylis_Ramos Do you use any hobbyist tools outside of work?