I’ve always been on an AD Maintenance Plan for my one copy of 3DS Max (since 1999)… I currently pay around £600 a year (though God knows why really because a) I hardly always update as soon as a new release comes out and b) I sometimes even skip a release)… But, Maintenance Plan is for me… Today …

[image] The Future Your math is wrong. Sorry to say this but the increase is 38.6%, not 35%. You can’t just add up the percentages, it’s not how it works. The increase is cumulative. Read my post here to understand why. Alex_M my math is fine, that isn’t what I was talking about. Last year I …

I paid £525 +VAT in June 2016 with BlueGFX, so Autodesk have clearly hiked the price again since then.

found a video I remembered from the first max version I have ever used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8azQEceSJo 20 years ago !!! Anyone else or it’s just me that started watching MODO tutorials :slight_smile:

FYI, I saw this petition a few days ago, it’s the first time I read something like that… Autodesk: Change their business plan https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Autodesk\_Change\_their\_business\_plan/?rc=fb&pv=7&utm\_source=sharetools&utm\_medium=facebook&utm\_campaign=petition-411890-Autodesk\…

[image] VrayClipper seems to have issues with sweep objects FYI, I saw this petition a few days ago, it’s the first time I read something like that… Autodesk: Change their business plan https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Autodesk\_Change\_their\_business\_plan/?rc=fb&pv=7&utm\_source=sharetoo…

[image] So Slow Signed.. “Funny” how the links in the bottom no longer works. I was just about to post it as well… Crazy did AD remove them or something?

[image] Auto update bitmaps with CUDA. I was just about to post it as well… Crazy did AD remove them or something? They moved all threads related to the price and license changes from the main Max forum to their “Installation and licensing” subforum, that’s why the links don’t work anymore. Y…

I saw that there is opensource VRay for blender and Houdini. Another nail in autodesk coffin :slight_smile:

here is a point to point reading of the funny adsk letter [Pixel Fondue Roundtable 3-14-2017]

AD Maintenance plans look like being phased out.......

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Signed.. “Funny” how the links in the bottom no longer works.

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