While we cannot confirm the total of employees laid off of their team we have heard reports of around 25%. This acquisition also has meant layoffs for the Delcam corporate team based in Birmingham England.in Detroit) or converted to a corporate office with reduced local staff. Local resellers were either dropped (such as Axsys Inc. Delcam’s acquisition by Autodesk changed their business model.Users can continue to pay maintenance but if that maintenance lapses the only avenue to update is via what they are calling the “desktop subscription”, which is the rental-ware model for licenses. Delcam is ending all perpetual licensing at the end of 2016.This means the product will no longer be updated or supported. Delcam for Solidworks has been announced as End of Life.Here are some highlights of these changes:

While any corporate acquisition is painted in a rosy light by the parties involved there have been significant changes in the structure and setup of Delcam and its ancillary products including but not limited to: Partmaker, FeatureCAM, Delcam for Solidworks. Delcam was recently acquired by Autodesk.

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