AutoCAD & Solidworks student editions free

[Knavish]

FWIW, this was on slashdot earlier today...

Free (downloadable) student edition of solidworks @ http://www.solidworks.com/sw/4644_ENU_HTML.htm

Free student edition of Autodesk products @ http://students7.autodesk.com/...assistance_home&lbon=1

From experience, I know Solidworks has some good built-in / online tutorials. If you're an engineering student, or just want to play around with either of these CAD packages this is a great deal.

(edit) I can't spell.

Moved from Hot Deals.
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[bob4432]

solidworks says it will email you a serial that is only good for 90 days? this would make this warm for the sw, just a semester or so

sad, as sw is an excellent program

 

[FuzzyWuzzyDan]

90 days is plenty to learn the basics and get enough knowledge to list Solidworks on a Resume, if you are an engineer, or anybody who does 3d design, i would recommend trying it. Heck if you only know Pro-E or inventor, it's worth checking out Solidworks for 90 days to see what is different.

It never hurts to know more programs.

I will second the great built in tutorials.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Just FWIW
SW (09) and Autocad are both dead meat, now that Siemens bought out Solid Edge and made it into SE ST100 with PLM
They created a history-less browser system
Might wanna check out the 11 demonstartion vids at bottom of page
http://www.plm.automation.siem..._synchTech/index.shtml

And Catia V6 Live Shape module is unbelievable
How about dragging a radius around in real time in 6 axis
http://www.3ds.com/products/plm-v6/gallery/#vid1
Note in the above link there is an arrow to the right lower of "Browse through" window - you can go to next and next vid (there are 20) by using diamond arrows
Also note in the first vid of race car and especially watch the radius manipulation @ 1.33 min