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Blender or 3DS Max? - Added poll
Filipe:
--- Quote from: Mr.Noßody on August 16, 2017, 02:17:10 AM ---Ive seen resumes turned away for Blender preference.
Baddy is right, versioning is an issue if you're trying to open native autodesk files with an older version of that program.
I think you'll be alright with Autodesk. As long as you export projects you want to save as an FBX you can open files across any version.
(At-least, I haven't had any issues from version 2015 to 2017)
Also, Ive had my student account for 6 years. It expired once about a year ago to which I simply re-signed up for the student version again. No issues.
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I see, I also saw that some people usually make new accounts to get new student licenses, is that what you did?
Mr.Noßody:
--- Quote from: Filipe on August 16, 2017, 10:43:45 AM ---I see, I also saw that some people usually make new accounts to get new student licenses, is that what you did?
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Yeah, you can do that. I think what happened on my end was I used two different college Emails to get the student license. It's been too long, I don't really remember. But I have heard of people making up college emails for it before.
Foopster:
otto-san:
--- Quote from: Badspot on August 15, 2017, 12:16:44 PM ---It's not worth it. At some point whenever autodesk decides, your license will expire. You may or may not be able to get a new license, and you won't be able to run the old version. You'll have to import all your stuff into the new version and there will be compatibility issues. If you ever need to actually buy a license it's like a billion dollars. If you're starting from nothing, don't get locked into an oppressive ecosystem.
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autodesk educational licenses last for 3 years. if you're still eligible after those three years, you can get another one (source)
and you get to select the version you want, at least from 2015 onwards iirc (source: i just downloaded maya for my college classes that use it)