ALLPLAN and FRILO Student Version — The Complete Guide: Free BIM and Member Design for Study
ALLPLAN and FRILO for students is a free package for school pupils and students. It includes the full ALLPLAN — BIM modelling for architecture and civil engineering, including reinforcement detailing and working drawings — and FRILO for calculating and designing structural members such as beams, columns and foundations.
ALLPLAN & FRILO Student Version
ALLPLAN (Nemetschek Group)
Free student version of ALLPLAN for BIM in civil engineering and architecture, bundled with FRILO for structural member design.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- The full ALLPLAN — BIM modelling for architecture and civil engineering.
- Reinforcement detailing — rebar design and working drawings.
- FRILO — design of beams, columns, foundations and other members.
- BIMPLUS — a platform for sharing models.
- ALLPLAN Share — collaborative work on the same model.
Who may use it, and what is not allowed
The version is free for school pupils and students only, and for non-commercial purposes only. To download it you need to register on ALLPLAN Campus. Any commercial use — a paid project, office work or a side job — requires a paid licence.
Related tools
For open-source BIM design for any purpose — Bonsai. For an educational licence of another BIM program — Archicad. For structural analysis and design for students — Dlubal.
Bonsai (BlenderBIM)
IfcOpenShell
Native IFC editing inside Blender — open-source BIM.
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Archicad Education Licence
Graphisoft
Free education licence for Archicad — full BIM authoring for architecture, with teamwork and IFC model exchange.
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Dlubal RFEM / RSTAB Student Licence
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Free student licence for RFEM and RSTAB — 3D finite element analysis and Eurocode design of steel, concrete, timber and glass.
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SCIA (Nemetschek Group)
Free licence for students and professors for SCIA Engineer — finite element analysis and Eurocode design of steel, concrete and timber structures.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
For a civil engineering student it is an excellent way to learn professional BIM design together with member design. Just remember that it is a tool for study, not for paid work.