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Bastion frame per year
I cant wait to leave uni, but this is my one fear - Not free software.
What is life without solidworks?
Biggles567-
This.
in 2017 I managed to blag a years worth of license from solidworks through some entrepreneurs deal and last year I got a years license of Altair on the basis that my team were looking to integrate it into some topology optimisation software but blagging proper CAD licenses is hard work when you're not a student
I guess you can keep changing email addresses to claim free Fusion360 (if the free year deal is still a thing) -
If you get EAA (Experimental Aviation Association) membership at $40 a year you can get a student copy of solidworks premium for free. Obviously its non commercial but it's helped me a lot in fixing various bits and bobs round the house with my printer.
Rik_Van_Looy
Pensprite
Yes, I really rate it. Coming from Siemens NX I sometimes need 4 features to do what I used to do with a single feature, so there has been a learning curve. But now I've gotten used to it, it's perfectly adequate. And the license not costing roughly a Bastion frame per year is a big plus now I no longer have my uni license.