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February 16, 2021
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MathCAD Express for an engineering office

  • February 16, 2021
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Hi everybody.

I started to work for a little engineering company. I think the "MathCAD Express" can help us a lot to calculate beams. My english is not perfect and I dont know what is legal with the express. Can a company legally use it for free?

Thank you for your answers.
Have a nice day.

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LucMeekes23-Emerald IV
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February 16, 2021

As far as I know there are no restrictions in that respect. Anybody can use it for free and for lifetime.

 

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Luc

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tselvan1-Visitor
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February 18, 2021

As per PTC article, it seems you can't..

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS177731

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LucMeekes23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
February 18, 2021

There is no restriction placed here: http://support.ptc.com/support/mathcad_downloads.htm

where it says: "PTC Mathcad Express is free-for-life engineering calculation software. You get unlimited use of the most popular capabilities in PTC Mathcad Prime allowing you to solve, document, share and reuse vital calculations."

Your argument:

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Since I, an Express user, having no maintenance contract, can only read the question, not the answer, I can only assume that the answer is not important to me, so for me it's: YES, you can use Prime Express also for commercial purposes.

 

Luc

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Fred_Kohlhepp23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
February 18, 2021

I would have thought the same as Luc; but the lawyers were thorough.  On page 7 (of 29) of the referenced document:

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Mathcad Express is limited to usage for personal purposes, and may not be used to benefit any business or for any commercial purposes or for any business purposes.

 

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