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4-Participant
May 2, 2023
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What is the difference between Windchill commercial and windchill academics

  • May 2, 2023
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Kindly provide details to understand the both better in terms packaging and support

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best answer by avillanueva

I could be wrong but I think you are referring to licensing, commercial vs. educational or academic licenses. I know PTC offers Creo and other CAD tools for students and schools for free. I am not sure about Windchill with the exception of First Robotics.  As far as the differences, functionally, there is no difference. 

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avillanueva
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23-Emerald I
May 2, 2023

I could be wrong but I think you are referring to licensing, commercial vs. educational or academic licenses. I know PTC offers Creo and other CAD tools for students and schools for free. I am not sure about Windchill with the exception of First Robotics.  As far as the differences, functionally, there is no difference. 

16-Pearl
May 2, 2023

Here is the First Robotics program @avillanueva refers to:
https://www.ptc.com/en/education/student/first/windchill-registration

 

17-Peridot
May 2, 2023

This link is old and should have been taken down by PTC. The Academic Windchill server was decommissioned last summer and PTC is no longer hosting academic programs in Windchill. They have strongly encouraged all of their academic program participants to move to Onshape.