SolidWorks Labs - Terms Of Use

Welcome to SolidWorks Labs. SolidWorks Labs is intended as a site where SolidWorks can provide mechanical engineers and others with access to the most recent and experimental technologies being developed by SolidWorks. Because of the experimental nature of this technology, it is important that you understand the terms under which it is made available to you. SolidWorks provides access to this Website to the public without charge and as a convenience, but only subject to the following terms of use. By accessing, viewing, using or downloading materials from the SolidWorks Labs Website, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with these terms of use you are not permitted to use this website.

Use of Materials on SolidWorks Website. Unless otherwise specified, you may view and download the materials at this SolidWorks Labs Website only for your personal, informational, and noncommercial purposes, provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials on any copies of the materials. You may not modify the materials at this Website in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose.

Use of Downloadable Software. Any software that may be downloaded from this SolidWorks Labs Website is licensed subject to the terms of the applicable license agreement. Except for rights granted pursuant to such license agreement, SolidWorks and its licensors reserve all intellectual property rights, title and interest in such software.

Disclaimer of Warranty. The technology available at this SolidWorks Labs website is experimental and has not been subjected to testing or quality controls. SolidWorks does not represent that the technology is reliable, accurate, or complete. We invite you to use and explore this technology with files you have backed up and can replace. ALL SERVICES, MATERIALS AND SOFTWARE PROVIDED AT THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. YOU USE THIS TECHNOLOGY AT NO CHARGE AND AT YOUR OWN RISK.

IN NO EVENT SHALL SOLIDWORKS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTIAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR DAMAGES FROM BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY OR IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF SUCH DAMAGES, ARISING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO, OR USE OF, THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE AT THIS WEBSITE, EVEN IF SOLIDWORKS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Feedback / Submissions. SolidWorks encourages you to provide feedback on the technologies you find at SolidWorks Labs, but only under the following conditions. Any material, information, emails or other communication you transmit or post to SolidWorks or to this Website ("Communications") will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. SolidWorks will have no obligations with respect to such Communications, other than as provided in SolidWorks' Privacy Policy. SolidWorks and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, tests and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial and non-commercial purposes and without compensation or other obligation to you.

General Practices Regarding Storage of Models and Data. You agree that SolidWorks has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any models or data you may upload to the SolidWorks Labs site. SolidWorks has set an initial limit of 10 Mb for storage space used and has no fixed upper limit on the number of transactions you may engage in through the SolidWorks Labs site; however, we retain the right, at our sole discretion, to modify and/or create limits at any time with or without notice.

Upon the termination of your use of the SolidWorks Labs site, including upon inactivity in your account for a continuous period of at least 30 days, SolidWorks may close your account and you will no longer be able to retrieve content contained in that account. SolidWorks may change this policy at any time with or without notice.

Security Since SolidWorks Labs is not intended for production usage, the security of the site and the storage may not be equivalent to the security you use for your own production models. SolidWorks accepts no responsibility for maintaining the security of any models or data transmitted to or through the SolidWorks Labs site and you should adjust your usage of the site accordingly.

Release. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby release and waive all claims against SolidWorks and its employees and agents from any and all liability for claims, damages (actual and consequential), costs and expenses (including litigation costs and attorneys' fees) of every kind and nature, arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this Website. If you are a California resident, you waive your rights under California Civil Code § 1542, which state, "A general Release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time or executing the release, which if know by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor." Residents of other states and nations similarly waive their rights under applicable and/or analogous laws, statutes or regulations.

Changes to these Terms of Use / Violations of Terms. SolidWorks may at any time revise these Terms of Use by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions. If you violate these Terms of Use, SolidWorks will have the right, among others, to terminate your access to and use of the SolidWorks Labs website.

Applicable Laws. This Website is controlled by SolidWorks from its offices in Concord, Massachusetts. SolidWorks makes no representation that materials at this Website are appropriate or available for use outside of the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who access this site from other jurisdictions do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. Any claim relating to the materials on this Website shall be governed by the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, excluding its principals as to conflicts of law or the United Nations Convention on contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with the use or access or otherwise related to this website shall be finally settled by a competent court of Massachusetts.

Additional Terms. Use of this site Website also subject to the general Terms of Use (http://www.solidworks.com/pages/company/footer_pages/terms_of_use.html) and privacy policy (http://www.solidworks.com/pages/company/footer_pages/privacy_policy.html) that apply to the general SolidWorks website at www.solidworks.com If there is an inconsistency in the terms, the terms of this SolidWorks Labs website will control.

The SolidWorks software is a tool designed for mechanical engineers. The SolidWorks Labs website is not aimed at or intended for children.