Student Version

[BlueFish]

I purchased a student copy of ProE to work on a student project. The school version is commercial and my files will not open with my copy that I purchased. Is there anyway to getthe files to open with ProE student version? I can prove I am legitimate if there is a formal process fwiw.


Alex

 

[vitamind]

Whydid you so emphasize on legitimate?

 

[BlueFish]

I emphasized legitimate since I believe in following the rules. I think this is unfair however, and I am currently upset since I paid roughly $300 for an ornamental cd.


Alex
Edited by: BlueFish

 

[jeff4136]

There is a 'converter' licensed to educational institutions, is there not?

 

[jamesjakks]

that is why it is called student version and is cheaper than commercial.

 

[ljcorbin]

The other way is to write out your files in another format such as igs or neu. These can be imported to the comercial version but the history is lost.

 

[Isair]

You have options called floating, or something like that, when you turn on this in student version, then you can read files in commercial version.

 

[tazbaby]

The "Academic" ( University / school ) version, is different to the "student" version and files created in one cannot be read by the other !


There is an extension which can be purchased by the University that will allow you to convert the parts between all 3 versions ( Academic, Student & Commercial ) but it is very expensive and most do not purchase this option.


We are having similar issues at the Universaty which i currently attend. I believe the University is trying to negotiate a more reasonable price for this convertor from PTC, until then we have to use IGES format.

 

[mgnt8]

This issue comes up a lot. It seems to me that instructors or department heads should know about this issue and instruct their students how to manuever through the various Pro/E versions. What did they know & what did they let their students know, were they consulted & if not, why not?

 

[mgnt8]

Shouldn't instructors or department heads let their students know about these kinds of issues. Why purchase the student version without consulting with your teacher?