Once there, right-click on SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager and select “change” to get to the License Manager setup screen. Hit “Next” twice to reach the License information screen. Enter your Serial number(s) separated by a comma. Then hit Next and Install. Step 4: Activate your new license. (do this step if the current serial number is a standalone) Open SOLIDWORKS on the machine and go to ‘Help’, ‘Deactivate License’ The activation wizard will come up and offer to deactivate the license, allow the system to sync with the SolidWorks Activation Server and remove the license; STEP2: Switch the serial number. Jan 03, 2019 On the current server machine, within the Control Panel Program and Features right click on the line item SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager and click “Change”. This should launch the SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager Setup, where we can modify/add/remove network serial numbers. Click Next to proceed. STEP 7: Change the current serial number to the new stand-alone serial number and select Next. STEP 8: Continue through the rest of the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager past the Product Selection and click Modify Now in the Summary page. This will update the SOLIDWORKS Installation to use the new serial number. STEP 9: Relaunch SOLIDWORKS and wait for the activation prompt and hit Next.
The SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager (SNL) is responsible for managing and distributing all of your SOLIDWORKS Licenses. This includes Network licenses, Network add-on licenses, and all SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional licenses.
If you find yourself in the position where you have received a new license and need to add this license number to the SNL, the steps below will walk you through the process of adding and activating your new SOLIDWORKS license. Let's dive in and take a look.
Step 1: Identify your SOLIDWORKS serial number(s)
Your SOLIDWORKS serial number should have been provided to you for a newly purchased product. If you don’t know your serial number or you need a PDM license associated with an individual serial number, contact your VAR to receive your serial number.
Step 2: Access the SNL server
In order to add a number to your SNL, you must have access to the server that your SNL is loaded on and log into the machine as a user who as administrator right on that machine. Once there, navigate to Control Panel > Programs and Features > SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager.
Step 3: Edit the SNL
Once there, right-click on SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager and select “change” to get to the License Manager setup screen.
Hit “Next” twice to reach the License information screen.
Enter your Serial number(s) separated by a comma. Then hit Next and Install.
Step 4: Activate your new license
Once the installation is modified, you will need to reactivate the SNL to complete the licensing process. Navigate to Win > SOLIDWORKS Tools [YEAR] > SolidNetWork License Manager Server (1). (NOTE: Ensure that you click the server program and not the client). Then select Modify (2) and Activate/Reactivate (3).
Hit Next twice and then select the serial number you want to activate. Finally, hit Next to activate the license(s). Once the activation process is complete you will reach the screen below showing your product(s) successfully activated.
I hope you found this tutorial helpful. For more information about the SOLIDWORKS SolidNetWork License Manager, check out the video below.
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About the Author
Heather Dawe is a Senior PDM Support Engineer at Fisher Unitech based out of office in Horsham, Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Penn State University with a degree in Nuclear Engineering. Heather has been using SOLIDWORKS for 8 years and has 17 SOLIDWORKS Certifications including her CSWE, CSWP-D, and CSWP-S.
Have you ever wondered, “How in the world do I change my SOLIDWORKS serial number?” Perhaps you have an evaluation license installed, and need to input your new permanent serial number. Maybe you were assigned a new serial number by your company that you need to swap out. How do you get up and running so that you have full access to the proper tools and features? In today’s blog, we’ll be going over how to do just that!
- To begin, we’ll want to access theWindows Control Panel, then click onUninstall a Program.
- From the Programs and Features window, select SOLIDWORKS from the list of programs, and click Change.
Solidworks License Location
- This will launch theSOLIDWORKS Installation Manager. Select the option toModify the individual installation (on this computer).
- This will bring you to the Serial Number screen, which lists the Serial numbers used when installing SOLIDWORKS. This is where you want to have your new serial number (s) handy! You can copy and paste the new 24-digit serial number into the corresponding product fields. If youhave additional licenses for other products such as Simulation, Visualize, Electrical, etc, this is where you wouldinput those serial numbers. Once done, click Next.
- Once we click Next, a message will appear letting us know an active SOLIDWORKS license has been detected on this computer. To continue, we’ll need to click Yes to deactivate the installed license, before activating the new serial number(s).
- The SOLIDWORKS Product Activation window appears, prompting us to select the Product(s) we wish to deactivate, method of deactivation(over the internet or manually via e-mail), and your email address. Once selected and filled in, we’ll click Next.
- At this point, a few things may happen depending on the situation:
- If we’re going from one permanent serial number to another, the deactivation will succeed and look like the image below.
- If we’re going from an evaluation license, we may be prompted that the transfer is going to fail, which is okay because an evaluation license cannot be transferred – we just want to ensure the evaluation license is off the computer.
- In both cases, click Finish on the Product Activation Window to exit the deactivationprocess.
- After closing the Transfer window, we’ll arrive at the Product Selection page. If your license(s) entitles you to additional products that weren’t initially installed with your installation, we can select them from this listby checking on the boxes or going to Select different packages or products. Once completed, click Next.
- This will bring you to the Summary page where you can verify that the proper products will be installed, along with additional options. If any changes need to be made, click the Change button by Products to Add. Next, you’ll checkthebox by I accept the terms of the SOLIDWORKS License Agreement, and then select Modify Now.
Solidworks Serial Number Free
- Once the modification has been completed, let’s activate the new license and test it to make sure it was successful! Launch SOLIDWORKS and you should be prompted to activate all products. Repeat the process by selecting the products (SelectAll if activating multiple products), how we would like to activate, entering in our email address, and then clicking Next.
- We’ll be notified witha ‘Product Activation Succeeded!’, where we can click Finish.
- To see if we’re using the right serial number, we can then go to Help > About SOLIDWORKS.
- From here, click on Show Serial Number to confirm that it is using the new serial number!
For more information, request a SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD quote or contact us at Hawk Ridge Systems today. Thanks for reading!