Īutodesk previously announced that it plans to stop issuing new activation codes for any version of its software not covered by its product lifecycle policy.įor most Autodesk products, including 3ds Max and Maya, that means anything more than three versions old, which would mean that it would become impossible to reinstall old perpetual licences around 2025. This week’s announcement marks the official end of the line for maintenance – and therefore also for updates to legacy perpetual licences – with all existing plans being discontinued on. Maintenance plans for old perpetual licences of Autodesk software end on Īutodesk hasn’t sold new maintenance plans for its software since it ended perpetual licences in 2016.Īlthough users with existing plans could extend them in order to keep getting updates to perpetual licences, Autodesk has hiked up the prices steadily ever since, with a further 20% increase now due in May 2020. The changes are being made as part of the company’s transition from subscriptions based on product serial numbers to subscriptions based on individual users. Users with existing maintenance plans or subscriptions with multi-user access can trade them for individual subscriptions, with users with network maintenance being able to trade for two new subs for a limited period. The company is also officially retiring its old Design & Creation Suites. Autodesk is to discontinue maintenance plans for perpetual licences of its software, including 3ds Max and Maya, in May 2021, along with multi-user subscriptions to its products.
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