One of my trainee technicians has informed me of something very interesting.His lecturer has told the student on his course to login and download the Autodesk software they need so that they can learn how to use it and produce material for their coursework for FREE.
You need to have an educational email address to do this, but most students are given these when they start their course these days.
Here is the link to the Student Engineering & Design Community :-http://students3.autodesk.com/?nd=public_signup_v2
As with most Autodesk educational software there is a plot stamp embedded within the files produced that states that the drawing has been produced by an educational version.
So make sure that your students know that they are to keep their learning copy at home and the office copy (should you have one) well away from each other i.e. don’t use any files from or produced by the educational version on real work.
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While a Mac can technically run SolidWorks, in most cases CAD software is written solely for Windows-based machines. This means on a Mac the software will be running through a proxy instead of natively which could affect performance. This is in addition to the fact that you will still need a fully-licensed copy of Windows for Boot-Camp on the Mac if you wish to run a Windows-based CAD Suite.. . Unless you have a specific need for the Mac, I would suggest going with a PC.
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