{"id":77755,"date":"2026-07-17T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.javelin-tech.com\/blog\/?p=77755"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:54:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:54:50","slug":"guide-to-educational-watermarks-in-solidworks-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.javelin-tech.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/guide-to-educational-watermarks-in-solidworks-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Educational Watermarks in SOLIDWORKS Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

SOLIDWORKS<\/a> Design comes in a variety of offerings to support commercial, educational, entrepreneurial, and research applications. Making sure your team is using the right license type protects you from compliance and manufacturing issues.<\/p>\n

Educational watermarks in SOLIDWORKS prevent the use of a SOLIDWORKS educational license for profit endeavors, which would violate the terms of service.<\/p>\n

Why is there an Educational Watermark on My Drawing?<\/h2>\n

Unlike the commercial or entrepreneur licenses, SOLIDWORKS Educational licenses are meant to allow students to explore SOLIDWORKS in a classroom setting. This is particularly troublesome if that student is working as an intern for an organization that uses SOLIDWORKS.<\/p>\n

A student intern using a company machine and license, either existing or through the SOLIDWORKS Skillforce program<\/a>, will not have files containing a watermark. However, if they open that commercial file in SOLIDWORKS for Students on their personal laptop, it will be permanently watermarked.<\/p>\n

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The educational watermark is also common when downloading files from online CAD libraries because users can upload files regardless of the license used. For a hobbyist, this is not an issue, but manufacturers do not allow the use of watermarked files, which halts the design process.<\/p>\n

Differences in SOLIDWORKS Educational vs Commercial Versions<\/h2>\n

The SOLIDWORKS Educational license is for academic teaching, skill-building, and school projects, while the commercial license gives you full rights to design and manufacture.<\/p>\n

While there are no functional differences between the educational and commercial versions of SOLIDWORKS, a watermark will appear on prints of files made in the educational version due to the restrictions on profit-making ventures.<\/p>\n

How to Remove Educational Watermarks in SOLIDWORKS<\/h2>\n

For non-critical files, the only way to get rid of the watermark is to remake the part.<\/p>\n

There are two ways to do this:<\/strong><\/p>\n