Fusion 360 Entitlement for PrDS FAQ
Product Design Suite Benefit | Autodesk® Fusion 360TM
Questions and answers Autodesk® Fusion 360™ for Product Design Suite Subscribers What is the benefit to Product Design Suite Subscribers? Product Design Suite Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers will now have access to Fusion 360 as a Subscription benefit. Note: Fusion 360 is currently available only in English.
Who is eligible for this benefit? All Product Design Suite Premium and Ultimate customers with an active Maintenance or Desktop Subscription (new and existing) are eligible for the benefit. Note: This benefit is applicable to all active Maintenance subscribers of Product Design Suite irrespective of which perpetual license type they own (Stand-Alone, Network or Global Network User license).
Why is this announcement good for me? Making great products is about having access to the right tools, at the right time. The way products come to market is rapidly changing due to disruption in the way people live, work, communicate, and produce & consume products. As a result, Autodesk reimagined 3D CAD/CAM from the ground up to address this new paradigm. Autodesk Fusion 360 enables you and your team to work together within an integrated design, engineering and fabrication platform, virtually anywhere and on any device. Product Design Suite has always provided access to the latest engineering and design solutions on one suite of tools. Now, as a Product Design Suite Subscription customer, you’ll also have access to new functionality available in Fusion 360 so you can take advantage of new business and technical opportunities. Autodesk is continuing to invest in the best possible portfolio for you today, while anticipating your needs tomorrow. With Product Design Suite and Fusion 360, you now have access to the best desktop and cloud based tools to transform your product development process.
What is Fusion 360? Fusion 360 is a cloud-based 3D CAD/CAM tool for product development. The first tool of its kind, Fusion 360 enables teams and stakeholders to work together within an integrated design, engineering and fabrication experience across platforms and devices. In this new way of working, traditional data management is no longer required. Autodesk has stayed true to their product development philosophy with Fusion 360 – to build Fusion 360 collaboratively with the community. Fusion 360 has been in the market for over a year and half and is on a rapid 6 – 8 week product development cycle, delivering new features and functionality requested by many of our community users.
What specifically will Product Design Suite subscribers get?
Product Design Suite Premium Maintenance or Desktop Subscribers (new and existing) will receive Fusion 360 as part of the Subscription benefit Product Design Suite Ultimate Maintenance or Desktop Subscribers (new and existing) will receive Fusion 360 Ultimate as part of the Subscription benefit
Why is Autodesk providing Fusion 360 as a benefit to Product Design Suite for subscribers? The future of making things will be dramatically different than today’s, driven by ongoing changes in the way we live, work, communicate, and produce & consume products. Already, new products are coming to market in new ways – and that trend is accelerating. As a result, Autodesk reimagined 3D CAD/CAM from the ground up. The first tool of its kind, Autodesk Fusion 360 enables you and your team to work together within an integrated design, engineering and fabrication platform, virtually anywhere and on any device. As a Product Design Suite Subscription customer, you’ll now receive Fusion 360 as a benefit along with your Subscription. This will give you the ability to take advantage of new business and technical opportunities, while providing you with more choice and flexibility than ever before. Welcome to Fusion 360, and to the community working with us to co-create the future of CAD. ®
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Does this mean a shift in strategy away from Autodesk Inventor and desktop suites? Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, Fusion 360 and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Fusion 360 may not be available in all languages and/or geographies and is subject to applicable Autodesk terms of service. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Design Suite Benefit | Autodesk® Fusion 360TM
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No. Our goal is to give our Subscription customers access to the best product development tools now and in the future. We know that all of our customers have different needs, and that those needs often change depending on the projects being worked on. We will continue to invest in software development for both Autodesk Inventor and Fusion 360 to bring our customers the new features and functionally they need to make great products.
When will the Fusion 360 benefit be available? You will receive access to Fusion 360 on January 30, 2015.
