Terms and Conditions

Academic users* of Ansys software may make fair use of screenshots from our products in their published works. This includes but is not limited to capstone project reports, conference posters, thesis, research papers, textbooks, educational guides, video demonstrations, webpages, and social media channel postings. You must include the following acknowledgement on all materials containing Ansys product screenshots: "Images used courtesy of ANSYS, Inc."

For Ansys products that contain proprietary data, such as the materials data in Granta products, there is a limit on how much data can be reproduced. For the Granta materials products specifically: academic users may reproduce up to a maximum of 40 data points of materials data owned by Ansys (for example, data in MaterialUniverse^TM) - e.g, up to 10 attributes for 4 materials. You must include the following acknowledgement: “Data reproduced courtesy of ANSYS, Inc.” Data licensed by Ansys from a third party may not be reproduced by users in a published work without first obtaining prior written permission from Ansys. Screenshots of material datasheets count as reproduction of data, but screenshots of material property charts can be reproduced freely by academic users as long as the guidance above for screenshots for other Ansys software is followed.

We also encourage our academic student teams to print, etch or otherwise imprint the Ansys logo on their work, device, machine, robot, vehicle or similar item as long as the Ansys logo is used without modification and appears as a positive endorsement of Ansys and Ansys software. If students use the Ansys logo on any of the foregoing items, they hereby agree that the Ansys logo is owned by Ansys and all goodwill from their uses of the Ansys logo inure to the benefit of Ansys.

• Download a high resolution Ansys logo image here.

Note that aligned with our academic terms of use, you may not use an Ansys product screenshot, product name or the Ansys company logo for any work deemed a competitive evaluation or benchmarking against other vendor's commercial products.

* An academic user is defined as anyone authorized to use an Ansys product pursuant to an Ansys Academic product license. This may include students and faculty (academic staff — professors, lecturers, instructors and research assistants).

Ansys trademarks its product names. Authors and any other third parties who refer to an Ansys product must use the register mark or trademark with the first usage. It is not necessary to use it in subsequent references.

Please review the Ansys Trademark Usage Guidelines. These guidelines explain how to correctly reference our company and products, they also explain the proper use of our valuable trademarks and service marks (collectively, “trademarks”). Given the nature of our business, intellectual property (trademarks, etc.) is our most important asset and we aggressively protect it. These Trademark Usage Guidelines apply to Ansys staff as well as to third parties including, without limitation, our customers, writers and publishers.

The Ansys Trademarks List posts Ansys and its subsidiaries’ registered and unregistered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries. For guidance on how to properly use Ansys trademarks, see the Ansys Trademark Usage Guidelines.

Referential Use Only

Third parties may use Ansys trademarks (word marks only, not logos) solely to reference Ansys products and technologies. Referential use is prohibited if such use would defame or disparage Ansys, its products or services, or any other person or entity.

Suspected Infringement

If you suspect that the Ansys trademarks or trade dress are being infringed, contact the Ansys Legal Department. Include the word “Infringement” in the subject line.

Ansys Academic product license terms of use are aligned with academic use. Ansys Academic product licenses may not be used for any commercial activity, such as:

• Commercial production design, design validation or design assessment work
• Commercial manufacturing engineering work
• Commercial research
• Consulting work performed by academic students, faculty or academic account staff
• Training of commercial company employees

The specific language that we use on our academic product license form is available from your Ansys sales contact. A summary of the terms use, excerpted from our license form (section 5) is provided below.

License Form Excerpt

The analysis work performed with the program(s) must be nonproprietary work. Licensee and its contract users must be or be affiliated with an academic facility. Licensee may additionally permit individuals who are students at such academic facility to access and use the program(s). Such students will be considered contract users of licensee. The program(s) may not be used for competitive analysis (such as benchmarking) or for any commercial activity, including consulting.

Notwithstanding any terms of the agreement to the contrary, academic program(s) may be accessed and used by licensee at the designated site or any other location within a 50 mile radius of the designated site, provided that such location is within the same country as the designated site. Such limitations apply to any access and/or use of the academic program(s), including, but not limited to, access via a VPN connection or through license borrowing.

Academic Student & Teaching

These products may be used only for student instruction, student projects and student demonstrations.

Academic Research

These products may be used only for degree and/or nondegree-related research, student instruction, student projects and student demonstrations.

Academic Associate

These products may be used only for industry-related research, degree and/or nondegree-related research, student instruction, student projects and student demonstrations.

Academic Toolbox

These products follow the terms of use of the academic products with which they are used. For example, the Academic Fuel Cell Tools module assumes Associate terms of use when used with an Academic Associate product.