Getting Familiar with CAD Software

DreamSchlDropout
Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:59:08 +0000

Actually, AutoCAD has a free student version that is licensed for 3 years. [Autodesk Education Community - Free Software for Students](http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=14185424) The caveat is that it watermarks all printouts/plots/PDFs so you can’t use it for commercial work. But that should not be an issue for Jr if he just needs to learn the ropes.

The paid student edition you were probably looking at instead is for students who want to remove the watermarking. That has a “perpetual” license, but is also not supposed to be used for commercial work.