As a Product Design Suite subscriber, when can I expect to be notified of the Fusion 360 benefit? You will receive an operational email communication from Autodesk regarding Fusion 360 benefit between February 3, 2015 and February 28, 2015. You will also be able to see the communication on your Subscription Center, Autodesk Account or showcased on www.autodesk.com starting January 30, 2015.
Is this a limited time offer? No. This is not a limited-time offer.
If I purchased Fusion 360, will I get access to Product Design Suite? No. This benefit is for Product Design Suite Subscription customers and not vice-versa.
Will I be able to use Fusion 360 after the Product Design Suite Maintenance/Desktop contract ends? No. The Fusion 360 benefit will end on the same date as the Product Design Suite Maintenance or Desktop Subscription contract end date.
I purchased a Product Design Suite Subscription and also purchased a Subscription for Fusion 360, am I eligible for a refund? No. In this case, you would have access to two Fusion 360 Subscriptions.
I have Product Design Suite that is not on Subscription, am I eligible for the Fusion 360 benefit? No. Fusion 360 will be a benefit available only to customers (new and existing) with a Subscription to Product Design Suite.
Can I combine the Fusion 360 benefit for my Desktop Subscription and perpetual licenses with Maintenance Subscription? You may purchase a combination of perpetual licenses with Maintenance Subscription and Desktop Subscription. However the Maintenance and Desktop Subscriptions will reside on separate contracts, and the underlying Fusion 360 benefits will need to be managed separately.
Will Autodesk send a renewal notice for Fusion 360? No. You will receive a renewal notice for Product Design Suite Subscription and not for Fusion 360.
If the Product Design Suite Maintenance Subscription agreement is multiyear, will the Fusion 360 benefit benefit last the entire duration of the Maintenance agreement? Yes. The Fusion 360 contract end date will be the same as the Product Design Suite contract end date; i.e., Fusion 360 benefit will be available for 3 years if the Product Design Suite maintenance contract is for 3 years.
How is Fusion 360 different from Inventor Fusion? Inventor Fusion was built as a desktop “direct modeling” CAD companion product for Inventor – designed to complement parametric workflows in Inventor. Fusion 360 on the other hand is a Cloud based CAD/CAM product built to stand on its own (one integrated tool) as opposed to being a companion product for Inventor. Fusion 360 offers a choice to Product Design Suite customers who are looking for a low overhead collaborative product development tool that is suitable for a distributed, agile/fast-paced environment. If you have used Inventor Fusion, you will find that Fusion 360 has familiar functionality and user experience compared to Inventor Fusion. If you have not used Inventor Fusion, you can expect a short learning curve. Most people find they are designing productively in just a few hours, some even less.
Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, Fusion 360 and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Fusion 360 may not be available in all languages and/or geographies and is subject to applicable Autodesk terms of service. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Design Suite Benefit | Autodesk® Fusion 360TM
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ACCESS & USER MANAGEMENT: I own several Subscriptions of Product Design Suite. How do I manage which users get access to Fusion 360? Fusion 360 is based on "named user licensing". The Fusion 360 license applies to a specific user (whose eMail ID is specified in Autodesk Account). Every subscriber of Product Design Suite will have a corresponding benefit to Fusion 360 – assigned to the Product Design Suite subscriber’s eMail ID. For example, for a contract with 10 Product Design Suite Subscriptions, the 10 subscribers that are assigned to the Product Design Suite Subscriptions can get access to Fusion 360.
How do I get access to Fusion 360? This requires two key steps, illustrated below. First, the Contract Manager or Software Coordinator must grant end users access to the Fusion 360 benefit. After this, the end user downloads Fusion 360 and signs in with the same Autodesk Account that the Contract Manager used in the assignment. Part 1: Granting end users access to Fusion 360 (see “Setting User Permissions for Products, Services & Support” on the Autodesk Knowledge Network for more details) If you have a Maintenance Subscription with Product Design Suite, follow these steps: (This requires access to the user management tools in the Subscription Center.)
