Act Before It's Too Late: Expiration Dates for Autodesk Labs Technology Previews

I have used this analogy before. Most technology previews are like milk cartons. They have expiration dates on them. When a technology preview expires, the technology preview no longer operates. A preview has a time bomb in it that makes it stop working on a particular date. We do this so there is a sense of urgency to try a technology preview and get back to us. Our customers are busy people, and without this, they would just say "I'll get to that later." When a technology preview expires, any data that has been created by it continues to be valid. It's just that the data cannot be edited using the technology preview since the preview does not run anymore. Certainly new data can't be created either. This approach allows us to get early feedback on the general idea, user interface, performance characteristics, and general correctness of the results.

Here is a list of active Autodesk Labs technology previews and their associated expiration dates. The list is sorted by expiration date - so act fast if you want to provide feedback on these technology previews before they retire or graduate.

Expiration Date	Technology Preview
September 30, 2012	Project Galileo Online
October 31, 2012	Augmented Reality for Autodesk Showcase
December 31, 2012	Project Inspire for AutoCAD Map 3D
December 31, 2012	Project Parsec for AutoCAD Map 3D
December 31, 2012	River Analysis Extension for AutoCAD Civil 3D / AutoCAD Map 3D
January 1, 2013	Project Scandium for Simulation Moldflow
January 1, 2013	Project Simulus
January 12, 2013	BIM Coordinator for AutoCAD Civil 3D / Revit
January 15, 2013	Project Geppetto for 3Ds Max / 3Ds Max Design
January 31, 2013	Mesh Enabler for Inventor 2012
February 1, 2013	Project Artoo for AutoCAD Map 3D
February 28, 2013	Project Facrory.Modz() for Inventor
March 1, 2013	Inventor Fusion (Windows version)
March 15, 2013	Project Falcon
March 31, 2013	FABmep Import for Revit MEP
April 1, 2013	Project Hydra for Simulation Mechanical / Simulation Multiphysics
August 6, 2013	Maximo Integration for Autodesk Revit 2013 products
August 12, 2013	Project Basejump for AutoCAD Map 3D / AutoCAD Civil 3D
January 31, 2014	Mesh Enabler for Inventor 2013
July 1, 2014	Inventor Simplification

A development team is focused on a technology preview for a project interval. While they are, they want the feedback and the ability to make a decision so they can continue development of the technology or quickly move on to something else. We appreciate it when we debut technology previews, people try them right away, and provide us with an up or down vote. Your experience shapes the future of our technology indeed.

Sniffing the cartons to see what can still be tasted is alive in the lab.