To us this sounds suspiciously similar to the first half of Miracle on 34th St. It’s not about being “nice” or “fair” or any of that warm fuzzy nonsense Autodesk wants to grow its customer base, and they’re hoping that T-Splines or HSMWorks users from the SolidWorks world will dip their toes in the Autodesk pool, see that the water is fine, and wade in to the broader AD product offering at their own pace. “Wait… are you trying to tell us that Autodesk has decided to… play NICE?” Not really. It’s a part of a broader strategy within AD to promote a more ‘open’ CAD market, and we must admit… SolidSmack likey. The same is true for HSMWorks: the SolidWorks product will not only be offered for current versions of SolidWorks, but will continue to grow and develop on the platform indefinitely. Well folks, we just got off the phone with Autodesk HQ, and were we told in no uncertain terms that T-Splines for Rhino and SolidWorks are here to stay–even for future versions of the platforms–but that Autodesk plans to continue to develop the product for both in parallel with their own products (e.g. Autodesk has been on an acquisition rampage this year, and most of us assumed that products like T-Splines and HSMWorks would cease to exist as we know them.

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