How long is a version of inventor supported by autodesk?

[jlachapelle]

We have inventor 2010 here and we were wondering when will the support cease for this software?

For DS product it's the last 3 version released, if it's the same thing with autodesk, this mean inventor 2010 won't be supported when inventor 2013 is released.

Thank you for your help

[TravisNave · Accepted solution]

Autodesk Subscription allows for the licensing and support of the current release and up to three versions back.  Therefore, with the release of the 2013 product line, support will extend back to 2010.  The industry, however, may be different in their support.  Since versions are not backwards compatible, it may be in your best intetrest to stick with the latest version, or the version used by your fellow business partners.