Does anybody know if you have to be a student to be able to purchase the student version of SW? Particularly if it is NOT going to be used for commercial purposes?
Thanks for the info. I am currently waiting for a reply back from a local reseller on the issue. He thinks there might be a problem because I'm not a student so we'll see.
Just in case.. there also is a Personal Edition of SolidWorks that is free and not for commerical purposes. You can contact your reseller to learn more about it. Here is a link with more info:
My understanding is that for academic pricing, you either have to be a student or a school faculty/staff member, plus you can't use the software for commercial purposes.
I just found that out but you can purchase it if you have a child in K-12 but you need all kinds of documentation proof that is a real pain to get together. So I will get a free personal edition from my reseller tomorrow that will last for 3 months. Plus I found a bunch of free crash course seminars that are 4 hours long and they give you a free personal edition as well.
Sounds like (from your posts in your other thread) you're using this as a personal learning tool anyway, so I think that rules out commercial use. Good luck. (I'm self-taught, so you can do it too.)