Engine Lifecycle Policy
Note: Fusion’s engine policy is different and outlined below.
- Engine versions are supported for 4 calendar years after the initial release of the corresponding desktop product.
- After 4 years the engine version becomes deprecated but remains available for an additional 2 years and then removed.
- A deprecated engine version can no longer be referenced in new appbundles and activities but all existing references continue to work.
- All attempts to reference a removed engine version will fail.
Engine versions
The following table lists all currently available engine versions and their deprecation and removal dates.
Engine alias Initial release date Deprecation date Removal date Autodesk.3dsMax.2020 March 30, 2019 March 29, 2023 March 29, 2025 Autodesk.3dsMax.2021 March 30, 2020 March 29, 2024 March 29, 2026 Autodesk.3dsMax.2022 March 30, 2021 March 29, 2025 March 29, 2027 Autodesk.3dsMax.2023 March 30, 2022 March 29, 2026 March 29, 2028 Autodesk.AutoCAD.20_1 March 30, 2015 March 29, 2019 October 30, 2023* Autodesk.AutoCAD.21 March 30, 2016 March 29, 2020 October 30, 2023* Autodesk.AutoCAD.22 March 30, 2017 March 29, 2021 October 30, 2023 Autodesk.AutoCAD.23 March 30, 2018 March 29, 2022 March 29, 2024 Autodesk.AutoCAD.23_1 March 30, 2019 March 29, 2023 March 29, 2025 Autodesk.AutoCAD.24 March 30, 2020 March 29, 2024 March 29, 2026 Autodesk.AutoCAD.24_1 March 30, 2021 March 29, 2025 March 29, 2027 Autodesk.AutoCAD.24_2 March 30, 2022 March 29, 2026 March 29, 2028 Autodesk.AutoCAD.24_3 March 30, 2023 March 29, 2027 March 29, 2029 Autodesk.AutoCAD.25_0 March 30, 2024 March 29, 2028 March 29, 2030 Autodesk.Inventor.2018 March 30, 2017 March 29, 2021 October 30, 2023 Autodesk.Inventor.2019 March 30, 2018 March 29, 2022 March 29, 2024 Autodesk.Inventor.2020 March 30, 2019 March 29, 2023 March 29, 2025 Autodesk.Inventor.2021 March 30, 2020 March 29, 2024 March 29, 2026 Autodesk.Inventor.2022 March 30, 2021 March 29, 2025 March 29, 2027 Autodesk.Inventor.2023 March 30, 2022 March 29, 2026 March 29, 2028 Autodesk.Inventor.2024 March 30, 2023 March 29, 2027 March 29, 2029 Autodesk.Inventor.2025 March 30, 2024 March 29, 2028 March 29, 2030 Autodesk.Inventor.2025_Net8 March 30, 2024 March 29, 2028 March 29, 2030 Autodesk.Inventor.22 March 30, 2017 March 29, 2021 October 30, 2023 Autodesk.Inventor.23 March 30, 2018 March 29, 2022 March 29, 2024 Autodesk.Inventor.24 March 30, 2019 March 29, 2023 March 29, 2025 Autodesk.Revit.2019 March 30, 2018 March 29, 2022 March 29, 2024* Autodesk.Revit.2020 March 30, 2019 March 29, 2023 March 29, 2025 Autodesk.Revit.2021 March 30, 2020 March 29, 2024 March 29, 2026 Autodesk.Revit.2022 March 30, 2021 March 29, 2025 March 29, 2027 Autodesk.Revit.2023 March 30, 2022 March 29, 2026 March 29, 2028 Autodesk.Revit.2024 March 30, 2023 March 29, 2027 March 29, 2029 Autodesk.Revit.2025 April 5, 2024 April 5, 2028 April 5, 2030
Note: Engine versions marked with * should have already been removed under the present lifecycle policy. The removal dates were postponed to give partners time to adopt this new policy.
Fusion Engine versions
- Fusion will have managed releases in-between the major release, however they will not be documented here.
- Fusion’s engine versions are supported until the next release, with an additional 14 days.
- After the next release and the additional 14 days the engine version becomes deprecated but remains available for another 2 months and then removed.
- A deprecated engine version can no longer be referenced in new appbundles and activities but all existing references continue to work.
- All attempts to reference a removed engine version will fail.
Engine alias Initial release date Deprecation date Removal date Autodesk.Fusion.2505.00 November 04, 2024 Febuary 10, 2025 March 24, 2025 Autodesk.Fusion.2506.00 January 27, 2025 April 07, 2025 June 07, 2025