As a student (or faculty) at UMass, you have access to a variety of software. Some of that is as part of a site license (typically on campus computers), as free student licenses (that you can install on your own computers), or as reduced-cost licenses. See the following list for details:
UMass Site Licenses / Computer Classrooms / Virtual Desktop
UMass Computer Classroomshave a lot of software installed on every machine. You can find the list of programs here. In addition, students and faculty have access to a large list of free or discounted software, including operating systems.
Amherst College's current Microsoft Campus License Agreement allows Amherst faculty, and students to subscribe free of charge to the Office 365 service. As part of this service you are able to download and install up to five instances of Microsoft Office 2016 on your personally owned devices, including versions for Windows, Macs, iOS devices. Amherst Recognizing the exaggeration ways to get this book Principles of Management, MGT 301: University of Massachusetts-Amherst is additionally useful. You have remained in right site to start getting this info. Acquire the Principles of Management, MGT 301: University of Massachusetts-Amherst join that we pay for here and check out the link. Download Amherst Docs for free. Amherst Docs Project. Downloads: 0 This Week. Business Software Open Source Software Information Technology Programming Hardware. Lemur Project Downloads - June 2020. The Lemur Project (an NSF-funded collaboration with CMU and the CIIR) develops search engines, browser toolbars, text analysis tools, and data resources that support research and development of information retrieval and text mining software. NMRPipe This is a nice software that is an outgrowth of dedicated effort by Frank Delaglio of NIH (part of his graduate work) and what more it is free! Nevertheless, this runs only on a Unix.
You can also access a virtual version of the lab computers at the Windows Virtual Desktop site; not all software is available on those computers, however.
Contact IT if you have any questions about these.
Individual Software (Listed by Name)
A360
- Platform: Online service, integrated into Autodesk products (AutoCAD, Revit)
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235, UMass Computer Classrooms
- Get it: Students can get free 3-year individual licenses for their computer from: www.autodesk.com/education
AutoCAD
- Platform: Windows / Mac
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235, UMass Computer Classrooms, WVD
- Get it: Students can get free individual licenses for their computer from: autodesk.com/education
Bluebeam
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- Get it: Students can get a free license by sending us a request through our contact form (select “Software inquiry”).
DesignBuilder
- Platform: Windows
- Get it: Students can download a free demo version or purchase an educational version at a 90% discount here.
eQUEST
- Platform: Windows
- Get it: Free copies of this software can be downloaded here.
FME Desktop
- Platform: Windows / Mac / Linux
- Get it: Student licenses (free) are available here. There is also support material and videos.
Impact Estimator for Buildings
- Platform: Windows / Online
- Get it: Free licenses can be installed after registering on Athena’s website
Lumion
- Platform: Windows’
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- Get it: Students can get a free version here.
Makerbot Print
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- Get it: You can download it for free here.
MS Project
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- Get it: Individual licenses are available for free to students/faculty as part of the Microsoft Azure program (BCT is a STEM program)
Navisworks
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- Get it: Students can get free 3-year individual licenses for their computer from: www.autodesk.com/education
Primavera P6
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- Get it: Students/faculty can install on their own machines after signing up with Oracle Academy (download here).
Urbackup Server
Procore
- Platform: Online service
- Get it: Users need a Procore account. Students can get a free license by sending us a request through our contact form (select “Software inquiry”).
- You can get Procore certified. See links on this page.
Realworks
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- More information: Trimble Technology Lab
Revit
- Platform: Windows only
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235, UMass Computer Classrooms, WVD
- Get it: Students can get free individual licenses for their computer from: autodesk.com/education
Sefaira for SketchUp / Revit
- Platform: Online service, Windows / Mac plugins
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- Get it: Users need a Trimble account. Students can get a free license by sending us a request through our contact form (select “Software inquiry”).
- More information: Trimble Technology Lab
SketchUp Pro / Studio
- Platform: Windows / Mac / Online service
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235 (SketchUp Pro), UMass Computer Classrooms (SketchUp online), WVD (SketchUp online)
- Get it (online version): You can either use the free version or the studio version (requires license) here: app.sketchup.com/app
- Get it (downloaded for Win/Mac): Download the latest version here.
- More information: Trimble Technology Lab
Tekla TEDDS
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260
- More information: Trimble Technology Lab
Trimble Connect
- Platform: Online service
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235, integrated into Trimble products (e.g. SketchUp)
- Get it: Anyone can get a free account here (register with your UMass email).
- More information: Trimble Technology Lab
Vico Office Suite
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- More information: Trimble Technology Lab
Trimble Business Center
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- More information: Trimble Technology Lab
VisualAnalysis
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260 / 235
- Get it: Students can get a free individual version from: www.edu.iesweb.com
Download Urbackup Client
WinEst
- Platform: Windows
- Installed in: Design Building 260
- More information: Trimble Technology Lab
Getting Started
Digital Media Lab Operations Change Due to COVID-19
The Digital Media Lab has modified its offerings due to COVID-19. You can find information about these specific changes on the services pages. Please contact DML staff with any questions, dml@library.umass.edu.
3D Print Service Availability Fall 2020
We will provide consultations and 3D printing production for our campus population for personal, academic, or professional production.
We will not produce prints for public patrons at this time. We are available for consultations related to learning about 3D printing technology, related software (3D modeling, model evaluation, etc), and more.
Download It
3D model repositories, such as MakerBot's thingiverse.com, host 3D print files for download that patrons can print and/or edit. 3D print results, when using a free-to-use file, are not guaranteed.
Scan It
Scanning with lasers or using a camera allow to create 3D models of objects or people. Patrons can use our MakerBot Digitizers, Sense hand-held scanner, or a camera/smart phone. Scan times can run from a few minutes to 12 min.
Sense hand-held scanner
- Availability: 1 Day Loan
- Scan Area: 9x9x9 ft
- Resolution: 0.9 mm
- Software: Free-to-download
Create It
3D prints can be created from any modeling software that exports files as .stl or .obj. Be aware that not all 3D software create models that are suitable for 3D printing. All models will be evaluated by our staff to make sure your file is printable. If a file is not considered printable by our staff, then we will inform patrons that they will need to edit their file before printing can begin.
Software
We recommend Solid Modeling or CAD (Computer Aided Design) 3D modeling software. This software is intended to create models that will eventually exist in the real world and help avoid modeling issues concerning 3D printing. It is possible to use Mesh modeling software for 3D printing, but it may prove problematic unless modelers have an understanding of 3D printing best practices. If you are unsure about best practices for 3D modeling for 3D printing, please see one of our consultants.
Solid Modeling
- TinkerCAD (Recommended, entry level, interactive tutorials, web-based app, Free-to-Use)
- Fusion 360 (Free-to-Use for students and faculty)
- Solidworks (Windows Only)
Mesh Modeling
Patrons can use non-CAD software but should research or ask our 3D print staff for best practices when creating 3D models for 3D printing to avoid delays in producing a print project.
- SketchUp Make (Free-to-Use, Recommend to install 3d printing extensions)
- Autodesk Maya (Free-to-Use for students and faculty)
- Blender (Open source, so its free for everyone)
- Autodesk MudBox (Free-to-Use for students and faculty)
- Scultpris (Free-to-Use)
- ZBrush
Digital Media Lab
Contact Us
Email:dml@library.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-6258
Digital Media Lab
W.E.B. Du Bois Library, 3rd Floor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
154 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003