Dale B posted at 11:46PM Wed, 06 April 2016 - #4261986

According to a known employee on the E-on forums yes there is, and they -hope- to get it out before midsummer (the actual statement was they hoped to get it out before the date the last version was released, but that post was a few months old, and software releases only slide in time....). That's all the info that I've seen so far

The concern I have is if this schedule holds true, some users subscription plans will be lapped by more than 12 months of paid maintenance. I just recieved a bill for $800 to re-subscribe for annual maintenance for Vue xStream & Plant Factory Producer* and while one release out is not so risky, I am concerned about paying towards a second upgrade more than 18 months away. Thats a long time in this industry and particulary when the publishing company has just been aquired with operations migrated to another contenent, and with a release track that has yet to demonstrate fully functional software withing the period, a maintence service that does not fix all reported bugs, and when response commitments for support agreements are ignored.

Maybe it was my experience when Alibre CAD was purchased by 3D Sytsems or maybe it was the snuff of Truspace by Microsoft aquisition of Calibri. Interesting results on google these terms: "3d software acquired snuffed"

• Plant Factory is not a content "factory". TPF at best can be described as a custom plant builder linked to Vue. The EULA permutations and application user rights burdonsome limitations of output highlight this discrepancy in product positioning. TPF should have been an update to Vue as plugin or module.