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| | |HSMWorks End of Life | ||
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| | |In 2012, Autodesk acquired HSMWorks, a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) product for programming Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines, with the intention of integrating the technology into their own software and cloud services.<ref>https://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release-details/autodesk-acquires-hsmworks-technology</ref> HSMWorks could continue to be purchased with a perpetual license until 2016, when Autodesk announced that all Autodesk products, including HSMWorks, would transistion to a subscription model, ending support and maintenance plans for perpertual licenses. <ref>[https://scottandscottllp.com/recent-developments-in-autodesk-licensing-and-audits-part-i/#:~:text=Autodesk%20introduced%20subscription%20plans%20in,previous%20versions%20of%20perpetual%20software. https://scottandscottllp.com/recent-developments-in-autodesk-licensing-and-audits-part-i/#:~:text=Autodesk%20introduced%20subscription%20plans%20in,previous%20versions%20of%20perpetual%20software.]</ref> In 2019, Autodesk transitioned HSMWorks subscribers to Fusion 360 subscribers with entitlement to download and use HSMWorks. <ref>https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/tsarticles/ts/4ZktnaH9yvV8DxOnwA0LCv.html</ref> In 2028, Autodesk sent an email to Fusion 360 subscribers that HSMWorks entitlement would no longer be included on new subscriptions after March 25, 2025. and entitlement would end March 25, 2028. "''At that point you will no longer be able to download, access '''or use''' HSMWorks.''"<ref>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-support-forum/hsmworks-end-of-life-march-25th-2028/td-p/13297431</ref> | ||
| | |<u>'''Projected aftermath:'''</u> | ||
Because HSMWorks was subscription only, or entitlement through Fusion 360 subscription only, from 2016 onward, any person or organization who 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 but unusable. | |||
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|Discontinuing Win 10 support | |Discontinuing Win 10 support | ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion ends support for Windows 10]] | |[[Autodesk Fusion ends support for Windows 10]] | ||
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|Ending existing lifetime subscriptions | |||
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|Youtuber Ian Davis owned a permanent standalone license for Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013 which failed to renew itself. Autodesk refused to issue a new license without an additional subscription purchase. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20250130014846/https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/previous-version-support/need-activation-code-for-autocad-2013-full-version/td-p/11978768 "Need Activation Code for AutoCAD 2013 (full version)"] - archive.org - archived 2025-01-29</ref> | |||
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|Telemetry bugs and harmful fines | |Telemetry bugs and harmful fines | ||