Education: Class Site Educational Institution versions

Registered Educational Institutions may purchase Educational Lab licenses of Vectorworks Industry Series. Lab licenses consist of a single first license, additional seats, and a network dongle for copy protection and license counting. Institutions may also choose to purchase licenses that are 'portable' with a single license connected to a single dongle.

There is no limit to the number of single seats an Educational Institution may purchase. Educational lab licenses are controlled by a Network hardware dongle that is attached to a server computer. The sole purpose of the network dongle is to count the licenses. If a school purchases 30 licenses, it is permitted to install the software on more than 30 computers. As each computer launches the software it seeks permission from the network dongle. Once the maximum number of licenses is reached, no more may be launched until some are closed. The installation of the software is simplified by the use of a single serial number for all computers.

PLEASE NOTE: Vectorworks Network licenses are not recommended for Novell servers. Please contact Paxar to discuss the options available to you!

All educational versions of Vectorworks are CROSS PLATFORM - they will install and run on both Macintosh and Windows computers, and all come bundled with Renderwoks.

The Vectorworks 2009 Educational versions are all Vectorworks Designer (Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Machine Design) with Renderwoks.

Upgrades from previous versions will automatically receive the full Designer with Renderwoks.

An example of how a University might configure their licenses is as follows:

The university lab has 45 computers - 15 are Macintosh and 30 are Windows. The total number of students in any one course is 30. There is one instructor and one lab assistant who require licenses that can travel to offices or home - separate from the school network. The instructor has a Macintosh computer at home and a windows computer at work. The Lab assistant has a Macintosh computer at work and a windows computer at home.

In order to serve all the students plus one instructor seat, a total of 31 lab licenses would be purchased (along with a network dongle). In addition, two 'portable' licenses each with their own single dongle would be purchased.

In the lab, all 45 computers would have the software installed and students would be free to sit wherever they choose. There would be one license installed on the teacher station. Up to 30 students and one instructor will be able to launch Vectorworks at any one time. The educational licenses are cross-platform so there is nothing to limit which kind of computer any one person chooses to use.

The Instructor and assistant would install Vectorworks on their office computers and their home computers, and carry the dongle between the computers to enable the software. Again, because the software is cross-platform there is no problem with the Mac/Windows mix of computers.

 

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