What AutoCad to buy for a student byt to create 3D and make animations?

Hello,
For a student who seeks to know which Autocad software to buy. It
studies at the school the AutoCad software. I saw on Internet that there is
several kind of AutoCad. One wonders which it must buy oneself so that Ca
coute not too expensive. There is licence for students. The problem is that
one does not know too the difference between AutoCad. It would like AutoCad
which makes 3d and animation of the objects 3d. Which software is preferable
to carry out this? 3d and to animate the objects. But not expensive and for
student. Legally.
Thank you.
Raymond

 

Hard to cover this topic in two paragraphs, but -----

You could get the educational version of AutoCAD. Not sure of the cost.
*BUT* if you even *think* you might draw something that you might want
to use again in the future - this is NOT the route to go - anything done
in the edu version includes an plot stamp saying so - and it gets
carried over to any other AutoCAD version - like a virus.

You might also look into IntelliCAD - there are several versions out
there - maybe in the $100 - $500 range - which are very much like
AutoCAD, so you could learn on Icad and then move up to ACAD later.
Drawings made with Icad are compatible with AutoCAD and vice-versa. Of
course there is TurboCAD, FelixCAD, and many other programs similar to
AutoCAD for much less than AutoCAD.

Animations is another story for someone else.

 

3D is best reserved for Viz or 3DS Max, I'm not sure if Acurender does 3D
animation but I assume it must do some general walk through's. All of these
are pretty much out of the range of a normal student. In all honesty you
are better off downloading the better software now and learning it, and by
the time you are out of school the software will be out of date and you can
purchase a legal version. If you aren't making money off the software then
I don't see why you can't learn on it.

Good Luck
Chris

 

All suggestions so far heading in the wrong direction, IMHO. Trying to
learn 3D in AutoCAD is like trying to use a unicycle for a cross-country
tour. Certainly IntelliCAD is a good choice if you're only going to
learn 2D drafting . . . the commands are essentially identical, and so
is the file structure. But FORGET 3D with AutoCAD (or any AutoCAD clone
on the market). It MAY be that AutoDe$k has a student version of
Inventor (3D solids) that includes regular 2D AutoCAD, and which is
affordable. But I rather doubt it. SolidWorks DOES have a student
version and SolidWorks 2005 INCLUDES a drawing program licensed from the
IntelliCAD people. You've got 2D and very powerful 3D . . . much more
useful and likely to be actually used in industry than is 3D AutoCAD.

Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton
Watermark Design, LLC
www.h2omarkdesign.com

 

AutoCAD solids aren't the best, but if Rhino3D has a lot of similarities
in the interface and object creation methods as Autocad, it's also much
cheaper and excellent for part creation. They sell a decent renderer
too, but you can just as easily export to a raytracer like POV-Ray or
Yafray. Good price, excellent modeling.

http://www.rhino3d.com/

 

BTW, I've been told that the Student Edition of SolidWorks is only $99.

 

Yes, I have been taking the same kind of class and for 3D we use
Solidworks. It's a good program.