AD force subscription?

[BurkhardRammner]

Some days ago, I got an email from AD.

They talked about 'transition to named user plans'.

Well, don`t know that they want to tell me, but what matters to me is the following quote:

'For standalone maintenance, at your first renewal before 7 May 2021, you can trade in one seat for one subscription at a cost consistent with what you pay today.'

So, what does that mean? Is that transition thing an option or does AD want me to force to the subscription model?

[JamesMaeding]

@BurkhardRammner 

They are telling you they no longer sell your product, the "standalone seat on maintenance".

You can get a product they do sell, well rent, by trading yours in.

IMO, they should have done this long ago, when they decided rental was their new business model.

[amanda.k]

Hi @BurkhardRammner,

I saw your post on the Maya forum and moved it here so you could get more targeted feedback and answers. 

Autodesk is launching new plans that are based on people and retiring plans based on serial numbers. Subscriptions with multi-user access and maintenance plans will retire on May 7, 2021 and cannot be further renewed. 

We've put together this FAQ to explain some of the changes and how to transition in this linked FAQ. If you would prefer to talk with an Autodesk Representative about the transition to named user from your Maintenance Plan, please submit the form for your country here.

I hope this helped clarify the email, and feel free to let me know if you have any other questions.

[BurkhardRammner]

Ah, thank you.

I guess this is the final nail in the coffin...

After 18 years of hard working, heavy frustration, endless bug searching and besides that creating a rather huge ecosystem (molecular visualization) I guess this is it for me.

I´m done.

[JamesMaeding]

@BurkhardRammner 

No, this is the beginning. If you require perpetual seat, standalone or network, try bricscad.

While some say it is rude to suggest a competitors product on a vendor supported forum, now autodesk does not sell the same product 🙂

Bricscad is compatible in all areas, dwg format, lisp, .net, VBA, menus, .net api, c api....you name it.

The options dialog is different, so that will take 30 minutes to adjust and get your session looking like acad did.

Its all in there though, and I support both platforms for our 100 person civil firm.

BTW, its 1/5 the cost of acad, forgot to mention! Yah, I'm sure you will miss paying the high maintenence cost of acad.

[BurkhardRammner]

Haha, unfortunately I work with Maya...

2020 marks the end for me in a lot of ways..now Maya is part of it. I used to work with Maya 6 days a week, hell!