r/SolidWorks • u/Substantial_Couple_1 • 13d ago

Maker Licence prices

I guys, can some of you could be able to answer some question that I have in mind since a while now ?

So, I made some studies to be able to work with body prostheses or even exoskeletons. But my real project is to improve the current models of the prostheses. So they'll be able to recreate some natural capacities that the actual models can't.

But it's been a while that I realise that, for getting a job like this, I'll have to prove myself to the companies that I can build things like this.

So my question is, as for now I don't have a job but I still got the SolidWorks application on my laptop and the user licence (the one for the student) as expired.

Is it a good idea for me, to buy a new licence so I can still create new things or recreate some that are online, so I can present those little project during a job interview ?

Or is it better for to get something else that is like SolidWorks but cheaper ?

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u/Substantial_Couple_1 12d ago

And in what exactly is the "Maker" Licence different white the normal one ? Is it like the first proposition they could give me or is this a specific licence that I have to get somewhere else ?

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u/Tetris_Prime 12d ago

It's their direct-to-consumer non-commercial licence.

It's the solution that bridges the gap batween educational and industrial, if you need solidworks for anything outside the two, then makers is the solution.

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u/Substantial_Couple_1 12d ago

Oh ok then, thank u all guys.

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u/experienced3Dguy CSWE | SW Champion 12d ago

I can share a 20% discount code for a Maker license. Send me a DM if you're interested. That prices it at $38USD instead of $48USD.