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Free Plan limitations
Nerraw
Member Posts: 1 ✭
Hello,
I am a hobbyist using the free plan in Onshape to design puzzles in my free time. While I understand the overall purpose and limitations of the Free Plan, I would like to ask for clarification on two matters:
1. Since all my designs are public and avaible to everyone, is it ok for me to upload them to sites like thingiverse or myminifactory, to make it even easier for people to access the stl files?
2. Is it ok for me to sell a few (5-6) physical copies of my desgins which I printed on my personal 3d printer, and personally post-processed to people in my community who don't have access to 3d printing services or don't have the means neccessary to deal with the usually quite demanding post-processing?
Kind regards
I am a hobbyist using the free plan in Onshape to design puzzles in my free time. While I understand the overall purpose and limitations of the Free Plan, I would like to ask for clarification on two matters:
1. Since all my designs are public and avaible to everyone, is it ok for me to upload them to sites like thingiverse or myminifactory, to make it even easier for people to access the stl files?
2. Is it ok for me to sell a few (5-6) physical copies of my desgins which I printed on my personal 3d printer, and personally post-processed to people in my community who don't have access to 3d printing services or don't have the means neccessary to deal with the usually quite demanding post-processing?
Kind regards
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Answers
2) From the Terms of Use:
There has been some back and forth, but to the best of my knowledge free plans are only intended for non-commercial use. Commercial use is anything that would make money for you or your business. Granted, I don't see Onshape chasing down and suing every maker that earns less than $100 per month by 3D printing parts for people, but technically this is against their TOS.