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• INSTALLATION GUIDE: Student Edition, Student Premium (formerly SEK), and Student Standard (formerly SDK) 2 HOW TO DOWNLOAD SETUP FILE. Student Edition/Student Premium (formerly Student Engineering Kit/SEK).
• Request an Education Evaluation. Get free 60-day SOLIDWORKS trial software for your class and curriculum development. With over 31,000 education and research customers worldwide, SOLIDWORKS helps graduating engineers and designers succeed in their careers through innovation. Your trial will be fully functional, watermarked and for educational.

Solidworks Student Engineering Kit is available to HSSOE students at no cost. This is a full version of Solidworks. There is no cost to end-users. Details about features included in Solidworks SEK. Solidworks SEK is a full-version for student-owned. This means you can download, install and use it on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX platforms without any issues arising. SolveSpace Interesting things are happening in the world of CAD as multiple developers test the dominance of SolidWorks, Autodesk and Bentley Microstation with free and powerful alternatives to design. Students may download all Bentley Products from this link - Bentley Products. For all Windows users: Need to create an account but can download and use software under student license. For Mac Users: Setup virtual Box.

The College of Engineering has extended its SolidWorks license to include the download of the Student Edition for our students. Do note that this download is only for Windows-based operating systems. If you wish to use it on a Mac, you need to install Windows on a separate partition using 'Boot Camp' or run Windows in a 'virtual' environment. Google 'windows environment on a Mac' for more information.
If you are interested in obtaining this software for your own personal computer, please send an email to engrweb@vcu.edu with the following information:
Last Name:
First Name:
VCU Email address:
Major:
Student V#:

Be sure to include the word 'SolidWorks' in the subject line!

Download Solidworks 2016 For Mac

Once we process your request, you will receive a notification with instructions on downloading and installing SolidWorks. Due to our limited IT staff resources, it will be your responsibility to download the software and install it correctly on your machine. Normal turnaround on requests is within two business days.

Solidworks Free Download

If you have any questions, email engrweb@vcu.edu