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Ravi Solanki
Application Engineer
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]]>Step 1: Deactivate the license
Load up the Solid Network License Manager on the Server machine that is hosting your licensees.
It’s important to return all the borrowed licenses (if any) to the server from the user machines using
the SolidNetwork License Manager Client application.
From the ‘Server Administration’ tab, select “Stop” (before doing that you must make sure no one is using the license).
Deactivate the license:
- On the server, launch the SNL Manager of the previous version. (Start -> All Programs -> SOLIDWORKS -> SOLIDWORKS Tools -> SolidNetwork License Manager Server
- Select the Server Administration tab and click Modify.
- Choose the option to Move your product license(s) to a new/upgraded computer and click Next.
- Choose the option to transfer the license Automatically over the Internet, > click Next.
You will be advised of the successful license transfer and then click Finish.
Once you have full access to your Server Machine on the second machine, you can then navigate to
Windows Control Panel -> Programs and Features -> SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager.
Step 2) Add the SolidNetWork Serial Number(s)
Launch SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager Setup and hit the Next button.
Note: If you have SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager installed and need to change the serial,
then you can modify install and add the serial number.
Navigate to Control panel > SolidNetWork License Manager > Right click > change and follow Step 2.
This will take you to the Program Maintenance step, where you can modify, repair, or remove the program.
Since we are adding a new serial number, make sure “Modify” is selected and go “Next”.
This will take you to the License Information screen where you can enter your new serial number(s).
Multiple serial numbers can be entered by separating them with a comma. Hit “Next” once you’ve entered your number(s).
Click Next and select Install.
The last step is to Activate/Reactivate your licenses on the SNL
Activating/Reactivating the SolidNetwork License Manager Server is the last vital step you need to do to use licenses.
Navigate to Windows -> SOLIDWORKS Tools {year} -> SolidNetWork License Manager Server.
This will launch the SNL Manager Server where you will have access to the “Server Administration” tab.
Select “Modify” under License Information to start the process.
This will take you to the product activation screen. Choose the option to “Activate/Reactivate your
product license” and click “Next”.
This will take you to the SolidNetWork License Server Information Screen. Select ‘Next’ to continue
using the same firewall ports and options file settings as you had before to proceed.
When you get to the “Activate/Deactivate Your SOLIDWORKS Product” window, click on the “Select All” button and click “Next”.
NOTE: You should verify that all the network serial numbers you previously entered are listed on the serial
numbers window and reactivate them all. This is extremely important if your serial number includes products
such as Visualize and CAM that are subscription based. After you renew your subscription, please ensure you
perform this step so that the products reflect the correct Entitlement End Date, and your users can continue
using these products seamlessly.
You should see the Activation/Reactivation Succeeded page after a few seconds. This means your additional
SNL serial numbers are now activated, and you should have access to the newly added assets.
If you do not receive this message or receive an error, please contact your VAR. Click “Finish” to complete the process.
Ravi Solanki
Application Engineer
At Central Innovation, we can provide all – or part – of the solution. Including SOLIDWORKS, ARCHICAD, and many more industry-leading tools.
It’s something we’ve been doing for almost 30 years. Our commitment to customer service is second to none: we help you get the best out of your technology.
For a truly unique solution to your unique challenges, please contact us. Or read about some of the great services and
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Options for lightweight and resolved modes are hidden as the components load as resolved. Lightweight states do not appear in the FeatureManager® design tree.
You can manually manage when to resolve lightweight components by selecting Manually manage resolved and lightweight modes.
Automatically load components lightweight is renamed to Load component lightweight.
To automatically optimize resolved mode:
- Click Tools>Options>System Options>Performance.
- Under Assembly loading, select Automatically optimize resolved mode, and hide lightweight mode.
Tauseef Ahmed
Applications Engineer Central Innovation
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Have you ever had an entity on your drawing that you can not change the colour of? Or have you ever added an entity to the drawing and it is an unexpected colour and you can seem to change it to the desired colour? Then read on.
There are several places you can change the colour of entities and there is a hierarchy which controls which colour is used.
Most of us are familiar with the first 2 but often users are not aware of the third.
1. System options
Access: Tools-> options-> System Options tab-> Colors section
2. Layers.
Layers will override system options colours
Access: View-> Toolbars-> Turn on the layer toolbar.
