What package of SolidWorks 2012 I should buy?

I am planning to buy SW, i dont do analysis, sometimes i use step/iges files, which version should i buy. I thought of SW professional..

2 Answers

A very simple tutorial here:
http://solidcookup.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-solidworks-tutorial-cup.html

Very fantastic tutorials here:
http://www.solidworkslessons.info/
here you can learn how to model a 3d camaro, pc fan and some speakers.

I think you could go with the standard version, I do know that the student version is limited with file extensions (like STL is missing).

and check this:
http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/mechanical-design-software-matrix.htm