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Sarah, a first-year mechanical engineering student, stared at her laptop screen. Her professor had just dropped the syllabus bomb: "All CAD assignments must be submitted as native Fusion 360 files. The license is free for you. Figure it out by Friday."
Panic set in. She had downloaded Fusion 360, but every time she opened it, a menacing 15-day trial timer started counting down. Was she about to lose her project mid-semester?
She opened Fusion 360. In the top right corner, she clicked her > Manage License .
She learned that the key lives on the website. She opened her browser, searched for "Autodesk Education Hub," and clicked "Get Started."
Once upon a time in a freshman design lab...