The toolbar indicates which layer is activated so any new entity added will be in this colour.
Click layer properties for the list of layers and their colours.
3. Line format.
This overrides both System Options Colours and Layer Colours.
This is the one that sometimes eludes users
Access: View-> Toolbars-> Line Format toolbar-> Line Color
You can change the colour of any entity by selecting it and then selecting the colour here.
If you select a colour without any entity selected then new entities created will be in this colour
If you tick default it will use the layer colour or colour in the system options
Also on the Line format toolbar, you will find the Color display mode. This will switch between the line format colours/layer colours and the system option colours.
Bianca Roberts
Applications Engineer
Central Innovation, Melbourne
At Central Innovation, we can provide all – or part – of the solution. Including SOLIDWORKS, ARCHICAD, and many more industry-leading tools.
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]]>If you open a STEP file that has multiple parts, you have undoubtedly experienced this problem. Follow these easy steps after you’ve opened the collection:
- In SolidWorks, click on the background and choose “Advanced Select.”
- Select “Category = Document name — SolidWorks Special” and “Condition = contains” and “Value = sldprt”.
Click on “Apply”
- Close “Advanced Selection” using the cross in the upper right corner
- Right-click again on the background and select Material as well as the material you want.
- SolidWorks takes some time to apply the material to all your parts if you have a lot of them.
- The chosen material has now been applied to all parts.
Tauseef Ahmed
Applications Engineer Central Innovation
At Central Innovation, we can provide all – or part – of the solution. Including SOLIDWORKS, ARCHICAD, and many more industry-leading tools.
It’s something we’ve been doing for almost 30 years. Our commitment to customer service is second to none: we help you get the best out of your technology.
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]]>#TASKv2.3 allows you to manage your SOLIDWORKS standalone license. You can configure #TASK to automatically deactivate/transfer your SOLIDWORKS license when you exit SOLIDWORKS.
For example, you can deactivate your license on your office workstation and activate it on another machine when working from home.
To use this functionality you must:
- Enter your SOLIDWORKS path into the installation path textbox, E.g. “C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS”. in the #TASK License settings
- If you have multiple SOLIDWORKS versions installed, please use the installation path of the latest
SOLIDWORKSversion. Higher version licensing takes precedence over the lower version. - Enter an email address associated with your SOLIDWORKS license.
You can configure #TASK to automatically deactivate/transfer your SOLIDWORKS license when you shut down SOLIDWORKS.
NOTE:
- SOLIDWORKS license activation/deactivation can be performed a limited number of times, please see your SOLIDWORKS license agreement for more information.
- Activate/deactivate functionality is only available for standalone licensing.
- If you have multiple SOLIDWORKS versions installed, please use the installation path of the latest
SOLIDWORKSversion. Higher version licensing takes precedence over the lower version. - “Automatically deactivate license after closing SOLIDWORKS” will work only if
#TASKis running. - To avoid unintentionally affecting your transfer count, consider disabling the option to “Automatically deactivate license after closing SOLIDWORKS” or set the “Always ask me before deactivating the license” if you encounter multiple inconsistencies that result in Solidworks crashing or closing abnormally.
Mithilesh Kapre
Integration Specialist NSW
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]]>In this example, the unit is set to millimeter in the properties.
But when using the measure tool, it is displayed in meter.
The issue is related to the settings in the measure tool.
To fix it, click on Units/Precision and keep the measure tool active.
Make sure the ‘use document setting” is selected.
The unit should display correctly.
Tauseef Ahmed
Applications Engineer Central Innovation
At Central Innovation, we can provide all – or part – of the solution. Including SOLIDWORKS, ARCHICAD, and many more industry-leading tools.
It’s something we’ve been doing for almost 30 years. Our commitment to customer service is second to none: we help you get the best out of your technology.
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]]>Before performing the repair it is a good idea to log on with the admin account or at least an account with full administrative permissions. You should also disable antivirus and malware/spyware, and set UAC (Windows User Account Control) never to notify.
To start the repair, use the Windows search and type in “Add or remove programs”
Apps and features then list the programs installed on your machine. Type Solidworks in the search bar, click on the version required, and select “Modify”.
If you don’t see any option to modify then Solidworks was installed via an admin image which can not be repaired through this interface. You can uninstall and reinstall or contact technical support for an alternative method.