Sign into Subscription Center and click Contract Administration.
Click on Manage Users. This will take you to the User Management page in the Autodesk Account portal.
Within the Autodesk Account portal, continue to the instructions listed for the User Management page below (under Desktop Subscription).
If you have a Desktop Subscription for Product Design Suite, follow these steps: (This requires access to the user management tools in Autodesk Account.)
Sign into Autodesk Account. Click on the
The User Management page shows the list of users associated with your contract. Click Edit Access to the right of a user’s name in the User List. This will display the Edit Access dialog.
Under Products & Services in the Edit Access dialog, click on the user’s Product Design Suite contract to expand the details of the available services.
*pick up here
Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, Fusion 360 and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Fusion 360 may not be available in all languages and/or geographies and is subject to applicable Autodesk terms of service. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Design Suite Benefit | Autodesk® Fusion 360TM
Find Fusion 360 or Fusion 360 Ultimate and click on the Assign checkbox beside it. Then click Save.
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As a confirmation of the changes to their account permissions, the end user will receive an email notification from Autodesk Account.
When you save this change, the end user will be able to get Fusion 360 or Fusion 360 Ultimate as a part of the Maintenance or Desktop Subscription.
Part 2: Getting Fusion 360 and signing in with the enabled end user accounts.
Click on Access Autodesk Account in the email notification or directly go to Autodesk Account. Sign in with the same account that the contract manager used in the assignment.
In the Account tab under All Products & Services, find Fusion 360 or Fusion 360 Ultimate. Click Download Now beside it. This will download the Fusion 360 installation package. Run the installation package.
Once the installation is complete, launch Fusion 360. Sign in with the same Autodesk Account that the contract manager used in the assignment and begin your Fusion 360 experience.
Note: Fusion 360 is a cloud based product and updates automatically when new updates are released. Fusion 360 does not support enterprise deployment methods.
Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, Fusion 360 and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Fusion 360 may not be available in all languages and/or geographies and is subject to applicable Autodesk terms of service. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Questions and answers Autodesk® Fusion 360™ for Product Design Suite Subscribers What is the benefit to Product Design Suite Subscribers? Product Design Suite Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers will now have access to Fusion 360 as a Subscription benefit. Note: Fusion 360 is currently available only in English.
Who is eligible for this benefit? All Product Design Suite Premium and Ultimate customers with an active Maintenance or Desktop Subscription (new and existing) are eligible for the benefit. Note: This benefit is applicable to all active Maintenance subscribers of Product Design Suite irrespective of which perpetual license type they own (Stand-Alone, Network or Global Network User license).
Why is this announcement good for me? Making great products is about having access to the right tools, at the right time. The way products come to market is rapidly changing due to disruption in the way people live, work, communicate, and produce & consume products. As a result, Autodesk reimagined 3D CAD/CAM from the ground up to address this new paradigm. Autodesk Fusion 360 enables you and your team to work together within an integrated design, engineering and fabrication platform, virtually anywhere and on any device. Product Design Suite has always provided access to the latest engineering and design solutions on one suite of tools. Now, as a Product Design Suite Subscription customer, you’ll also have access to new functionality available in Fusion 360 so you can take advantage of new business and technical opportunities. Autodesk is continuing to invest in the best possible portfolio for you today, while anticipating your needs tomorrow. With Product Design Suite and Fusion 360, you now have access to the best desktop and cloud based tools to transform your product development process.
What is Fusion 360? Fusion 360 is a cloud-based 3D CAD/CAM tool for product development. The first tool of its kind, Fusion 360 enables teams and stakeholders to work together within an integrated design, engineering and fabrication experience across platforms and devices. In this new way of working, traditional data management is no longer required. Autodesk has stayed true to their product development philosophy with Fusion 360 – to build Fusion 360 collaboratively with the community. Fusion 360 has been in the market for over a year and half and is on a rapid 6 – 8 week product development cycle, delivering new features and functionality requested by many of our community users.
