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Nichele Seibel

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Aug 3, 2024, 12:26:08 AM8/3/24

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7 days ago, I began teaching Enscape to my new group of students for the semester (for the 4th straight year). Always a fun class when teaching them the wonders of Enscape + Revit, the plug and play tool anyone can use.

At the end of class, a student asked if there was a way to access a free version? This was the moment I learnt students are now being asked to pay for a student license. Holy crap. Since when?

I missed the memo, I don't know when this started, but you are now asking for US$16.83 a month, and to add insult to injury, only an option to pay annually (as far as I can tell in Australia). So really, they are being asked to pay US$201.96 for a semesters usage. That's insane.

I would love to know why this decision was made (aside from the obvious). Right at the exact moment Twinmotion walks in on the scene connected to Revit 2023, you make Enscape less accessible for the young designers out there, that literally walk into organizations and ask for software they have just learnt. We have Enscape installed on the institutions machines, but in my experience, students gravitate to any software they can install on their laptop, learn quickly in their own time, to maximise their outputs.

I can understand the frustration and even surprise seeing the applied prices now to individual students since they were free of charge before, but please keep in mind that we still offer additional alternatives (next to students acquiring a license each) for tutors/educational institutions generally.

Hopefully this will clear a few things up at least regarding your questions, and I've also forwarded your inquiry and feedback to our Educational department directly, so you'll be contacted back to discuss some fitting options for your class, financially speaking as well.

Thanks for the response. Your team has got in contact with me and I have responded with some feedback. I do keep in mind the alternative education offering and we use them at our university, with all our labs having your software installed, but unfortunately, in my experience, those offerings miss the point. Many students prefer to bring their personal laptops into class. Students want software on their personal devices, this allows them to "tinker and render late into the night". They want hassle free.

Mid Semester I have a big presentation coming up next week and only this morning did I find out that the trusty rendering software that I've been using for 3 Semesters is not available to me anymore??
Now of course I dont have the time or capacity to learn a whole new software in 3 days even though I wish I could because I do not in any way want to support this decision. The only choice I have rn is to pay up and I do feel very fortunate that I am in a financial situation where I can pay up because I know a couple of my peers that are not.

I dont want to start swearing because I know that the people answering these threads aren't the ones behind cooperate decisions and there is no point letting it out on them. But I do have to say that to the lower Semesters that I'm tutoring or to the higher ones in my peer group there will be no point in passing the paywall you put up earlier this year.

Younger students need to be able to try out different Softwares in order to find out what works best for them without a 12months payment attached to it. And not just for 14-days.
That is something that takes you out of the competition/selection entirely which I find very sad.

I also agree with that campus computer pools aren't a solution to any of that. Especially since ours only have Macs and are only accessible at certain hours during the day. We need smth accessible at 4am in the morning if necessary.

I am also complexed why students do not have a monthly payment option. I teach Revit during the summer at a community college and we use Enscape to create renderings and movie walkthroughs. We will use it for only 1 month. To ask a student to pay for an entire year does not seem fair.

Hello. As a student from a poorer country in Europe, with moderate to low financial possibilities, I can confirm for me and my classmates that now, with the fee policy, we will no longer be able to use this software for our projects, even if we have used it in the past and are accustomed to its workflow. To begin with, we can barely afford to buy the hardware necessary for practicing architecture, and this payment represents a significant portion of our school fee. There is no chance that for students like me, adding to these financial struggles by choosing software that needs paying for, when there are free student alternatives for rendering such as lumion, d5 render, twinmotion, unreal engine, 3ds max, is an option. This change deeply saddened me, because Enscape is a very accesible, powerful and intuitive program, but life goes on and each company decides for itself. In the end, the thing that matters to me most is being able to pursue what i love, especially since the tools one uses do not define one's skills and creativity as an architect. Adaptation and an open mind lead to discovering new workflows and archieving great results. take care and do nice things.

Hi, this is a disappointing change. We have an Architectural Technology program, and had been including Enscape within the curriculum. Obviously, this lead to graduates who would then promote the software for industry use - seemed like a win-win approach. We may have to look at other options now - students cannot afford the yearly license on top of all of the other expenses for school.

At the very least, please change it from an annual to monthly subscription for students. Students are not at school in the summer months typically - they should not have to pay for software they are not using.

So I'm trying to download the free twinmotion to my computer but I can't connect my ID (as shown here, the button is unclickable). I just created my account and got the free student license, does that have something to do with this problem?

Students were placed in learning programs during school terms and summer breaks to lessen the financial burden on families. BSF engaged with high school students through DC's youth employment programs and consistently collaborated with non-profits and businesses to foster STEM education and youth development.

Twinmotion is a visualization tool that utilizes Unreal Engine, developed by Epic Games, to create high-quality images, panoramas, fly-throughs, and animations of individuals, objects, products, buildings, cities, and landscapes with ease and speed.

Twinmotion serves as a versatile tool used by professionals across industries. Architects and designers bring concepts to life while scientists use it for accurate data visualization. Our students benefit from an accessible platform to explore and create, allowing them to experiment with various elements, colors, and structures. With its adaptability and user-friendly interface, Twinmotion proves indispensable for fostering innovation and success among individuals from diverse fields.

Twinmotion lets you add motion and interaction to your visuals, making it easier to communicate complex concepts and create engaging virtual experiences and create fun virtual experiences that everyone can enjoy.

Sad because it took me a long time to be able to use SketchUp with even a moderate amount of expertise, but there comes a point when the pain of being forced into new undesirable ways exceeds the pain of learning new software.

The discontinuation of Make also affects extension development. I started using SketchUp at age 14, before I had much money of my own to spend. I learned to develop extensions as a hobby because I needed it for my modeling and because I found it interesting.

As for my students though - for them to get access to a 1 year pro version the cost is approx $70 Aud. Small compared to the full price but I agree with the original post in that Autodesk et al offer FREE student licenses (3 years actually) for almost all of their current pro version software. Create a loyal user at the outset and they are likely to stay with you over their career.

I actually advise my students to download the 2017 make version so as to have access to the ability to install plugins which as we all know, are what really gives SketchUp the power and ease (with complex operations) that we need. Hopefully the powers that be at Trimble will take on board this creative criticism to good end.