Licenses and the trial

The 7-day trial

• Every PC can run VectorCAD free for 7 days: start it and choose Start 7-day trial.
• The trial is the full program, with VectorMEP. Nothing is locked and nothing is watermarked.
• The trial belongs to the PC (its hardware), so reinstalling VectorCAD or Windows does not start another one.
• When it ends, buy a license and enter the key: your drawings stay ordinary DWG files.

Activating a license

Enter the key from your purchase page (VCS-… for subscriptions, VCP-… for perpetual licenses). VectorCAD contacts the license server once and keeps a signed activation on the PC; after that it works offline. Subscriptions check again every few days when online and keep working for 7 days past the paid period.

One PC at a time

A license runs on one PC at a time. To move it, open the license window on the old PC (VectorCAD.exe --license) and choose Deactivate this PC, then activate the key on the new one. If the old PC is gone, write to support@vectorcadmep.com.

Perpetual licenses

A perpetual license runs the version you bought forever and every version released in the 12 months after the purchase. A later version asks for an upgrade; the earlier ones keep working.

If the date looks wrong

VectorCAD notices a PC clock set back behind the last time it ran. Set the date and time right, or connect to the internet and activate again.