Thea Render

[Gus R]

Howdy folks.

Wondering whatever happened with Thea Render. Their website is off line and they haven't said anything on social media for two years. They still in business but going through Altair Engineering?

I know everything is changing including whatever we think is seemingly permanent like Sketchup. Especially whatever happens after SU 2027 and when Windows 10 finally comes to an end next October.

That's a different topic of course. Same old shit; different day.

[Rich O Brien]

Altair were acquired by Siemens last year I think?

Who knows where Thea sits in that behemoth now?

[Gus R]

@Rich-O-Brien said:

Siemens

Oh, that's unfortunate. That'll leave a lot of Thea users hanging when they need to renew their license.

I found a message at Altair under a Siemens forum from a user asking just that and they were directed by an "altair employee" to an email to another "altair employee."

Wait there's more people inquiring there:

Just a moment...

(community.altair.com)

[Mike Amos]

OK, I phoned Siemens digital today and got through to a helpful rep. Going to send an email to this chap and he will endeavour to get to the bottom of it. Likely Siemens do not like the level of profit from Thea and it is defunct.

I will let you know what I find out.

[pilou]

Deprecated abandonned software ?
But now author has always the possibility to put in Open Source or it's too late ?
Or make a clone!

[Mike Amos]

The chap I spoke to mentioned the possibility of open source but seeing as Siemens who own the rights, are interested only in projects which bring in massive bucks, sound unlikely to fork out to produce open source versions, essentially removing the license elements of the software.
He is checking now so at least someone out there is doing something positive.

When I know......