Yes you read that right, all of the flagship products for free. No features or capabilities are turned off. It is the exact same software as the commercial product, but the size of problems that you can solve is limited. It runs on MS Windows. Perfect for students.
PADT is excited about this because it gives students access to the ability to learn FEA and CFD simulation with the world’s most popular and capable simulation tool, without running in to brick walls. Want to do a flat plate with a hole in it? No Problem. Want to model fluid-solid-interaction on a flexible membrane valve? No Problem. Want to model explosive forming? No Problem. Want to model combustion with complex turbulence? No problem.
All in the same interface as students will use when they enter the work force or do research at University.
This is great news and we can’t wait to see what schools and students do with this access.
How to Get It – The New Academic Web Pages
The previous Student Portal is being replaced with an Academic Web area on the ansys.com site: ansys.com/academic.
Go to the ANSYS Student site to learn more about ANSYS Student and how to download your copy. These same pages will have resources to help you learn and understand the product.
The “Pictures”
Let me state categorically that PADT was not consulted on the image that ANSYS, Inc. used for the “student” user that was so happy to find out that there is now a free version of the ANSYS software suite. Here is their picture:
Just kidding. We were happy to see this product come out and thought the picture was hilarious. In all seriousness, we will also plug the recent #ilooklikeanengineer twitter hash tag , highlighting the diversity of female engineers. that was awesome and we would love to see more chances for engineers to show their true selves.
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