student discount

[Anonymous]

I am a third year student at Kansas State University.
Is there a student discount for ArchiCAD?

[Anonymous]

You'll have to check with Graphisoft for the latest info, but last I heard the student version is $99US. The main limitation (AFAIK) is that the files are not interoperable with the Professional version.

[Djordje]

Matthew wrote:
I am a third year student at Kansas State University. Is there a student discount for ArchiCAD?

There is, but the details are available from the reseller in your area. All other information might be wrong.

[Eduardo Rolon]

Student Version limitations
1. not compatible with professional
2. cannot export to dwg (AutCAD) though it imports files
3. Prints a "educational version" band around the border of pages in AC and PM

Everything else works the same. Plugins (eg Sketch-up) work fine in AC Student, and if your School have a University licence you can bypass all of the above problems except that the file will not be compatible with AC Pro

Reason I know this is because I teach AC so I have to help my students with the program.

[Anonymous]

Matthew wrote:
I am a third year student at Kansas State University.
Is there a student discount for ArchiCAD?

When I looked into student pricing a couple of years ago, aside from the limitations others have already posted, the student version was time-limited by number of hours, if I recall correctly. In other words, you paid X amount and got a certain number of hours of permitted use. When the time is up, the program stops working unless you buy more time.

For my money, and dealing with the learning curve, and being a slow worker anyways, I didn't want to risk the program quitting right in the middle of a project, which with my luck, would have undoubtedly happened the night before something was due <g>. I also had hoped to start building a lot of custom library parts and didn't want that work to go out the window after I graduated. Thus, I bit the bullet and bought the commercial version from the start.

Poke around on the Graphisoft website and you'll find the information on whatever the current student pricing policies are.

Wendy

[Djordje]

Wendy wrote:
When I looked into student pricing a couple of years ago, aside from the limitations others have already posted, the student version was time-limited by number of hours, if I recall correctly.

No, that is Pay Per Use. It is a full ArchiCAD, only limited to 50 or 100 or 200 hours of EFFECTIVE work. I had a client who spent two 100 hours keys in a year, doing all the work in it!

Student was always different.