Differences between Student and Commercial Editions relevant to my project?

- March 7, 2020 at 11:20 pm
  
  RamonFHerrera
  Subscriber
  
  The objective of my project is depicted in these videoclips:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLof8jFzqbDPK8OH2ix3yVUO2fm67yonGN
  
  The Freelancer expert in FEA and CFD that I hired recommends us to use either ANSYS Autodyn or ANSYS LS-Dyna. He has the commercial version.
  
  I just installed the student edition but I think that only one of those two mentioned applications is included.
  
  What are the relevant differences? Should I try to get the commercial version? I want to be able to replicate all his work.
  
  TIA,
  
  -Ramon F. Herrera
  JFK Numbers
- March 9, 2020 at 11:52 am
  
  Rob
  Forum Moderator
  
  The difference in the Student code is simply the cell count available; but not all of the Ansys products are available in the free version.
  
  If the work is commercial, you must use a commercial licence: please use the "contact us" button in ansys.com from a University/company email address.
  
  If you're at a University you may need to use a Research licence: your supervisor may know how to do this. If you don't have access ask them to contact us.