CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
29 December 2009
Company News
solidThinking to Offer Free ‘sTudent’ Software at Macworld
solidThinking, Inc. (http://www.solidthinking.com) announced that it will provide a free personal-use version of its solidThinking 7.6 software – industrial design software available to run on both Mac OS and Windows – to industrial design, architecture and fine arts students who visit solidThinking’s booth 3320 at the Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 in San Francisco, January 5-9.
Those enrolled in certified programs at colleges and universities can obtain a certificate at the Macworld solidThinking booth. Valid proof of student status must be presented. The validated certificate can then be used to download the free solidThinking software and run it on the student’s personal computer. The personal-use “sTudent” version of solidThinking is the same software used around the world by designers to create and evaluate designs of products ranging from jewelry and computers to automobiles and yachts.
“Industrial designers globally are adopting solidThinking as their tool of choice, and today’s design students should have the opportunity to use, understand and become fluent in the best available software to expand their creative abilities,” said solidThinking Vice President of Product Strategy and Marketing Alessandro (Alex) Mazzardo. “By making solidThinking available to students for convenient use on their own computers, we anticipate these students will become even more attractive to employers upon graduation by giving them more time to improve their creativity and develop a portfolio of their creative work.”
The free annual licenses will enable students to use the software throughout each academic year. After that period, they will have the opportunity to either renew the annual license if they are still in school, or apply for a 60-day “post-graduate” version to use at their new place of employment. The offer is available to full-time students at approved institutions. Those who download the free “sTudent” version also will receive a free electronic manual to help them get started using solidThinking as a source of new inspiration for their creative options.
At the Macworld Conference & Expo 2009, solidThinking will show off its recently launched software solidThinking 7.6 and highlight how leading designers are “doing it with a Mac” by using solidThinking to design exciting new products.
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