Hello
I have a friend who asks me to design a part for him, I would like to know if with my student license I have the legal right to take out the parts plans and send them to a professional company to have it manufactured? My more general question is, what am I not allowed to do with this student license?
Thank you in advance for your answers, Sincerely,
Hello
Yes, you can take out the parts plans and send them to a professional company to have them made. However, it must be very occasional and in any case it shows because everywhere it is indicated carried out with the student function
There are, however, some feature limitations on the student version. It is important to understand that this facility allowed to students is intended to facilitate their learning of 3D CAD and a little PEF simulation.
Solidworks is one of the "trèscherware" that no student could afford, so they would go tinker with ketchup.
Publishers have absolutely no ulterior motives in offering this possibility!
What behaviorists have noticed is that someone who knows a software well will tend to buy the same one when he is a PRO, or the student will be favored for internships or during recruitment if he already knows this or that software. (All the big publishers do that and the banks it's worse, they retain you without giving you anything ;-)) )...
On the other hand, if someone who has a Pro license wants to use one of your files, he will be able to read them (I often do it with the students of this forum) but in everything he does he will have shit, blocks, (in simulation it's the souk guaranteed), etc....
On the other hand, if you set up a company and you use a student version on a daily basis, the Amerloques will fall on you and there yes! Remember that every time you connect the license is checked and it is limited to the time of your studies anyway (contract with the school or university).
Wouala! ;-) If you have any questions about the software, the colleagues of these wonderful forums will give you all the tips and tricks with kindness.
Good CAD3D
Kind regards
Hello
Thank you for this very complete answer, I sent DXFs to this company so if I understand what you are saying, I have no fear about its dxf despite the fact that they are indeed stamped Solidworks Student version?
Hello @Awekn
That's right, because it's still exceptional! On the other hand, I don't know if the DXFs are complete for the machine that will use the file. Your machinist will tell you!
Kind regards
PS: You can close the topic if you wish
Thank you for these clarifications.
Have a nice day.