License Downgrade

[tellery]

Does Autodesk allow you downgrade your licenses?

We use a Piping software that only needs Autocad to run. The last time we upgraded in 2006 our IT guy purchased Inventor Series. So now we are looking to upgrade Autocad only and they are saying we need to upgrade Inventor, because our license is tied to inventor.

Help!!!

[Anonymous]

That is true, for now: Autodesk like all software vendors decide
independently of their users whether to continue to provide freebies or not
and that's no way for the rest of us to run our businesses.

But you do make a good point.

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Dean Saadallah
http://LTisACAD.blogspot.com
Add-on products for LT
http://www.pendean.com/lt
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[Anonymous]

I think it will be difficult to remove AutoCAD from the "Suite" bundles,
because they were sold as a bundle. However, nothing stops a software
company from discontinuing a product....ie; AutoCAD (someday??), Viz (
already gone) Windows 2000, XP, Adobe Dreamweaver , in favor of "new and
improved" products with different interfaces and functionality. We do not
buy these products, but only purchase a license to use...

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Autodesk Manufacturing Implementation Certified Expert.
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"Dean Saadallah" wrote in message
news:5988579@discussion.autodesk.com...
That is true, for now: Autodesk like all software vendors decide
independently of their users whether to continue to provide freebies or not
and that's no way for the rest of us to run our businesses.

But you do make a good point.

--
Dean Saadallah
http://LTisACAD.blogspot.com
Add-on products for LT
http://www.pendean.com/lt
--