Autodesk Construction Cloud for education

Transform how you teach with powerful, easy-to-use cloud collaboration tools.

 

Free for education. Available on PC, Mac, and Chromebook.

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What is Autodesk Construction Cloud for education?

Autodesk Construction Cloud provides the tools to seamlessly connect teams, data, and workflows throughout every phase of a building project’s lifecycle – from initial design and planning through construction and operations – all with an intuitive, user-friendly interface. Some of the key Autodesk Construction Cloud benefits for educators include:

  • Explore Autodesk Build, Takeoff, BIM Collaborate and Docs. Powerfully intuitive tools to securely collaborate on construction projects from a single login.

  • Single source of truth for teaching and learning. Make it easy to ensure plans and workflows are accurate and accessible in a common data environment.

  • Empower students to resolve issues in real-time using the most up-to-date data, turning construction insights into actionable information for more accurate student team projects. 

  • Work in 2D or 3D to help your students get immersed from design to build. Effortlessly transition between 2D and 3D views without data loss for estimating quantification and model coordination. 

  • Review and manage student assignments. Autodesk Construction Cloud lets you easily view plans and models, add markups, and provide your feedback.

Autodesk Construction Cloud is free for eligible educators and students. Available on Mac, PC, and Chromebook.

Autodesk Construction Cloud for education products

Easy to learn construction, estimating, model coordination and data management software.

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Build

Comprehensive construction management software solution that integrates into courses focusing on scheduling, project management, and field tracking tools to improve student collaboration.

 

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Takeoff

Empowers students to easily generate automated 2D and 3D estimating quantification from a single comprehensive platform, improving collaboration and transparency.

 

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BIM Collaborate

Connects educators and student teams by managing the complete design collaboration and coordination workflow, design reviews, automating model coordination, and improving design quality and constructability.

 

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Docs

Centralized document management solution that acts as a single source of truth connecting educators and students across the project lifecycle.

 

Autodesk Construction Cloud curriculum

Explore our Educator Learning Resources designed to help you seamlessly integrate Autodesk Construction Cloud into your classroom. Crafted collaboratively with respected academia, industry, and Autodesk experts, this curriculum prepares students for the job market of today and the future.

  • Getting started support for educators.
  • Quick start guides for educators and students.
  • Datasets in imperial and metric units.
  • Streamline lesson planning with ready-made modules, exercises, and assessments.
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Learn Autodesk Construction Cloud for your classroom. This four-part webinar series is designed to support educators teaching ACC.


Setting up for Success with ACC: From the classroom to the field
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Thursday, October 24
Estimating within the Design: Autodesk Takeoff for quantification

Thursday, November 21
Getting Construction Ready: Autodesk BIM Collaborate for 3D model coordination

Tuesday, December 10
Reshaping Construction: Autodesk Build for field management

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FAQs on Autodesk Construction Cloud for education

I’m an educator or IT administrator, how do I get a subscription to Autodesk Construction Cloud?

Eligible educators and IT administrators can get an Autodesk Construction Cloud education subscription by visiting Autodesk Education Community and selecting Autodesk Construction Cloud. You’ll have to confirm your education eligibility if you haven’t already.

 

Educational institutions have access to Autodesk Construction Cloud via two subscription options:

  • The educator classroom subscription offers free access to 250 named user seats for one (1) year.

  • The institution subscription includes 3,000 free named user seats for three (3) years.

Educational access is renewable as long as you are eligible.

I’m a student and I need access to Autodesk Construction Cloud for my coursework, what do I do?

To get access to Autodesk Construction Cloud for your coursework, you will need to be invited by your educator or IT administrator.

I’m an educator/IT administrator, how do I help students get access to Autodesk Construction Cloud?

Educators/IT administrators need to set up their Autodesk Construction Cloud account, invite students as members, create a project and assign students to the project with the required product subscriptions. Once you’ve completed these steps, students will receive an email invitation to create their own Autodesk account if they do not have one already. From there, students will be able to sign-in and use Autodesk Construction Cloud.

Can I use Autodesk Construction Cloud for professional projects?

Software and cloud-based services subject to an Educational license or subscription may be used by eligible users solely for Educational Purposes and shall not be used for commercial, professional or any other for-profit purposes.

Does Autodesk charge a fee for Autodesk Construction Cloud for Education?

Autodesk Construction Cloud is available to eligible education users for free educational use through the Autodesk Education Plan.

Where can I find ready-to-use Autodesk Construction Cloud learning resources?

Access classroom-ready assets and Autodesk Construction Cloud curriculum along with on-demand, self-paced courses.  Step-by-steps instructions can be also accessed by clicking the “Get Started” tab, viewable on each of the course module pages.

Are there any additional resources available that I can integrate into classroom curriculum?

Yes, additional teaching and learning resources by industry and academic courses are available through the Autodesk Educator learning resources.

What’s included in the Autodesk Construction Cloud education subscription?

The Autodesk Construction Cloud education subscription includes: 

  • Autodesk Build
  • Autodesk Takeoff
  • Autodesk Docs
  • Autodesk AutoSpecs
  • Autodesk BIM Collaborate (ABC)
    • Design Collaboration
    • Model Coordination

 

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Legal terms and conditions

Free Autodesk software and/or cloud-based services are subject to acceptance of and compliance with the terms and conditions of the terms of use and/or other terms that accompany such software or cloud-based services. Software and cloud-based services subject to an Educational license or subscription may be used by eligible users solely for Educational Purposes and shall not be used for commercial, professional or any other for-profit purposes.