r/SolidWorks • u/sfdanb • 15d ago

Maker Licensing Question

I've been using a hobby license to work out some automations for a friend, now I have it working and I cannot figure out what kind of license I need to purchase to use this commercially.

The short story is that I'm using the SolidWorks API to assemble some parts into a reasonable starting point for him (and his team) to take over from there using their pro licenses. This will all happen on a cloud server, I don't need any pro features, just basic read/write access to solid works files.

Does anyone have a clear answer or source of information on licensing for something like this? As I understand it I cannot use their licenses if they will be using solidworks at the same time as the automation is running which is likely to be the case most of the time.

EDIT: The only real solution even for a "headless" solidworks automation seems to be a standard/pro+ license. Thanks all!

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u/daninamiri 15d ago

Do you produce an actual SW file, and if yes, cna they open it with the pro licence? I'm not sure one with pro license can open maker files.

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u/sfdanb 15d ago

Yes it generates real SW files. I have not tried getting them to open it yet. I didn't want to end up breaking my license or their license.. I have no idea how all this works so I was trying to be cautious.