What specifically will Product Design Suite subscribers get?
Product Design Suite Premium Maintenance or Desktop Subscribers (new and existing) will receive Fusion 360 as part of the Subscription benefit Product Design Suite Ultimate Maintenance or Desktop Subscribers (new and existing) will receive Fusion 360 Ultimate as part of the Subscription benefit
Why is Autodesk providing Fusion 360 as a benefit to Product Design Suite for subscribers? The future of making things will be dramatically different than today’s, driven by ongoing changes in the way we live, work, communicate, and produce & consume products. Already, new products are coming to market in new ways – and that trend is accelerating. As a result, Autodesk reimagined 3D CAD/CAM from the ground up. The first tool of its kind, Autodesk Fusion 360 enables you and your team to work together within an integrated design, engineering and fabrication platform, virtually anywhere and on any device. As a Product Design Suite Subscription customer, you’ll now receive Fusion 360 as a benefit along with your Subscription. This will give you the ability to take advantage of new business and technical opportunities, while providing you with more choice and flexibility than ever before. Welcome to Fusion 360, and to the community working with us to co-create the future of CAD. ®
®
Does this mean a shift in strategy away from Autodesk Inventor and desktop suites? Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, Fusion 360 and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Fusion 360 may not be available in all languages and/or geographies and is subject to applicable Autodesk terms of service. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Design Suite Benefit | Autodesk® Fusion 360TM
Questions and answers
No. Our goal is to give our Subscription customers access to the best product development tools now and in the future. We know that all of our customers have different needs, and that those needs often change depending on the projects being worked on. We will continue to invest in software development for both Autodesk Inventor and Fusion 360 to bring our customers the new features and functionally they need to make great products.
When will the Fusion 360 benefit be available? You will receive access to Fusion 360 on January 30, 2015.
As a Product Design Suite subscriber, when can I expect to be notified of the Fusion 360 benefit? You will receive an operational email communication from Autodesk regarding Fusion 360 benefit between February 3, 2015 and February 28, 2015. You will also be able to see the communication on your Subscription Center, Autodesk Account or showcased on www.autodesk.com starting January 30, 2015.
Is this a limited time offer? No. This is not a limited-time offer.
If I purchased Fusion 360, will I get access to Product Design Suite? No. This benefit is for Product Design Suite Subscription customers and not vice-versa.
Will I be able to use Fusion 360 after the Product Design Suite Maintenance/Desktop contract ends? No. The Fusion 360 benefit will end on the same date as the Product Design Suite Maintenance or Desktop Subscription contract end date.
I purchased a Product Design Suite Subscription and also purchased a Subscription for Fusion 360, am I eligible for a refund? No. In this case, you would have access to two Fusion 360 Subscriptions.
I have Product Design Suite that is not on Subscription, am I eligible for the Fusion 360 benefit? No. Fusion 360 will be a benefit available only to customers (new and existing) with a Subscription to Product Design Suite.
Can I combine the Fusion 360 benefit for my Desktop Subscription and perpetual licenses with Maintenance Subscription? You may purchase a combination of perpetual licenses with Maintenance Subscription and Desktop Subscription. However the Maintenance and Desktop Subscriptions will reside on separate contracts, and the underlying Fusion 360 benefits will need to be managed separately.
Will Autodesk send a renewal notice for Fusion 360? No. You will receive a renewal notice for Product Design Suite Subscription and not for Fusion 360.
If the Product Design Suite Maintenance Subscription agreement is multiyear, will the Fusion 360 benefit benefit last the entire duration of the Maintenance agreement? Yes. The Fusion 360 contract end date will be the same as the Product Design Suite contract end date; i.e., Fusion 360 benefit will be available for 3 years if the Product Design Suite maintenance contract is for 3 years.
