Compatibility Between Student and Commercial Licenses in PTC Creo Parametric 8

[PT_12819687]

Hi everyone,

I’m currently using a floating student license provided by my university, and I have a question about compatibility between the educational and commercial versions of PTC software.

As part of my project, I need to design a part and an assembly that will be inserted into an existing assembly created using a commercial license. The part should remain editable even after the project is completed.

Does anyone know if a part created in the educational version can be opened and modified in the commercial version without issues? Are there any restrictions or workarounds I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance for any insights!

Sincerely
Peter

[KenFarley]

Student and commercial versions are totally INCOMPATIBLE. Files created by one cannot be opened by the other.

[StephenW]

@PT_12819687 

The files are not compatible. 

However, you (or your university) can contact PTC  and they can help. There is a specific license that will convert the files. I assume this is NOT free.

If you are planning on doing this, you should definitely make arrangements with PTC prior to doing the work.

[StephenW · Accepted solution]

Oh, found the link https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS33072?_gl=1*botao2*_gcl_au*MjczMTE2NDA5LjE3MzU4MTU0NjAuMTg4MTU3MTEwMi4xNzM4MjM4MjkyLjE3MzgyMzgyOTk.*_ga*MjAzNzY0MjE0My4xNzI2NDk3MzYx*_ga_7NMP2MSYPM*MTczODIzODI4MC4yMDAuMS4xNzM4MjM4ODkxLjQ2LjAuMA..

• The license module EDU_COM_Convert allows files that were created in an education version to be retrieved into a commercial version
• Please consider what follows before going on reading:
  • Converting files from Educational to commercial is only allowed for Uni+ licenses who have a partnership doing non founded research with a commercial company.
  • It is otherwise prohibited to change education files to commercial, as this would not comply with the education license agreement (of not using the education license for any commercial work)