Autodesk merupakan salah satu pengembang software yang sangat populer di dunia pendidikan. Melalui
Autodesk Education Community,
mereka menyediakan lebih dari 30 software-nya gratis untuk mahasiswa,
pengajar atau tenaga di kampus / universitas, termasuk beberapa program
populer seperti Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Maya®, AutoCAD® dan
lainnya.
Semua program yang
disediakan ini mempunyai fitur yang sama persis dengan versi
professional (full version), dan program yang disediakan adalah untuk
versi terbaru dan 2 versi sebelumnya. Tetapi ada beberapa perbedaan
penggunaan di versi gratis ini dengan yang berbayar, yaitu khusus untuk
penggunaan personal atau
educational (
non-commercial). Selain itu hasilnya ada watermark atau informasi yang menyatakan bahwa itu menggunakan versi Educational.
Berikut daftar program atau software yang disediakan :
- AutoCAD
- AutoCAD for Mac
- Autodesk Inventor Professional
- Autodesk Revit Architecture
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- AutoCAD Architecture
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- AutoCAD Electrical
- AutoCAD Map 3D
- AutoCAD Mechanical
- AutoCAD MEP
- AutoCAD P and ID
- AutoCAD Raster Design
- AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite
- AutoCAD Structural Detailing
- Autodesk 3ds Max Design
- Autodesk Alias Automotive
- Autodesk Alias Design
- Autodesk Ecotect Analysis
- Autodesk Green Building Studio
- Autodesk Impression
- Autodesk Inventor Publisher
- Autodesk Maya
- Autodesk Moldflow Adviser Advanced
- Autodesk MotionBuilder
- Autodesk Mudbox
- Autodesk Navisworks Manage
- Autodesk Quantity Takeoff
- Autodesk Revit Structure
- Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional
- Autodesk Showcase
- Autodesk Simulation Multiphysics
- Autodesk SketchBook Designer
- Autodesk SketchBook Pro
- Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X
- Autodesk Softimage
Meskipun terdapat
watermark,
tetapi jika hanya untuk media belajar tentu program ini sangat
bermanfaat, terutama bagi yang belajar di bidang teknik, mesin, animasi
atau design, karena sotware semisal autoCAD sudah digunakan oleh
berbagai perusahaan besar dan populer di dunia. Berikut catatan penting
sebelum mendaftarkan diri untuk mendapatkan berbagai software tersebut :
The Autodesk Student Version software incorporates all the functionality
of our professional licenses, but includes a print banner making the
software inappropriate for professional, commercial, or for-profit
purposes. Autodesk Student Version software may not be used in the
classroom or lab for instructional purposes, or for commercial or
for-profit purposes. Annual licenses of Autodesk student software are
not eligible for product upgrade or transfer to a commercial license.
View print banner sample.
To participate in the Autodesk
Education Community, you must agree to and comply with the applicable
Terms of Use and also satisfy the following eligibility requirements.
You must be one of the following: (a) a faculty member; or (b) a
student; or (c) an Autodesk Assistance Program participant.
A faculty member
is an employee at a primary or secondary educational institution or any
degree-granting or certificate-granting educational institution or any
learning, teaching or training facilities and who upon request by
Autodesk is able to provide proof of such status.
A student
is an individual enrolled at a recognized degree-granting or
certificate-granting educational institution for three (3) or more
credit hours in a degree-granting or certificate granting education
program or in a nine (9) month or longer certificate program, and upon
request by Autodesk is able to provide proof of such enrollment.
An Autodesk Assistance Program participant
is either a veteran or unemployed individual who has (a) previously
worked in the architecture, engineering, design or manufacturing
industries, has completed the online registration for the Autodesk
Assistance Program, and upon request by Autodesk is able to provide
proof of eligibility for that program.
Untuk mendapatkan lisensinya, kita tinggal mendaftarkan diri melalui halaman
pendaftaran autodesk ( mengisi beberapa form, seperti membuat email), selanjutnya berbagai program tersebut bisa didapatkan melalui halaman
download Center.