2 Replies Latest reply on Apr 14, 2011 12:06 PM by Thomas Felty

Student software

Thomas Felty Apr 14, 2011 6:29 AM

Good morning. I was wondering..

I'm taking SolidWorks at GRCC and the version that I was given has only 29 days left. If I buy a student version of Solid Works to get the 12 month licence, will that cause me any grief with the version that I now have on my home computer? Or will a simple uninstalled allow me the new licence? I still need the software until the end of winter term 2012.

Thanks in advance.

Thomas Felty

Re: Student software

Deepak Gupta Apr 14, 2011 10:24 AM (in response to Thomas Felty)

Welcome to SW forums Thomas

Student version software is different than commercial version. A student version is generally one version below the commercial version. If you try to use data from student version to commercial version, you will get a watermark in the drawings and other way you can't open a commercial version file into student version until unless you have higher student version.

So depending on what type of version you have, the answer can be yes or no. But better to uninstall the current version (i.e. the one for 29 days) and install the student version. For more info on student version software, check here: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/education/mechanical-engineering-student-software.htm

Also read this post for your future reference: Forum Posting
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  Thomas Felty Apr 14, 2011 12:06 PM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
  
  Thank you for your quick reply. I was hoping that all I had to do was to uninstall the old student version and replace with new and the 12 month licence.
  My best regards,
  
  Thomas Felty
  
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