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Because HSMWorks was subscription-only, or entitlement was only available through a Fusion 360 subscription, from 2016 onward, any person or organization that used up-to-date versions of HSMWorks since then will cease to have access to all data associated with HSMWorks, despite the data being locally stored and HSMWorks being installed (although unusable). HSMWorks data is not compatible with Fusion 360 nor Inventor CAM (products that share some technology with HSMWorks), thus, no solution exists to bridge users' data to actively supported software. | Because HSMWorks was subscription-only, or entitlement was only available through a Fusion 360 subscription, from 2016 onward, any person or organization that used up-to-date versions of HSMWorks since then will cease to have access to all data associated with HSMWorks, despite the data being locally stored and HSMWorks being installed (although unusable). HSMWorks data is not compatible with Fusion 360 nor Inventor CAM (products that share some technology with HSMWorks), thus, no solution exists to bridge users' data to actively supported software. | ||
'''Softimage XSI acquisition.''' | |||
in 2009 autodesk acquired Softimage XSI, with the sole purpose of eliminating competition. the software was discontinued. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Softimage] | |||
many game studios were forced to switch to other software, due to XSI no longer being updated. | |||
'''Mudbox acquisition''' | |||
In 2007, Mudbox was bought by autodesk. the software has had multiple new version releases, but no updates. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Mudbox] | |||
==='''Ian Davis ended lifetime subscriptions'''=== | ==='''Ian Davis ended lifetime subscriptions'''=== | ||