Hi Keith,
The licenses of Pro/ENGINEER and Mathcad are perpetual.....they do not expire.
As you can see, our educational program is different from most. PTC provides FREE Applications, FREE curriculum and web-based training and FREE certification.
Our view on education is to drive excitement in student’s around STEM focused subjects, while accessing market leading technology.
As for the capability of the Schools Edition, while free it does contain a great deal of functionality. Such as:
Pro/ENGINEER
- Ability to create parts, assemblies and drawings
- Ability to import Pro/DESKTOP, DXF, DWG, IGES, STEP, STL, ACIS, CATIA v4, Parasolid files
- Ability to export IGES, STL
- Ability to plot files to printer or plotter
Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Design/Dynamics
Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling
Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Rendering
Pro/ENGINEER Design Animation
Sheetmetal Design
Hope this helps.
If you have any questions, please let me know (mfischer@ptc.com).
Regards,
Mark Fischer
Director - PTC Education