Let me see if I can muddy the water somemore with my limited experience.
For each release of Pro/E there seems to have been at least a couple of different versions that have been generally available. They are:
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<LI>
Student Edition (SE)- for use by the individual STUDENT and PERSONAL USE. This has basically all the same features as a commercial version BUT:</LI>
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<LI>when plotting a drawing it prints FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY on the borders</LI>
<LI>you
CANNOT use a file created in SEin a Commercial version and vice versa you
CANNOT use a file created in a Commercial version in SE</LI>
<LI>there are a few other differences such as you can't create a CNC file; you can't collaborate; you can't buy a maintenance agreement; you can't take advantage of PTC Univerisity training materials</LI>
<LI>With
Pro/E 2001 SE- you
DID have to have the CD in the drive when running the program(MY experience)</LI>
<LI>With
Wildfire 2.0 SE - you
DON'T have to have the CD in the drive when running the program (again MY experience)</LI>[/list]
<LI>
Education Version - for use in the UNIVERSITY and CLASSROOM</LI>
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<LI>I can't answer what happens when you print/plot ... whether there is FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLYprinted on the borders.</LI>
<LI>You CAN use a file created on the Student Edition in the Educational edition and vice versa</LI>
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<LI>With
Pro/E 2001 SEthis was just the case and there was never a requirement to use any type of file converter. This may be due to the way the Educational version was loaded at the college I took the class in.</LI>
<LI>With
Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 SE however:</LI>
<LI>NOTE !!!! - To use a file created in the EDUCATIONAL version on a SE Version, youMAY have to use a FILE CONVERTER. I'm not clear if this is dependent on how the the Educational version was loaded or if the system admin can effect this. </LI>
<LI>MY EXPERIENCE -- to use a file created (Pro/E Wildfire 2.0)in the Educational versionon a SE version, do the following:</LI>
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<LI>go to the TOOLS Menu in the Educational Version</LI>
<LI>go to FLOATING MODULES</LI>
<LI>here you will see a CHECK BOX that says EDU - COM</LI>
<UL>
<LI>if the box is CHECKED you CANNOT use a file created in the EDUCATIONAL version on a SE Version</LI>
<LI>if the box is UNCHECKED you CAN use a file created in the EDUCATIONAL version on a SE Version</LI>[/list][/list][/list][/list]
<LI>
Try-out Version - LIMITED Time license (typically 60 days) and similar to the Student Edition in the way it reacts with the Education and Commercial versions.</LI>
<LI>
Commerical Version - for COMMERCIAL use</LI>
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<LI>I haven't had the opportunity to use a COMMERCIAL version yet but according to what the documentation states, you CANNOT exchange files with anything except another Commercial version. Note that I suspect that you might be able to use a Commercial version file in the Educational (University) version, but it's only speculation and I haven't tried this.</LI>[/list][/list]
Well I know this was a long answerbut Ihope this made some sense. Again this is what I have experienced. Others may haveexperienced something different.
MADBOB.... I'll try importing a DXF/DWG file into my Student Version of Wildfire 2.0 and let you know.... I'll post the answer with this thread.
