SW's compatibility is listed here: https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html
SWs 2015 was the first version to have Win10 support, so you should be able to port your copy. Mark On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 11:24 AM Glenn Edwards <gl...@rapidconverting.com> wrote: > Listening in on this email trail it's pretty clear the subscription model > the vendors are moving toward have gotchas for the users. Before you > decide to quit you had better back everything up to a neutral format: STEP > for solids and PDF or DXF for the drawings. I 'own' SolidWorks2015 but it > is running on Win7 and pretty soon the computer will die and I am not > confident SW2015 will run properly on Win10. So, I had better begin the > backup process.... > > Glenn > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:53 AM Ron Buck <buck....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a F360 license - single seat locked in at $350 per year. List > price > > is $495. AD seems to run promotions once or twice a year. Right now you > can > > get it for ~$300. Less I think if you buy 3 years upfront. What I > remember > > from the ads I’m getting. > > > > Remember F360 (and I’m pretty sure the SW deal) are subscriptions; they > > can (and do) change the rules from time to time. I certainly have my > issues > > AD, but I’m a reasonably happy user. I bought the single seat a year or 2 > > ago even though I’m a home user, because you had to know they were going > to > > keep adding further restrictions to the free license. > > > > For some, that won’t buy a single good bottle of Whiskey, but for me at > > the moment its about 3. Remember: there are no bad whiskey’s, just > > different ones :) > > > > Ron > > > > > On Sep 17, 2020, at 10:36 AM, John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> From: Eric Keller [mailto:keller...@gmail.com] > > >> Sent: September-17-20 10:16 AM > > >> Last time I checked, many years ago now, solidworks without > simulations > > was > > >> $4k. They have sometimes not offered that split and it was $8k with > the > > >> simulations. I feel like it hasn't gotten cheaper. Anyone have a > recent > > >> price? > > >> Eric Keller > > >> Boalsburg, Pennsylvania > > >> > > >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 1:13 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>>> From: N [mailto:nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com] > > >>>> Watchout, if they discover you use it for anything commercial maybe > > they > > >>> come and want the full fee. > > >>> > > >>> What's the fee for small usage? The key change they've made is the > > >>> inability to export step or iges files to other CAD systems. You > have > > >>> until January to save all your drawings in that format. > > >>> > > >>> But how much per year does a license really cost? Or to put it in a > > much > > >>> more eloquent currency, how many bottles of good Scotch do you have > to > > give > > >>> up per year for it? > > >>> > > >>> John Dammeyer > > > > > > > > > Actually I was wondering more about Fusion360 per year. If it's > > $50/month then that's $600 per year and that's still less than I'm paying > > for the combination of AlibreCAD and 4 axis AlibreCAM (MecSoft). > > > > > > But, all I lose if I stop paying is upgrades and support. The licence > > for the two PCs (only one runs at a time) is indefinite. So if I decided > > to stop paying I can continue to use it until the PCs die. Then > > transferring it will probably require a new license. That's what I liked > > about the USB dongles. They were plugged into a USB to Ethernet device > and > > although I was still restricted to one unit active at a time I didn't > need > > to move the dongles around. > > > > > > I worry that Fusion360, will lock up your files if you stop paying. > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto: > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users < > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
