where can i get it from and how much does it cost?

cheers

if you are of the naughty persuasion, 'i've heard' you could download it off bearshare or possibly piratebay.

If you purchase a proper license from a proper vendor, quite a lot. IF you ask the right people, and buy them a beer or two to cover the cost of a couple of cds, not very much at all

Cheers
Andy

its about 5 grand. Plus yearly maintenance costs.

Or, as said above, naughty people can download copies. But (upto SW2006) you need a dongle, so you need either a cracked version, or a dongle emulator. ie, you can't just burn a copy and use it.

if i was going to download it which i wont because its not allowed what do i need to search for?

A little bird told me go on www.isohunt.com and type in solidworks. thats if you use torrent