If you get the following message click “Ok”
Select “Repair your installation”
Tick the programs to repair and click “Repair”
Note: The Solidworks repair program will need to access the original installation files. During the repair, if the files can not be located the installation manager will give you the option to browse to the required files. If they have been deleted you will need to download the files.
The repair will verify all the files required by the program are present, fix any problems that may be found, and register all the files needed.
After the repair is complete reboot if prompted
Now you can check if your Solidworks problem is fixed. If not contact Solidworks technical support for further assistance.
Bianca Roberts
Applications Engineer
Central Innovation, Melbourne
At Central Innovation, we can provide all – or part – of the solution. Including SOLIDWORKS, ARCHICAD, and many more industry-leading tools.
It’s something we’ve been doing for almost 30 years. Our commitment to customer service is second to none: we help you get the best out of your technology.
For a truly unique solution to your unique challenges, please contact us. Or read about some of the great services and solutions we offer.
]]>This blog will give you step-by-step instructions to create an RX capture.
How to Access RX?
1. Solidworks RX can be accessed through the “SOLIDWORKS Resources” task pane as seen below.
2. If Solidworks is not open you can access Solidworks RX from the installed programs list in windows or you can use the Windows search as seen below.
The Solidworks RX program provides a lot of useful tools. This blog will cover the Problem Capture tool. To Access it please select the “Problem Capture” Tab.
There are 3 steps to creating the RX capture.
Step 1: Capture
Choose the source that you want to record. By default, it will be your SOLIDWORKS window, but if there are other programs that will help show the problem you can select specific monitors. After selecting the source click “Record Video”.
You will then be prompted to either “Use Current Session” or “Restart SOLIDWORKS”. If it is possible to reproduce the problem after restarting Solidworks please click “Restart Solidworks”. Otherwise, you can use the current session
Click record and show the issue. If possible start with opening the file so the workflow can be followed from start to finish.
At any time you can pause or restart the recording. When completed click “finish”.
Step 2: Package the files.
After recording the video you need to package the files
You can click “add files” to either add or remove files from the package. Note: Solidworks RX by default will include all the references from the entire session so you may wish to remove some files that are not relevant to the problem.
Once satisfied the required files are included click “package files” to save the .zip onto your hard drive.
Step 3: The package is now complete. You can optionally “Continue to step 3” which allows you to describe the problem and impact level or alternatively you can skip this step and put this information in the email.
The files are now ready to be sent to technical support. If it is under 10MB you can email it to support@intercad.com.au. If it is over 10 BM upload it to our hightail account https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/centralinnovation and make sure to email us advising you have uploaded the RX.
Please ensure you include any additional information as this will reduce the time it takes us to solve the problem.
Bianca Roberts
Applications Engineer
Central Innovation, Melbourne
At Central Innovation, we can provide all – or part – of the solution. Including SOLIDWORKS, ARCHICAD, and many more industry-leading tools.
It’s something we’ve been doing for almost 30 years. Our commitment to customer service is second to none: we help you get the best out of your technology.
For a truly unique solution to your unique challenges, please contact us. Or read about some of the great services and solutions we offer.
]]>How to Use Copy settings Wizard?
Step 1: Type Copy setting Wizard in your Windows Start search and open the app.
Step 2: Click Save settings and hit Next
Step 3: Choose where and what you want to save. Click finish.
Now, to Restore the settings saved earlier,
Make sure all of your Solidworks applications are closed.
Step 1 Open Copy settings Wizard tool.
Step 2: Browse the previously saved settings file.
Step 3: select what settings you would like to copy over. Finish
*****Note****
- Copy settings wizard is not recommended to use for copying settings from one version of Solidworks to other.
- If there was any corruption in the user settings of the SOLIDWORKS registry, then it will copy that corruption to the settings files.
- It is best to save copy of your settings to new file at different point in time, so that you can always come back to your previous settings just in case your registry gets corrupted
Nikesh Shrestha
Applications Engineer Central Innovation
At Central Innovation, we can provide all – or part – of the solution. Including SOLIDWORKS, ARCHICAD, and many more industry-leading tools.
It’s something we’ve been doing for almost 30 years. Our commitment to customer service is second to none: we help you get the best out of your technology.
For a truly unique solution to your unique challenges, please contact us. Or read about some of the great services and solutions we offer.
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