Contents
System Check Warnings............................................................................................................138
Hole Wizard/Toolbox Options.....................................................................................................140
Notes About Configuring SOLIDWORKS Toolbox................................................................142
UNC Format..........................................................................................................................144
Uninstall Products.......................................................................................................................144
11 SOLIDWORKS Product Activation Help..........................................................146
Activate/Deactivate Your SOLIDWORKS Product.....................................................................146
Manual Activation.......................................................................................................................148
SOLIDWORKS Product Activation Results................................................................................148
SolidNetWork Licensing and SOLIDWORKS Product Activation...............................................149
SolidNetWork License Server Information.................................................................................150
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SOLIDWORKS Installation and Administration
This chapter includes the following topics:
• Individual Installation or Administrative Image
• Check System and Software Requirements
• Download Installation Media from the Customer Portal
• Installing 3DEXPERIENCE Apps
This guide describes installation, licensing, upgrading, and administration of SOLIDWORKS
products for both individual installations and multiple installations.
Individual Installations Deploying Multiple Installations
Installation Installation
Installation on one or a few computers. Creation of an administrative image that is
deployed to a number of client computers.
Licensing Licensing
Machine activation or network licensing. Machine activation or network licensing.
Upgrades Upgrades
Moving individual computers to a new release. Moving multiple computers to a new release
by updating the administrative image used to
install on those computers.
Administration Administration
Modifying, repairing, and removing Upgrading administrative images and clients,
installations, upgrading to new releases. and network licensing administration.
SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager enables you to configure settings for SOLIDWORKS product
components, including SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS Toolbox, PhotoView 360, SOLIDWORKS
Electrical, SOLIDWORKS Manage, SOLIDWORKS PDM, SOLIDWORKS PCB, SOLIDWORKS
Visualize, and SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager.
SolidNetWork License Manager supports multiple license clients by distributing licenses to
clients on the network. This allows the number of users to exceed the number of licenses by
using floating licenses.