I've got a site for Ut mods, and for on-line display of models it's such a cool resource to have.

Will there still be an option for single user free licences?

http://www.sabbathcat.com/ut/ViewpointStuff.htm

Hi SabbathCat,

There will be an option for Educational users (this program will be introduced later in Q1). You continue to be able to get free keys for ZoomView from www.viewpoint.com/zoomview. However free keys for non-commercial use of 3D have been suspended at this time. A free key expiring Jan 31st is still available.

Cheers, Andrew

If you really need to be able to show your models off. http://www.360renders.com/description.htm

Invest $30 for 3 months access to their facilities and use them.

Maybe if enough people left for other services, Viewpoint might start seeing that demanding $$$ from hobbyists isn't a way to attract or maintain a good corporate image.

I'm sure that this service ($120/year) is suitable for some who really just want to put heavy JPEG files up on the web, and don't want the normal interactivity associated with 3D (freedom to move the camera around the entire object, Zoom, Pan, clickable content, annotations and so on). Others might find it a better end-user experience to show the models in true, interactive, 3D and use ZoomView for displaying renders.