Each software title is displayed as a square tile. Once your account has been verified, you can see a full list of software at the main Autodesk Education page.In such cases, the next step is to email SheerID at Unfortunately, as this is software offered directly to end users from Autodesk, NC State IT staff is not able to assist with the verification process. We are getting reports that some faculty and students are asked to provide further documentation to verify their eligibility, and that some are being rejected despite uploading additional documentation.

The initial document they ask for is a scan of your campus ID.

Autodesk uses a third party company called SheerID to verify that you are eligible for a free education license.

In order to download free software from Autodesk, you must first create a free Autodesk account (click 'Get Started' at the main Autodesk Education page).

See this Autodesk education eligibility page for the specifics of these license restrictions, and the OIT Software - Autodesk FAQ for NCSU-specific info on this topic.

The free versions of Autodesk software may not be used for 'work', e.g.

Autodesk offers much of its software for free for educational use.

All in all, this new offering has the potential to lower that impact further if no ACAD component is involved and give Autodesk clients more options when it comes to their 3D software. This fact alone is a HUGE benefit over other 3D software considering most other software yearly fees are more expensive and you have to add AutoCAD on top that yearly cost to subscription as well to perform standard duties. Hence the renaming they did in 2010 from Inventor Suite to AutoCAD Inventor Suite.

Oddly enough I still come in contact with a lot of users that don't understand that when you get AutoCAD Inventor Suite you DO get AutoCAD. Now why the new offering? Well, it is a slightly lower cost than the standard AutoCAD Inventor Suite and is designed for the markets that really don't utilize ACAD in their standard processes. Autodesk has announced a little while ago that they will now offer Autodesk Inventor as a standard Suite which they have done for years as well as now by itself without the AutoCAD and AutoCAD Mechanical components.

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