Proposal

Narrative

- This TechFee request is for software package called Solidworks, a 3D CAD Modeling tool. This software is currently in use by multiple disciplines on campus, including Engineering, Biology, Art, and also FAU High students. The Campus license will support 500 users. - The College of Engineering course “Engineering Graphics”, teaches students to use this software, which supports an average of 80 students per semester. The Formula Race Car team (a multi-disciplinary team) uses the software heavily to design and custom manufacture components for their car. Students in School of the Arts also use Solidworks to design their projects. - We will setup a secure web page, with FAU account authentication, which allow students to view information needed to access the software, or download and install to their own systems.

Facilities

- No facilities upgrades will be required

Hardware Requirements

- No additional hardware cost

Software Requirements

- The software is the only component of the proposal, and the cost is $11,950. The license will be valid for 3 years, includes tech support and version upgrades. Purchasing a 3 year license grants us a $6500 discount

Personnel Costs

- There is no additional personnel cost as the implementation for this software license will occur as part of the regular duties of College of Engineering and Computer Science staff

Other Costs

None

Timeline

- As soon as the funds become available we will place the order and start the implementation

Sustainability

- The software licenses are valid for 3 years, and we will re-apply for funds as necessary, in 2020

Resource Matching

none

Implementing Organization

- The Technical Services Group of the College of Engineering and Computer Science will be implementing the software license as part of their regular duties at no additional cost. Individual departments must rely on their own IT staff for installing the client software