
Select Next to continue and SOLIDWORKS will connect to the online installation server and determine which products you have purchased based on the entered serial number.With the Install on this computer selected pick Next.Begin the SOLIDWORKS installation by double-clicking on Setup.exe in the download folder.Installing the program from a network drive can make the process longer. IMPORTANT: In general we recommend that you run the installation from locally downloaded installation files. Read our related article for more information. The Domain Administrator account may not provide enough permissions on the local machine. This will ensure that you have full permissions on the entire machine. When installing SOLIDWORKS, log in as the Local Administrator on the computer. SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager prompts you for the SolidNetWork license manager computer name and port number to connect the client to the license manager. If you specify a SolidNetWork License serial number when installing, SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager identifies that computer as a SolidNetWork license client. The next step is to install SOLIDWORKS on client machines that will connect to the Server where the SolidNetWork License Manager has been installed. SolidNetWork License Activated Clients – Installing SOLIDWORKS Select Install Server Components and Install SolidNetWork License Manager then click Next.Locate the SOLIDWORKS Installation file set that you just downloaded and run Setup.exe.NOTE: The License Manager must be installed on a machine connected to the same network as all client machines. Server – Installing SolidNetWork License Managerīefore client machines can launch SOLIDWORKS, the SolidNetWork License Manager must be installed and activated to provide licenses. The License Manager can provide licenses for prior releases. The minor release (service pack) doesn’t apply. IMPORTANT: The SolidNetWork License Manager must be the same major release (year) or newer than all SOLIDWORKS clients. This will download the required files for the installation (rather than Download and Share). Then run the Installation Manager on the server to only install the License Manager. The installation files for the SolidNetWork License Manager are included with the overall SOLIDWORKS download files the you obtained in the previous steps.įor a smaller download of only the License Manager files, use the Installation Manager obtained from the Customer Portal. This is a small application that runs a service in the background. The SolidNetWork License Manager hosts the SOLIDWORKS network licenses on a server to provide to client machines. SOLIDWORKS Download Complete SolidNetWork License Manager
