New community edition (Release 2024)

Release 2025 has been released. 

Any last ideas of what software version I can use in the future before I burn everything down?

 Matteo Nicolich Aren't you a Director of Product Management at Aras? I know way too much about the software, and I'm genuinely unhappy right now. It's the perfect start to a villain arc.
Why do you "vote up" a post like that? Or maybe you have some ideas that might help? I’d really appreciate it!

 Matteo Nicolich Aren't you a Director of Product Management at Aras? I know way too much about the software, and I'm genuinely unhappy right now. It's the perfect start to a villain arc.
Why do you "vote up" a post like that? Or maybe you have some ideas that might help? I’d really appreciate it!

Hello AngelaIp,

Voted for the post about Community Edition Release 2025 availability. 
We wanted to make all the new UI improvements and capabilities available to our Community as soon as possible, so we brought forward the Release 2025. I'm sure you'll enjoy the many improvements and updates included.

 Matteo Nicolich Sorry for the confusion — I misinterpreted your previous response!

The Aras team did a great job in the last releases, especially regarding UI/UX. I’m looking forward to using these versions! It’s been a long way since Innovator 11.
Aras maybe should consider doing more marketing. The new versions were rolled out without much notice. The product "finally" :) looks good, why not talk about it?

Unfortunately I currently don´t know what Innovator version to use in the future. Neither Release 35 nor Release 2025 is an option.

It was Aras itself that recommended using the open release years ago. We were a bit confused first, but in the end we were totally fine with not having the option for subscription (too small...).
And your colleagues weren’t wrong - things worked out well! We don’t have any CAD data, so subscription features like 3D Navigation were never something we actually needed. I even had the chance to work with regular subscriber versions in other projects. -> Best of both worlds.

I once got the following feedback: "It’s actually a benefit for Aras that this instance don’t use a subscription. If you did, you would ask all your forum questions to support. But this way, you start pretty interesting discussions in the forum, which helps a broader audience and even saves support a few tickets."

But the current open release is too restricted to replace the current environment. Back than I was told that "there will always be an open release that you can use". Unfortunately right now there isn´t. I had expected the user restrictions to be adjusted, as I was advised to wait for Release 2025.

This topic may not lie within your area of responsibility, but if you have any suggestions, I’d greatly appreciate them!