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Gucio16-Pearl
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January 19, 2017
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home-use licenses

  • January 19, 2017
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What is the format of files created with "Home-use license" ?? When file was created in trail version of Creo there is no possibility to open it in comersial version. Question is: Will it be possible with home-use license?? What in case when user did some work at home an took it to office?

    Best answer by MartinHanak

    Hi,

    when customer buys subscription license of Creo Parametric, PTC adds 2 Home-use licenses to every single commercial license as gift.

    • Users are allowed to install Home-use licenses on their personal home computers, only.
    • Home-use licenses must not be installed on company computers.
    • Home-use licenses enable users to do their production work at home.
    • Data created with Creo using Home-use licenses are readable with Creo using commercial license and vice versa.

    MH

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    23-Emerald III
    BenLoosli23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    January 19, 2017

    If I understand correctly, the hone-use license is a rebranded academic version and the files are not compatible with the commercial version.

    If you need to do work at home, and have enough licenses, you can borrow a commercial version for a period of time realizing that your license pool at work has been reduced by 1.

    Alternative is to permanently transfer a license from your work server pool to your home computer. We just did this for a manager so he can learn Creo 4.

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    Gucio16-PearlAuthor
    16-Pearl
    January 20, 2017

    HI Ben,

    to borrow you have to connect your personal computer to company's environment - what is not allowed sometimes.

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    MartinHanak24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    February 5, 2018

    Hi,

     

    I asked PTC Support two questions ... Q1 and Q2 and received answers ... see below.

     

    Q1: Can I bring my personal laptop to the office and attach it to company's network and transfer data ?
    A1: Yes, this can be possible.

     

    Q2: Can I bring my personal laptop to the office and attach it to company's network and launch Creo using Home license ?
    A2: No, if the computer is linked to company’s network it should use the license server of the company and the Home use license should be used only when the computer is not linked to a network.

     

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    MartinHanak24-Ruby IIIAnswer
    24-Ruby III
    January 19, 2017

    Hi,

    when customer buys subscription license of Creo Parametric, PTC adds 2 Home-use licenses to every single commercial license as gift.

    • Users are allowed to install Home-use licenses on their personal home computers, only.
    • Home-use licenses must not be installed on company computers.
    • Home-use licenses enable users to do their production work at home.
    • Data created with Creo using Home-use licenses are readable with Creo using commercial license and vice versa.

    MH

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      23-Emerald III
      StephenW23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      January 19, 2017

      Is that specifically "subscription" license as opposed to the purchase of a license?

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      MartinHanak24-Ruby III
      24-Ruby III
      January 20, 2017

      Hi,

      there are two types of Creo commercial licenses:

      • perpetual ... company buys license, when it stops paying license support, license is frozen on current Creo version and works forever
      • subscription ... company buys license, when it stops paying license support, license is lost

      MH

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