3D Model License — Usage Terms for CAD Files

Last updated: 2025-08-18

Scope. This license grants a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to use the purchased/downloaded CAD files, subject to the terms below.

Allowed (summary)

  • Make and sell physical products based on the CAD designs (workshop or commercial use, unlimited units).
  • Modify, convert and adapt the files to your tooling, materials or standards (e.g., STEP, DWG, STL). papacad
  • Remove branding from models and drawings used in manufacturing deliverables. papacad
  • Use in internal documentation, quotes and manuals for your own projects.

Not allowed

  • Redistribute, resell, share or publish the CAD files or any derivative files (STEP/DWG/STL/PDF/Inventor etc.) in any form, including upload to marketplaces, forums, repositories or “as part of” other downloadable packages.
  • Pass the files to clients or subcontractors outside your organization (they need their own license).
  • Use our promotional images without permission or remove watermarks from them. papacad

Seats / users

  • License is single-seat (one natural person). Teams require one license per user who accesses the files.

Attribution

  • No attribution is required, but appreciated (“Design by Papacad”).

Engineering & safety

  • You are responsible for verification, safe fabrication and legal compliance. Designs are not a certified engineering service and may require adaptation (materials, tolerances, welds, fasteners). papacad

Ownership

  • Files remain the intellectual property of Papacad. This is a license, not a transfer of copyright.

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