You probably already know this, but EAA does still get a discount for the maker license of Solidworks. $50/year. I'm actually designing a mold for some generative art with it right now :)
Not quite, unfortunately. EAA now gives a discount for "3DEXPERIENCE Solidworks", not Solidworks proper.
I'm not too torn up about it though. I really didn't like Solidworks (as you probably saw in my other posts) and losing the $50/year license for it led me to Siemens Solid Edge, which I'm substantially more productive in. For me the only downside to the free edition of Solid Edge is that it doesn't come with the fastener / standard part library that you get with the commercial license. But hey, guess what, 3DEXPERIENCE Solidworks has the exact same problem! No Solidworks toolbox (when I used it, their version of the standard parts library). Hilarious that that's their offer for the EAA though, you'd think something for designing aircraft parts would at least come with standardized rivets you could use in your assembly!
