SolidWorks Student Edition 2017-2018 (12 Month License)

SolidWorks Student Edition 2017-2018 (12 Month License)

SolidWorks requires an application form to be submitted in addition to academic eligibility documentation. Click here for the application form.

SOLIDWORKS® Student Edition 2017-2018 is here and packed with power and performance. Our mission is to provide students with the tools and skills they need to get the job of their dreams. With the SOLIDWORKS® Student Edition, students have access to the same 3D development tools used by millions of engineering and design professionals around the world, so they can focus on what’s really important—fostering new ideas, solving problems, teamwork, and innovation.

SolidWorks Student Edition includes:

• 12 month term-of-use license
• SOLIDWORKS® Premium software – the top-of-the-line SOLIDWORKS® CAD product
• SOLIDWORKS® Simulation Premium - finite element analysis tools (FEA) 
• SOLIDWORKS® Motion - kinematic and motion simulation analysis tools 
• SOLIDWORKS® Flow Simulation with HVAC and Electronics Cooling Modules - computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis tools 
• SOLIDWORKS® Plastics Premium – simulation mold filling of your plastic parts and molds
• SOLIDWORKS® Electrical Professional – powerful schematic and systems integration design tool
• SOLIDWORKS® Visualize Professional – advanced rendering for photo-quality images
• SOLIDWORKS® Sustainability - learn how your designs impact the environment
• SOLIDWORKS® Model Based Definition – define, organize and publish 3D PMI
• MySolidWorks Standard – your connection to everything SOLIDWORKS®
• Additional functions
  •     Animation functionality 
  •     Toolbox - Library of Standards 
  •     Photoview 360
  •     eDrawings® Professional
  •     Complete online documentation and tutorials 
• 14 language options: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Korean, Czech, Brazilian, Portuguese and Russian 
• Access to the SOLIDWORKS discussion forums: http://forum.solidworks.com/forum 
• A network of SOLIDWORKS users throughout the world: http://swugn.org 
• A rich website of learning materials and videos: www.my.solidworks.com 

WHAT’S NEW IN SOLIDWORKS EDUCATION 2017-18

SOLIDWORKS 3D INTERCONNECT

Open proprietary 3D CAD data directly into SOLIDWORKS including Creo®, CATIA® V5, SolidEdge®, NX™, and Inventor® and retain associativity to the original file. 

IMPROVED LARGE ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCE

• New Asset Publisher, Ground Mates and Magnetic Mates speed equipment layouts
• Replace sub-assembly with multi-body part and maintain downstream references; Replace missing references all at once

MORE POWERFUL MODELING TOOLS

• New Advanced Hole Wizard creates/reuses customized holes
• Wrap Feature now for any surface; Offset 3D Curve on surface with multiple faces
• Sheet Metal support for three-bend corners

RENDERINGS AND ANIMATIONS GET A BOOST FROM VISUALIZE

•  New “Visualize Boost”: Network rendering made simple for blazing fast render speeds 
• Import animations and motion studies
• Map SOLIDWORKS camera navigation and hot keys
• Support for HTC® Vive™, Oculus, Google® Cardboard, Samsung®

FASTER 2D DRAWING CREATION

• Reference and link to BOM table cell elements in annotations
• Parametrically mirror drawing views without the model
• Pre-defined layers

EXPANDED CAPABILITIES FOR MODEL BASED DEFINITION

• Compare geometry and 3D PMI between two revisions
• Define DimXpert 3D PMI more easily for drafted parts
• Export STEP 242 with 3D PMI to automate CAM and CMM
• Attach multiple files to 3D PDF to build Technical Data Packages (TDP)

ELECTRIFYING ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC DESIGN

• Electrical: Automatic creation of schematic from a spreadsheet
• Electrical: Compound parts – accessories
• PCB: Unified design environment between schematic editing, board layout and 3D layout

SIMPLIFYING DESIGN VALIDATION

• Simulation: Display simulation results in SOLIDWORKS model; arc length control for nonlinear contact
• Plastics: Part Mass can be used in addition to gate temperature for gate freeze and pressure holding time determination
• Flow: Parametric Study now allows multi-parameter optimization

INTEGRATING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING

•  3D Printing: Import/Export 3MF. Import mesh data
• Inspection: Manual and selective ballooning
• Costing: Instant estimates from manufacturers via My.SolidWorks Manufacturing Network

IMPROVED DATA MANAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION

•  SOLIDWORKS PDM: Version overwrite; Rollback with references; Improved viewing
• SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional: Vault Database Replication
• eDrawings®: Augmented Reality (AR) for the Android™; 3D Views and annotation views for assemblies; Component descriptions; Weld beads; Undo/redo