A free version of CA Gen 8.6 is available on the CA Gen EDGE community. There are certain limitations in using of the free version of the software. Here is how the CA Technologies comments decision allowing free download of the product:
The free version of Gen is being published to allow new users to try out Gen w/o incurring any cost, for use in training, for proof-of-concept opportunities and for long time users who are using earlier releases of Gen to check out the latest and greatest version of the product.
Note that the free version may only be used to create new models and will not work with existing models. Also note that the installation of the free version does not allow models to be exchanged with an encyclopedia.
This is a very interesting product to learn. There are many ways to extend functionality of the product and use it to generate powerful software applications. A huge part of the JGen Notes will be devoted to discuss various possibilities offered by the free version of the CA Gen.
Please visit CA Gen EDGE community to learn more. You will need to join community before you can benefit from the free version of the software.