All AutoDesk Products Free For Students and Teachers

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[An updated article can be found HERE] People from any engineering department are well aware of Autodesk products. Autodesk has a long line of software which are specially design for use in architecture, engineering and building construction, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. Its best-known flagship is computer-aided design software AutoCAD.

Like some other big companies, Autodesk is also offering its all products to students, teachers and Autodesk Assistance Program Participants. After registration, you can get all the software from Autodesk to use on personal computers just for personal use. The license is single user only and, hence, can not be used on a network, too.

Before proceeding, you should know “Important Note :The Autodesk Student Version software incorporates all the functionality of our professional licenses, but includes a print banner making the software inappropriate for professional, commercial, or for-profit purposes. Autodesk Student Version software may not be used in the classroom or lab for instructional purposes, or for commercial or for-profit purposes. Annual licenses of Autodesk student software are not eligible for product upgrade or transfer to a commercial license. View print banner sample.”

Eligibility Requirements
To participate in the Autodesk Education Community, you must agree to and comply with the applicable Terms of Use and also satisfy the following eligibility requirements. You must be one of the following: (a) a faculty member; or (b) a student; or (c) an Autodesk Assistance Program participant.
A faculty member is an employee at a primary or secondary educational institution or any degree-granting or certificate-granting educational institution or any learning, teaching or training facilities and who upon request by Autodesk is able to provide proof of such status.
A student is an individual enrolled at a recognized degree-granting or certificate-granting educational institution for three (3) or more credit hours in a degree-granting or certificate granting education program or in a nine (9) month or longer certificate program, and upon request by Autodesk is able to provide proof of such enrollment.
An Autodesk Assistance Program participant is either a veteran or unemployed individual who has (a) previously worked in the architecture, engineering, design or manufacturing industries, has completed the online registration for the Autodesk Assistance Program, and upon request by Autodesk is able to provide proof of eligibility for that program.

You can have access to:

• AutoCAD
• AutoCAD for Mac
• Autodesk Inventor Professional
• Autodesk Revit Architecture
• Autodesk 3ds Max
• AutoCAD Architecture
• AutoCAD Civil 3D
• AutoCAD Electrical
• AutoCAD Map 3D
• AutoCAD Mechanical
• AutoCAD MEP
• AutoCAD P and ID
• AutoCAD Raster Design
• AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite
• AutoCAD Structural Detailing
• Autodesk 3ds Max Design
• Autodesk Alias Automotive
• Autodesk Alias Design
• Autodesk Ecotect Analysis
• Autodesk Green Building Studio
• Autodesk Impression
• Autodesk Inventor Publisher
• Autodesk Maya
• Autodesk Moldflow Adviser Advanced
• Autodesk MotionBuilder
• Autodesk Mudbox
• Autodesk Navisworks Manage
• Autodesk Quantity Takeoff
• Autodesk Revit Structure
• Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional
• Autodesk Showcase
• Autodesk Simulation Multiphysics
• Autodesk SketchBook Designer
• Autodesk SketchBook Pro
• Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X
• Autodesk Softimage

Just open the following web page into your browser and complete your three steps registration. Registration is quite easy. Autodesk will not ask your ID. On a simple eMail from GMail or Yahoo, you can register yourself.

http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=register#

Well, this may be a good chance to clean your hands top rated products from Autodesk. You can get good practice and later on may move to some free alternatives.