| EDUCATION EDITION | ACADEMIC RESEARCH | COMMERCIAL |
| SOLIDWORKS | EDU. | RES. | COM. |
Secondary school projects (K-12) | ✔ | | |
Undergraduate capstone projects | ✔ | | |
Undergraduate research projects – unpaid, for degree | ✔ | | |
Graduate student projects – non-funded, no deliverables | ✔ | | |
Curriculum development (for internal use only) | ✔ | | |
Undergraduate research projects – paid or generating IP | | ✔ | |
Graduate student projects – funded with deliverables | | ✔ | |
University research labs (labs operated within a specific department
of a university) | | ✔ | |
Joint/cooperative institutes (licenses must be owned and operated by
a university) | | ✔ | |
Academic consortiums (for academic use only) | | ✔ | |
Academic non-profits (no commercial interactions) | | ✔ | |
Curriculum development – open source sharing | | ✔ | |
Research labs - private or government ownership | | | ✔ |
National Laboratories (FFRDCs) | | | ✔ |
Fab Labs / Hobby Centers | | | ✔ |
Tech transfer programs/Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) | | | ✔ |
Industry consortiums | | | ✔ |
Commercial non-profits | | | ✔ |
Spinoff/Startup companies | | | ✔ |
Individual consulting | | | ✔ |
Hardware/product development - for resale | | | ✔ |
Curriculum development – for resale | | | ✔ |