Autocad Studentenversion
Shanae Maerz
I recently want to check out AutoCad, and being in High School I wasnt going to have my parents give up $4,000 just for a computer program. So I downloaded the 30-day trial promised a fully functional program just cut off at a deadline. Until I learned the trial only gives you 2-d options, rendering the whole program practically useless as I have MS paint for free to draw things in 2d. Hungry for options I found out about the Student package, so I also downloaded that. Soon to learn that it gaave the same results. So the real question is: Does the trial or student version have 3D capabilities hidden to me somehow? Or do I just have to deal with it and try and mooch off of a friend with full AutoCad? Before anyone responds with "have you tried using extrude commands, etc." I tried multiple surface and 3 D commands but none worked and the 3D tools tab does not exist.
Both the Trial version and the Student version are identical to the $4k version. The only thing that makes one "version" different than the other is the type of license it's being run under (30day free trial, student, commercial stand-alone, etc) There are absolutely no features missing from either the Trial or the Student version.
If you didn't have any 3D tools, then it's likely you downloaded/installed AutoCAD LT, which doesn't include all the features of the full AutoCAD, most notably the 3D modeling tools. Look at the program group, shortcut, or program title bar, does it say "AutoCAD" or does it say "AutoCAD LT"?
Or perhaps you were in the 2D Drafting and Annotation workspace, in which case there wouldn't be any 3D tools on the Ribbon (but the tools still would have worked if typed in at the Command line)
You say you 'learned' the trial doesn't have 3D options. How did you come to learn this?
And really, if you are comparing 2D autocad to MS Paint, my suggestion is instead of using 3D Autocad; build whatever 3d model you want in Lego and take a picture of it. Same thing.
Autodesk gives away free 3-year student licences with full functionality to anyone who has need for it in school, and they're not even too strict with it (like a list of approved schools or something like that, which is what my Vectorworks dealer does). I suggest you take a look.
hello all, ive recently begun learning to use autocad with a view to progressing to revit also, [and whatever else i end up needing] however the one thing ive noticed is most of the forums are used by people with a vast knowledge of the products, while this does help me get answers to queries, it doesn't help me understand their questions and queries. having a student section available would make it easier for new learners to ask basic questions, without being limited to a certain topic/area/ program.
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