Free SolidWorks?

[dbell]

Does anyone know if you can download SolidWorks for free? I know inventor has a free student edition, but I'd like to try SolidWorks.

thanks
DB

You can email info@solidoworks.com and request a student copy, just make sure to state that you're a FIRST student, and have used inventor, and would like to try Solidworks.

They sent me a copy within 3 weeks.

[dbell]

Thanks for your help.
I tried this.
And now i am wondering if you meant
info@solidworks.com not
info@solidoworks.com

That is what is on their website.

Yeah, I meant Solidworks. Mybad.

[thefro526]

If you don't mind me asking how did you get the free copy of inventor?

-Dustin

[Jeff 801]

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=57877
this is where you can read about it

[dbell]

Autodesk gives 10 licenses of the latest version of Iinventor in the kit of parts, and that's how i got it. Or if you are a college student, you can download it at:
http://students.autodesk.com as mentioned in the thread that Jeff 888 mentioned.

DB

[dbell]

I received a SolidWorks student edition with COSMOS DVD in the mail today.
It has been exactly three days since I sent an email request. Thats fast!
Thanks to SolidWorks!
Can't wait to use it, but i have to clean my hard drive so i can fit the extra 2.5 GB. .
DB

[Ian Curtis]

Is the disc they send you a student license (the $99 one which lasts for a 2?years)?

And SolidWorks is super sweet. I like it more than Inventor.

[dbell]

Originally Posted by iCurtis

Is the disc they send you a student license (the $99 one which lasts for a 2?years)?

And SolidWorks is super sweet. I like it more than Inventor.

I think it is. The person from solidworks said "I will send you a one-year license of our Student Edition with COSMOS."

But now that i've registered it it says "Your 2 year Student Edition software license includes core-modeling capabilities of SolidWorks 2006."
And "Expiration Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009"

So that sounds like two years to me. I guess 2 is better than one!

[ZombieBreath]

If you don't mind my asking what did you send in the email to SolidWorks. I just sent them one and wanted to make sure I got everything correct.
Thanks.

[burkey_turkey]

So the copies of inventor we get with the kit, do we get them before kickoff or on kickoff, since theyre downloads now? because it will take a few weeks before the administration can install them in a lab somewhere for us

[dbell]

Originally Posted by ZombieBreath

If you don't mind my asking what did you send in the email to SolidWorks. I just sent them one and wanted to make sure I got everything correct.
Thanks.

This is a what i wrote in my email:
"Dear SolidWorks,
I am a high school student participating in FIRST Robotics. That is how I have gotten interested in 3D mechanical design. I have used Autodesk Inventor recently which i got for free from FIRST. I heard about SolidWorks because they sponsored a FIRST tournament.
Would it be possible to have a free student copy of SolidWorks? I'd like to try it out.
Thanks,
David"



burkey_turkey,
From what i read, I dont think they will let you download it until the kickoff.
Try the FIRSTbase website

[ZombieBreath]

This is a what i wrote in my email:
"Dear SolidWorks,
I am a high school student participating in FIRST Robotics. That is how I have gotten interested in 3D mechanical design. I have used Autodesk Inventor recently which i got for free from FIRST. I heard about SolidWorks because they sponsored a FIRST tournament.
Would it be possible to have a free student copy of SolidWorks? I'd like to try it out.
Thanks,
David"


Sweet, thanks for the reply on my question. I wrote something similar. Did they send you a reply or just ship it straight to you. I included my address in the email, because I'm not sure what to expect.

Thanks again,
Joe

[dbell]

i didn't give them my address in the first email, so they replied and said "sure send me your address and ill send you a copy." Then i gave them my address. Then i got the dvd 2 or 3 days later.