The fine folks in the education department at Solidworks have Released the 2008 version of their software. The education site lists the terms to be able to purchase the education software as follows:
SolidWorks Student Edition Purchase Eligibility
The SolidWorks Student Edition 2007-2008 is available to degree-seeking students or full-time faculty members whose intended use is for personal learning or academic purposes.
A “degree-seeking student” is defined as a student who can confirm enrollment in a degree-granting program OR can confirm full-time enrollment in a certificate-granting program. Do not purchase this software if you are not a degree-seeking student or faculty member. Commercial and Institutional use is prohibited.
The education version is exactly like the full version, and comes in two versions:
SolidWorks Student Edition 2007-2008
Suggested retail price $99.00 USD
SolidWorks Student Edition with COSMOS 2007-2008
Suggested retail price $199.00 USD
The COSMOS edition comes with all the COSMOS products including non-linear, motion, and Flo! Your only real limitation is that when you create a drawing or print anything out, it prints a watermark stating that its an education edition. Those prices on the site are still for the 2007-2008 edition, but the prices haven't changed much over time.
The education department is headed up by Marie Planchard who is most well known for the Solidworks Tutorial Books her and her husband write. The books are extremely well written, and are a definite must read for anyone just starting out using Solidworks.
Can any information or files saved on SolidWorks Student Edition 2007-2008 be opened with or on the regular SolidWorks 2007?
Posted by: Brennen | August 28, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Really, good work!!
Posted by: Troy | June 19, 2008 at 06:11 AM
Why does SolidWorks stay 1 release cycle behind their current version? I imagine that the 2008/2009 college year will start after SW 2009 has been released. Is it that the learning materials won't be ready in time?
There is another major CAD company that releases the most current versions of their software, and they don't charge anything for the software that students can download.
Just curious if anyone knew the reason for being 1 release behind.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin E. | June 11, 2008 at 09:23 PM