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A few thoughts culled from the internet on the compatibility of Pro/Engineer Wildfire 2.0 with the Educational Editions

You can't open the pro/e educational version models with the commercial pro/e directly. You need educational version module. But, you can open the model if the educational version models are in IGES format.

Try saving in the IGES format.

It seems to be more

OPENCASCADE is a decent open source alternative if you don't want to use Pro/E but if you save using the IGES format, that's kind of academic isn't it?

http://www.mcadcentral.com/proe/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21662&PN=27

People should understand about the Student Edition and its limitations.

The following is verbatim from the Pro/E 2000i^2 Student Edition Installation Guide (Journey Publishing document #699662773157):

-Pro/Engineer 2000i^2 Student Edition does not have access to floating point options.

-Plotted deliverables generated using Pro/Engineer 2000i^2 Student Edition will display a plot banner along the four page borders indicating that the object being printed was created with an educational version of Pro/Engineer. This banner will be present on Pro/Engineer plotted deliverables including drawings.

-Pro/Engineer 2000i^2 Student Edition will not read or write trail files.

-CDROM in Drive: Pro/Engineer 2000i^2 Student Edition will only run when a user has the application CDROM in the local Drive. The Student Edition CD must remain in the local drive during the users entire session.

-Pro/Engineer 2000i^2 Student Edition is compatible with -Pro/Engineer 2000i^2 Education Edition found in your labs. To transfer files to the commercial version of Pro/Engineer, you must use a neutral file format.

Talk about IGES data compatibility had me excited until I realized that I had the STUDENT version, not the EDUCTION version.

http://www.ptc.com/products/proe/studentedFAQ1.htm

What are the differences between the Commercial version and the Student Edition of Pro/ENGINEER?
The Pro/ENGINEER Student Edition includes features that make it uniquely suited for personal, educational use. These restrictions do not inhibit personal, educational use of the software.

The differences from the commercial software are:

• Pro/ENGINEER Student Edition does not have access to floating options
• Plotted deliverables generated with Pro/ENGINEER Student Edition display a plot banner along the four page borders indicating that the object being printed was created with an educational version of Pro/ENGINEER. This banner will be present on Pro/ENGINEER plotted deliverables including drawings.
• The Pro/ENGINEER Student Edition does not read or write trail files.
• The Pro/ENGINEER Student Edition will only run when a user has the application CD-ROM in the local drive. The Student Edition CD must remain in the local drive during the user's entire session.
• Pro/ENGINEER Student Edition is compatible with Pro/ENGINEER Educational Edition found in College and University labs.

(*Provided that the Student Edition and Education Edition are both the same Pro/ENGINEER release)