Cookies — clause ledger and Consent Mode v2 table

Effective date

Clause C-00

This cookie notice takes effect on October 6, 2026. It sits beside the privacy policy, which covers the inquiry form, the chat and the logs. This page covers only what lands in your browser.

Categories in use

3 categories

Cookie categories, what they mean, why they apply
Clause	In plain words	Why it applies
C-01Strictly necessary	Remembers your cookie choice and holds the token that reconnects you to an open support chat.	Without them the banner reappears on every page and a chat thread is lost on reload. They run without consent and carry no advertising data.
C-02Analytics	Counts visits and which pages were read, for example how many people opened the assembly benchmark.	Tells us which documentation is used. Set only after Allow, controlled by `analytics_storage`.
C-03Advertising	Links an ad click to a later enquiry so the platform can report which campaign worked.	We pay for clicks on Google, Microsoft and Meta. Set only after Allow, controlled by `ad_storage`.

Cookie and storage ledger

13 rows

Name, who sets it, purpose, lifetime
Name	Set by	What it is for	Lasts
NECESSARYConsent recordsite_consent_v2	Solldworkss, local storage	Holds Allow or Decline and the date. The only key on this site that stores a choice.	6 months
NECESSARYSupport chat tokenlocal storage	Solldworkss, local storage	Reconnects your browser to your chat thread. Only written once you start a chat.	Until cleared; transcript 6 months
ADVERTISINGGoogle conversion linker_gcl_au	Google Ads	Stores the gclid so an enquiry can be credited to the ad click.	90 days
ANALYTICSGoogle Analytics client_ga	Google	A random ID that separates one browser from another in visit counts.	2 years
ANALYTICSGoogle Analytics session_ga_<container>	Google	Keeps session state for the same count.	2 years
ADVERTISINGMicrosoft UET session_uetsid	Microsoft Advertising	Ties page views in one visit to a Bing ad click.	1 day
ADVERTISINGMicrosoft UET visitor_uetvid	Microsoft Advertising	Recognises a returning browser for conversion reporting.	13 months
ADVERTISINGMicrosoft click ID_uetmsclkid	Microsoft Advertising	Stores the msclkid from the landing link.	90 days
ADVERTISINGMicrosoft user IDMUID	Microsoft (bing.com)	Microsoft's own browser identifier, used across its ad network.	13 months
ADVERTISINGMeta browser ID_fbp	Meta Ads	Identifies the browser for Meta conversion reporting, where a Meta campaign runs.	90 days
ADVERTISINGMeta click ID_fbc	Meta Ads	Stores the fbclid from the landing link.	90 days
ADVERTISINGGoogle ad click record_gcl_aw	Google Ads	Holds the click details when you land from a Google search ad.	90 days
ADVERTISINGGoogle ad display cookieIDE	Google (doubleclick.net)	Measures ad delivery across Google's network. Blocked while `ad_personalization` is denied.	13 months

The fonts load from Google Fonts. That request sends your IP address to Google to deliver the file but sets no cookie.

Ad platforms and click identifiers

3 platforms

Who sends paid traffic here and what they add to the link
Platform	Identifier added	What happens to it
AD-01Google Ads	`gclid`	Read from the address and stored in `_gcl_au` or `_gcl_aw` only after Allow. Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC.
AD-02Microsoft Advertising	`msclkid`	Stored in `_uetmsclkid` only after Allow. Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd.
AD-03Meta Ads	`fbclid`	Stored in `_fbc` only after Allow, where a Meta campaign runs. Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.

Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising and Meta Ads send traffic to this site today. Someone searching "solidworks alternative" or "inventor alternative" clicks an ad, and the platform appends its identifier to the link. Decline, and the identifier sits in the address bar for that page view and goes nowhere.

Consent Mode v2 signals

4 signals

Default at page load, and the state after each choice
Signal	Default	After Allow	After Decline or withdrawal
CM-01ad_storage	denied	granted	denied
CM-02ad_user_data	denied	granted	denied
CM-03ad_personalization	denied	granted	denied
CM-04analytics_storage	denied	granted	denied

Google Consent Mode v2 is set before any tag fires. All four signals begin denied. Allow switches them to granted; Decline, or a later withdrawal, sets them back to denied at that moment and the page stops writing ad and analytics cookies. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, the signals stay denied and the banner does not ask.

Giving, changing and withdrawing consent

Clause C-05

The banner sits at the bottom of the screen on your first visit. It does not block the page; you can read the documentation and ignore it, and nothing optional runs while it waits. Press Allow to grant all four signals, or Decline to keep them denied.

To change your mind later, use Cookie settings in the footer of any page, or the button below. Clearing site data in your browser also resets the choice. The record expires after 6 months and the banner asks again.

Your current choice is stored under site_consent_v2. Reopen the banner to change it now.

If you decline

Clause C-06

What keeps working and what stops
Feature	After Decline	Why
R-01Pages, docs, Fit Check	Work in full	None of them needs a cookie.
R-02Inquiry form and chat	Work in full	They use only the strictly necessary keys.
R-03Ad and analytics cookies	Stop	All four signals denied; no identifier is stored or sent back.

You will still see our ads elsewhere. Declining stops measurement on this site, not the platforms' own targeting, which you control in your Google, Microsoft or Meta account.

Platforms' own privacy documents

3 links

Google also explains how it uses data from sites that run its tags at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Ask about a specific cookie

Clause C-08

Quote the name from the ledger and we tell you exactly what it held for your visit. Email [email protected], call +1 (272) 555-1922 Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 Central, or write to Solld Workss, 94 Industrial Blvd, Büro 5, Austin, Texas 68171, United States. Rights over the data itself are set out in the data request clause; licence matters sit in the terms.