Transferring My Student Account to a Maker Account

Summary: Tyler Griffith, who recently graduated with a degree in aerospace from CWRU in Ohio, is seeking advice on transitioning from a student software account to a maker account. They are concerned about accessing their existing SLDPRT files and maintaining full functionality after the switch, as converting to STEP files might result in loss of feature history and editability. They are also inquiring whether it’s possible to transfer their account to a personal email and billing setup, or if a new maker account is necessary. Tyler welcomes any advice, especially since they are new to managing accounts outside the university environment.

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Hi everybody,

I recently graduated undergrad with a degree in aerospace. My university (CWRU in Ohio) paid for me to have the student version for the last 4 years. Now I am looking to transition to a maker account. After looking into this a bit, it seems that the SLDPRT and other file types that I have made might only be accessible from a student account. If I were to convert them into STEP files, I would lose the feature tree history and a lot of the configurability and editability of the files as far as I am aware.

What are the best practices for making this transition so that I still have access to all my files in their full functionality? Can I transfer my account to my personal email and billing or do I have to create a new unaffiliated maker account?

Any advice is more than welcome as I am only recently venturing out from my university bubble with it's own internal frameworks so even seemingly obvious information might be very helpful.

Thanks,
Tyler

1 comment

Dan Riffell

6 months ago

Sorry for the delay on this, Tyler. I'm pretty sure you should still have the full functionality and history of your EDU parts. You'll just have a Student Version marker on them.