Free AutoCAD for school lab?

[hkench]

Is there a free version of CAD for use in my school computer lab?

I have 1 section of AutoCAD this year, and no CAD loaded on the replacement computers in my lab!

Sketch up isn't going to cut it.

Thanks.

[pendean]

http://www.autodesk.com/students

[JDMather]

The link that Dean supplied is for student-owned computers, not school lab computers.

Students can download most (all?) Autodesk products for free on their personal computers.

For institutional licenses

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=10916796&siteID=123112

[goodjp]

Dean,

     I'm just curious, if your laid off/ unemployed is there a way you can download autocad so you can stay up on it and not ust keep reinstalling every thirty days?

[jggerth1]

the easiest thing to do legally would be to sign up for a class at a school, get a real student ID and a  .edu email,  and then run student versions.

there are also various CAD programs that can be used freely, such as Draftsight, possibly some of the intellicad versions still have basic for free.

[DarrenP]

or you can look at the rental option (desktop subscription)

[DarrenP]

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@jgood wrote:

Dean,

     I'm just curious, if your laid off/ unemployed is there a way you can download autocad so you can stay up on it and not ust keep reinstalling every thirty days?

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it doesn't work that way

you would be running it as a trial for 30 days after those 30 days are up you can no longer use it

there is not a way to reset a trial period without reformatiing your hard drive