# Subscription and two computers?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356 "2022-02-11T19:01:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Svenito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/svenito/32/747_2.png) [@Svenito](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Svenito)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/21 "2022-02-14T18:00:58Z")

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So it is web-dependant then in other words? Ok.

I feel a bit wiled every time I have to re-evaluate due to taxes. In this case you’re getting near the cost of Fusion360 which unfortunately like Onshape is cloud-based. So…please tell me why I can not be on two devices at the same time.  
By the way, I am not running a business. Please stop thinking that people run a business just because they want to use a modeller.

P.s Richard Vanderhye of law firm Nixon&Vanderhye, Washington D.C. called me almost 30 years ago to tell me personally that my patent had passed and he had not heard of a patent being issued within 3 months.  
That he said was due to the paper work and drawings I had prepared for them beforehand, drawings from pencil and paper.  
I have always dreamed of software like Shapr3d to express my ideas and please go figure from what I’m saying that peoples ideas at grass-root level is always …  
A company is and shall be a product of people who have gotten the best of assistance in their pursuit, a company is not a prerequisite.

For crying out loud, you don’t think people know they can deduct taxes?

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**Author:** ![Svenito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/svenito/32/747_2.png) [@Svenito](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Svenito)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/22 "2022-02-15T14:12:27Z")

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Let me add that I just started a subscription and tried on both Ipad Pro and Surface Pro. I moved my .shapr file with a sd card and I currently have app on both devices working simultaneously.  
Please, fill me in. I’m not looking forward to loosing because I have to figure things out myself.

I do understand that the file is device resident and wonder if that is what you meant by the issue of working on two devices.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/23 "2022-02-15T14:14:22Z")

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Yes, this is what I said in my first comment. Mobile+desktop combinations work at the same time currently.

> [@Istvan](#):
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> Subscriptions work across all platforms but only on one device at the same time. Currently for mobile+desktop combination it works even in the same time, but this might change in the future.

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**Author:** ![Svenito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/svenito/32/747_2.png) [@Svenito](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Svenito)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/24 "2022-02-15T14:23:06Z")

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You see, my frustration is based on hazy information. There are differences between Win n IOS. Take for instance just the simple fact that once clicking on subscription in IOS VAT is added, a simple issue like that.  
Having Shapr3d through Apple app store also means that no log-in is needed, hence my question once I started using Windows. I would like to hear that my files won’t be stored elsewhere in the future, it is always an integrity issue involved for many of us.

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**Author:** ![Svenito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/svenito/32/747_2.png) [@Svenito](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Svenito)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/25 "2022-02-15T14:27:00Z")

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Please excuse me, I have gotten used to walk around with my foot in a tin bucket and ramble loudly to get people to light up and take questions seriously unfortunately. Thanks for better support than most other instances behind competing products. 👍

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/26 "2022-02-15T14:33:06Z")

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> [@Svenito](#):
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> Having Shapr3d through Apple app store also means that no log-in is needed, hence my question once I started using Windows

You do have to log in with you Shapr3D account on every platform.

> [@Svenito](#):
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> I would like to hear that my files won’t be stored elsewhere in the future, it is always an integrity issue involved for many of us.

I’m not sure if I understand this question correctly, but we will have cloud sync soon across devices, and it will be optional.

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**Author:** ![Svenito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/svenito/32/747_2.png) [@Svenito](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Svenito)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/27 "2022-02-15T14:41:28Z")

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I meant log on in Ipad seems to be auto through using Apple-id.

I really meant Cloud yes, but if you say it would be optional I really like to hear that, thank you.

By the way, using now on both the Surface Pro n the Ipad Pro I see why I like this product even more now. Having the large display/monitor, trackball mouse and the keyboard plus my 3d-printer in one place makes this a desktop “workstation” and having the Ipad makes it a “Notebook” for use any time I want to pick it up and jot as ideas start flowing. 👍

This is really getting to where I wanted to be back in mid 90’s with my Cadkey n 486. 🤓

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**Author:** ![independenter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/independenter/32/6674_2.png) [@independenter](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/independenter)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/28 "2022-11-08T22:41:26Z")

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I work on my Ipad Pro or my Macbook Pro depending on what part of the design process I am in or where I am physically can determine what device I work from. Having to constantly sign in and out is annoying. Couldn’t I just assign my devices to my subscription the same way my Adobe account does?

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**Author:** ![CurlyBee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/curlybee/32/10580_2.png) [@CurlyBee](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/CurlyBee)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/29 "2023-01-31T01:53:59Z")

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I also go between my Mac and my iPad. I think that the system where you can go between two computers is a standard in the industry. Sometimes I’m using my desktop machine if I’m recording instructional videos, other times I’m using my laptop. Then I might switch to my iPad when I’m going to hang out in a café or a coffee shop. I shouldn’t have to log out every time that I switch devices. We pay enough for the software, we should be trusted to use it in a way that is ethical. I think you will find that people who are willing to pay that much money for subscription are inherently trustworthy.

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**Author:** ![Laci\_K](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/laci_k/32/8196_2.png) [@Laci\_K](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Laci_K)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/30 "2023-01-31T06:18:03Z")

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We have changed the multi-device logic quite a while ago, if you are running the a recent app version, you shouldn’t get logged out as long as you use less than 4 devices. Let us know if it still happens.

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**Author:** ![Matt\_the-Rathje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Matt\_the-Rathje](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Matt_the-Rathje)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/31 "2023-01-31T08:54:33Z")

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> [@CurlyBee](#):
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> I think that the system where you can go between two computers is a standard in the industry.

Not from my experience, speaking of CAD-industry the top dogs, which still relay on on-premise-software and local licensing (without named-user-licenses) allow only one activation per license.  
That is of course a different story with software that phones home regulary and / or has named-user-licensing (what is something I personally dislike for good reasons).

But as Lacy already stated: no problem with S3D - I am using 3 devices perfectly fine, without any log-on hassle.

Cheers Matt

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/subscription-and-two-computers/17356/32 "2023-01-31T18:50:42Z")

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Being able to use Shapr3D on devices is pretty decent. A lot of more expensive similar type programs only allow two devices, and make one jump through hoops getting there.

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