Academic and Commercial license of solid edge

[79849]

I have some files created on a solid edge st with academic license, is there any way to open them on a solid edge with commercial license? When i try to open them it shows an error saying "cannot open file. this file was created using an academic license"

 

[donyoung]

unfortunately the answer is short: no, that's not possible.
OTH an academic SE can open files created with a commercial
license. But a save will make them an academic one, so be on your guard ...
In any case: your version must be >= than the file's version
to open it.

dy

 

[cadman1964]

So you're telling me if I'm going to School for example, and they have academic license, i have a job also that runs SE, I can't do my school work at work (after working hours of curse)?????? That really sucks. I kinda see why and kinda don't. Are other softwares like that????

Solid Edge V20

 

[donyoung]

Hi,

right, you can do your school work by using the commercial
license (doing it from scratch) but you can't use academic
files with the commercial license.

Pro/E: academic license can only open files created by
an academic license.
SWX: AFAIK same as Pro/E
INV: AFAIK same as Pro/E

The only way to exchange betwwen both flavours is to use a neutral
format like STEP or Parasolid and .dwg/.dxf for drafts

dy

 

[cadman1964]

Wow lots changed since i was in school in the early 90's.

Solid Edge V20

 

[HDS]

that is why the academic version is so much cheaper.