How is Fusion 360 different from Inventor Fusion? Inventor Fusion was built as a desktop “direct modeling” CAD companion product for Inventor – designed to complement parametric workflows in Inventor. Fusion 360 on the other hand is a Cloud based CAD/CAM product built to stand on its own (one integrated tool) as opposed to being a companion product for Inventor. Fusion 360 offers a choice to Product Design Suite customers who are looking for a low overhead collaborative product development tool that is suitable for a distributed, agile/fast-paced environment. If you have used Inventor Fusion, you will find that Fusion 360 has familiar functionality and user experience compared to Inventor Fusion. If you have not used Inventor Fusion, you can expect a short learning curve. Most people find they are designing productively in just a few hours, some even less.
Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, Fusion 360 and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Fusion 360 may not be available in all languages and/or geographies and is subject to applicable Autodesk terms of service. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Design Suite Benefit | Autodesk® Fusion 360TM
Questions and answers
ACCESS & USER MANAGEMENT: I own several Subscriptions of Product Design Suite. How do I manage which users get access to Fusion 360? Fusion 360 is based on "named user licensing". The Fusion 360 license applies to a specific user (whose eMail ID is specified in Autodesk Account). Every subscriber of Product Design Suite will have a corresponding benefit to Fusion 360 – assigned to the Product Design Suite subscriber’s eMail ID. For example, for a contract with 10 Product Design Suite Subscriptions, the 10 subscribers that are assigned to the Product Design Suite Subscriptions can get access to Fusion 360.
How do I get access to Fusion 360? This requires two key steps, illustrated below. First, the Contract Manager or Software Coordinator must grant end users access to the Fusion 360 benefit. After this, the end user downloads Fusion 360 and signs in with the same Autodesk Account that the Contract Manager used in the assignment. Part 1: Granting end users access to Fusion 360 (see “Setting User Permissions for Products, Services & Support” on the Autodesk Knowledge Network for more details) If you have a Maintenance Subscription with Product Design Suite, follow these steps: (This requires access to the user management tools in the Subscription Center.)
Sign into Subscription Center and click Contract Administration.
Click on Manage Users. This will take you to the User Management page in the Autodesk Account portal.
Within the Autodesk Account portal, continue to the instructions listed for the User Management page below (under Desktop Subscription).
If you have a Desktop Subscription for Product Design Suite, follow these steps: (This requires access to the user management tools in Autodesk Account.)
Sign into Autodesk Account. Click on the
The User Management page shows the list of users associated with your contract. Click Edit Access to the right of a user’s name in the User List. This will display the Edit Access dialog.
Under Products & Services in the Edit Access dialog, click on the user’s Product Design Suite contract to expand the details of the available services.
*pick up here
Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, Fusion 360 and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Fusion 360 may not be available in all languages and/or geographies and is subject to applicable Autodesk terms of service. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
Product Design Suite Benefit | Autodesk® Fusion 360TM
Find Fusion 360 or Fusion 360 Ultimate and click on the Assign checkbox beside it. Then click Save.
Questions and answers
As a confirmation of the changes to their account permissions, the end user will receive an email notification from Autodesk Account.
When you save this change, the end user will be able to get Fusion 360 or Fusion 360 Ultimate as a part of the Maintenance or Desktop Subscription.
Part 2: Getting Fusion 360 and signing in with the enabled end user accounts.
Click on Access Autodesk Account in the email notification or directly go to Autodesk Account. Sign in with the same account that the contract manager used in the assignment.
In the Account tab under All Products & Services, find Fusion 360 or Fusion 360 Ultimate. Click Download Now beside it. This will download the Fusion 360 installation package. Run the installation package.
Once the installation is complete, launch Fusion 360. Sign in with the same Autodesk Account that the contract manager used in the assignment and begin your Fusion 360 experience.
Note: Fusion 360 is a cloud based product and updates automatically when new updates are released. Fusion 360 does not support enterprise deployment methods.
Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, Fusion 360 and Inventor are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Fusion 360 may not be available in all languages and/or geographies and is subject to applicable Autodesk terms of service. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2015 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
