SOLIDWORKS for Makers is $48/year [1]. That subscription includes a proper SOLIDWORKS installation, Dassault is pushing their web stuff, but you don't need to use it. Also, it uses local files by default, unlike Fusion [2]. The subscription comes with a no-commercial-use clause and the files can't be opened in the commercial version, but I'm sure if push comes to shove the file thing will be fixed on the high seas.
Re: Mac: SOLIDWORKS runs perfectly well in Parallels on M1. I moved from Fusion and it's been great. Just having fully working G3 surfaces/constraints [3] and patterning on sketch points alone is worth the expense.
Re: Mac: SOLIDWORKS runs perfectly well in Parallels on M1. I moved from Fusion and it's been great. Just having fully working G3 surfaces/constraints [3] and patterning on sketch points alone is worth the expense.
[1] https://www.solidworks.com/solution/3dexperience-solidworks-...
[2] Recently Autodesk changed the policy and now Fusion360 will remove your files if you don't pay and not log in for a year.
[3] Something that I don't think we'll ever see in FreeCAD, considering the pace of Open CASCADE development https://git.dev.opencascade.org/gitweb/?p=occt.git