Hello people who actually understand how this works,
I, as you can tell, am a 3D modeler. I would prefer inventor, but that's not free, and is defiantly no open source, so not today, but I am hoping it is possible to make a portable version of 123D. It is free, but I could not find if it is open source (sorry).
Here's a link to Autodesk's page for the normal download- http://www.123dapp.com/design
Again, sorry if it's not open source, don't how how to check that (want to tell me?) and hope this is possible!
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Can we get a portable 123D?
September 15, 2016 - 8:52pm
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Can we get a portable 123D?
You can usually find the specific licenses for most apps (not all, some are a bit weird about it) by checking out any links regarding legalities, termos of service etc.
I specifically found theirs via the "Terms of Service" link at the bottom of the page, then "Software License Agreements" on the left, then "English". It is a lot of legal jargon, but usually an open source license will identify itself as such pretty quickly.
Having a quick read of that license it is a bit too restrictive for portable use. Here are the highlights:
Another observation: it is BIG. At 1.5+Gb it is somewhere between 150% and 300% the size of an install of LibreOffice Portable (depending on languages installed etc.)
With all of that working against us, I don't really think it is feasible as a PortableApp, sorry to say.
Following up on the above - A quick Google search tells me you can likely use Blender successfully as a replacement, which we conveniently have available here: https://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/blender_portable
Alright, I kind of posted this before I went to bed and was in condition to read legal stuff ;). Anyways, I've never used blender, but I guess it could be useful anyway.
Thanks!