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Free Graphisoft Archicad version 10 software for students
The student version of Archicad 10 is a fully functional version of Archicad that prints a watermark on documents and has a one-year time out license. To get it for free, please see
www.graphisoft.com/community/education/downloads/
for details of the program, and to sign up to receive a license key.
Free ESRI (ArcGIS) software for students in GIS courses
UW students enrolled in GIS courses may acquire ESRI software for use on personal computers on a one-year time out license. The software must be requested through a faculty member who is teaching a GIS course in which the student is enrolled. Please see
www.esri.com/industries/university/education/student_faqs.html
for details of the program. The form that the faculty member must fill out is available at
gis2.esri.com/industries/education/promo/
Free Autodesk modeling software for UW students / faculty / staff
Anyone with a UW email address (@u.washington.edu) may participate in Autodesk's new Student Engineering and Design Community program. Click here for a PDF flyer (383KB) describing the program. Along with much educational material, the following free software is available through the program on a one-year time out license:
- Autodesk Inventor Professional
- Autodesk Revit Building
- Autodesk Civil 3D
- Autodesk VIS
- Autodesk Raster Design
To get the software, you have to register for the program, which you can do by going to the program web page, at
students.autodesk.com
Low-cost Microsoft software for UW students / faculty / staff
Students, faculty, and staff at the UW may purchase a few Microsoft software titles at deep discounts through the University's partnership with eAcademy. The titles currently available are:
- Office 2003 for Windows
- Office Professional 2003 for Windows
- Office 2004 for Macintosh
- Office Professional 2004 for Macintosh
- Windows XP Professional upgrades
For more information, and to purchase software, please see the UW's eAcademy page:
elms10.e-academy.com/washington/
Over time, more deeply-discounted software will be available on this site, so watch this space!