Pre-Paid Drafting License

What this is

A Pre-Paid License for the Drafting teir, bought outright for a fixed term on one

computer. You pay once, up front — no recurring bill, no card kept on file,

When the term ends, it ends. If you enjoyed what JC3 has to offer, you can purchase another pre-paid license or switch to any of the other licensing options we have available.

What you get

• Full 2D and 3D parametric CAD — sketcher, solid modeling, re-editable feature history, unlimited parts and assemblies
• eCAD — schematic capture with a real circuit simulator behind it
• Parametric geometry generator — gears, sprockets, pulleys, splines, trigger wheels
• STEP, STL and 3MF body export; DXF and SVG sketch import/export
• GcodePilot machine control, which is free on every tier including this one
• Windows, macOS and Linux — Don't forget about JC3 Appliance which is our solution for dedicated Machine controls. JC3 becomes the OS
• Every update released during your term, at no extra cost

CAM workspaces — Plasma, Oxyfuel, Laser, Router and Mill — are not part of this

plan. If you cut, look at the Pre-Paid Drafting + Plasma, Oxyfuel & Laser license

or the Pre-Paid Drafting + Full CAM license instead.

How it works

1. Get your machine code. Open JetCad3 on the computer that will run the

license. It's on the Offline Key sign-in tab, and under Pre-Paid License in the

profile menu once you're signed in. It looks like J5FQG4O5-JZTIGEIZ-VGCT2MDU-RRMQ.
2. Enter it at checkout. The license is minted against that specific computer.
3. Download the license file from your order under Licenses on your jetcad.io

dashboard, and import it in the app: profile menu → Pre-Paid License → Import

License File. That's the moment the term starts.

After that the computer is licensed — no sign-in, no connection, no phone-home. That

is true of every way to license JetCad3, not just this one: a subscription can hand

you an offline key to carry over on a thumb drive, and the Lifetime Unlimited key is

hardware you plug in. Running without an internet connection has been a priority here

from the start, which is more than most CAD/CAM packages on the market can say.

Things worth knowing before you buy

• The term runs on the calendar, not on hours used. A one-year license bought

  today runs for one year from the day you activate it, whether JetCad3 is open

  every day or sits unused for a month. It is not a bank of hours.

• One license, one computer. The license is bound to the machine code you

  enter at checkout. If that computer dies or you replace it, rebind the license

  to the new one from your order under Licenses on your dashboard — you do not

  need to buy again. Licensing more than one computer means one license each.

• Activate within a year of purchase. A license sits on the shelf for up to

  365 days before it must be activated. The term itself starts at activation, not

  at purchase, so buying early costs you nothing.

• You can stack terms. Buy another Drafting license while one is running and

  the new term picks up the day the current one ends — no overlap, nothing wasted.

• Signing in is optional. A jetcad.io account is not required to use this

  license. If you do sign in, you keep the community forum and your account stays

  yours; whichever plan is higher — your account's or the license's — is the one

  in force, so a subscription is never downgraded by a license.

• When the term ends, JetCad3 keeps running on the Free / Hobby tier. Nothing

  is deleted and no file becomes unreadable — your parts are standard formats

  saved on your own disk and stay yours regardless.

• Machine code binding is what lets it stand on its own. Nothing checks in with

  a server, so the license has to be tied to the hardware instead. Keep the license

  file; it is how you re-import after an OS reinstall.