Hi Mark,
As James mentions, it would be helpful to have the feature set of each license. Previously, local FIRST, FRC teams had access to what I believe is now the "Academic Edition". I've seen them use everything from Manikin, ISDX to manufacturing. Since I currently am unable to install Creo 3, I'm unable to determine if the Schools Edition includes enough manufacturing capability to create G-Code to route a 2.5D part.
Also, I understood that Unite technology is not available in corporate Creo 3 until release M030. Will the current student version of Creo 3 be able to open a Solidworks file without converting it to a new file type?
Thanks,
Josh