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Originally Posted by Adam.garcia
Can FRC Students use SolidWorks PDM?
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Well, there is certainly no rule against it! SolidWorks is not an official sponsor of FRC, so FRC teams can't technically depend on getting a sponsorship with seats of the any software. If you do manage to get a sponsorship, it depends on what software package you get. One version of the student edition of SolidWorks, called "Student Design Kit" does not include the PDM client. The other, "Student Engineering Kit," does.
Keep in mind that SolidWorks and Inventor differ in their business models for version control software. I believe the Vault client comes more or less included in most versions of Inventor, but Vault Server costs extra. In regards to PDM, the server software is free, but each seat of the client costs extra.