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i heard from other people that there is free Autodesk software for college student to download at home, that is pretty cool.  But if i am not a student, Is this the only option to get free version to install on personal computer at home beside have to spend a lot of $ to buy the license?  I just curious.

 

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There is a free version of nanoCAD.  Note: it is 2D only.

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Autodesk has a new program called Autodesk Flex, and don't you want to know how it works?

 

You buy a sack full of tokens, at about $3 apiece. Whenever you want to use an Autodesk product, you spend a set number of tokens, and you can legally use that product that day until you close that app. For instance, vanilla AutoCAD costs 7 tokens per use, Maya is 6, Civil 3D is 9, Revit is 10.

 

Caveats: You must buy at least 100 tokens (that's $300). Tokens expire after one (1) year. Good news: if you buy more than 5,000 tokens, you get quantity discounts.

 

I suppose this would make sense if you're a freelancer who uses AutoCAD now and then. It's a price point between unlicensed (with watermarked drawings) and fully licensed.

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3 hours ago, ReMark said:

There is a free version of nanoCAD.  Note: it is 2D only.

Good to know. I will do more research on this. I need the 3D but I work on 2D also.  Is that for student only?

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The free version of nanoCAD is available to anyone who wants it.

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Is this for work or just something you want to learn and do as a hobby/side gig?

 

 

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7 minutes ago, SLW210 said:

Is this for work or just something you want to learn and do as a hobby/side gig?

 

 

I just want to practice 3D during my spare time at home.  The more I do the more experiences I will gain.   

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2 hours ago, ReMark said:

The free version of nanoCAD is available to anyone who wants it.

Interesting.    Good to know.   I need 3D though 

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Both ZwCAD and GStarCAD work after their trials have ended. After which it becomes limited with saving and has a plot watermark.

It’s awesome if you just want to goof around with programming or drawings  

Both have good SDKs GRX/ZRX, .NET, Lisp.. and 3d support

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15 hours ago, Emboss 2014 said:

Interesting.    Good to know.   I need 3D though 

Trimble offers both a free and paid version of SketchUP.  It's 3D.

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2 hours ago, ReMark said:

Trimble offers both a free and paid version of SketchUP.  It's 3D.

Thank you Remark.   I will do research on this. 

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