Nov 14
So you’re getting tired of being in the office and tethered to your network? Well that’s no problem. You can easily borrow a license of SolidWorks from the network and use it on a laptop outside of your network. Freedom. Here are the ins and outs of the borrowing licenses.
First off, you need to be connected to your network that has the SolidWorks licenses. Then you can open the SolidNetwork License Manager on the client laptop. This can be found under Start > All Programs > SolidWorks (year) > SolidWorks Tools > SolidNetwork License Manager. There should be 4 tabs at the top. Select “License Borrowing”.
License Borrowing
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Oct 19
The SolidNetWork License (SNL) Manager can distribute licenses to client installations that are directly connected to it through a network, but it can also allow client installations to borrow a license for a period of time and disconnect from the network. The ability to borrow licenses from the license pool may not always be desired however, so how can this feature of the SNL Manager be disabled?
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Apr 23
If you recently updated your SolidWorks to a newer version and use network licensing, you also need to update the License Manager otherwise will you receive a “License server does not support this feature” error when you launch SolidWorks at the client.
The same installation media that was used to install SolidWorks can be used to update the License Manager. On the Welcome page of the Installation Manager, under Server Products, select Install SolidNetWork License Manager.
SolidWorks Installation Manager
Jan 24
When updating SolidWorks that has been installed using a floating, network license the latest version, many users will forget the very last step, re-activating the SolidNetwork License Manager.
This needs to be done so that the SolidNetWork License Manager can communicate with the SolidWorks Activation Center and be allowed to provide the new, updated licenses to the SolidWorks users who are connected using the network licensing system.
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Apr 19
If you have a SoildWorks network installation your SolidWorks SolidNetwork License (SNL) server may be installed on a computer in a server room somewhere, it may seem simpler to use an RDP (remote) connection when you need to make changes or upgrade your SNL server to the latest version, rather than having to work from the actual computer, especially if the server is far away or hard to access. However it is very important to never use an RDP connection when working with the SNL server, but instead to always make any upgrades or activations from the actual machine where the SNL server is installed.
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Sep 07
You are able to reserve specific licenses for selected users or groups of users so the license is always available to them. Any licenses reserved for a user or group are dedicated to them and not available to any other user even if the license is not in use.
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Aug 10
The SolidNetwork License Manager has a default timeout period of 2hrs where any idle license will be returned to the pool. You are able to shorten this period anywhere between 15 minutes and the 2 hour maximum. This can be setup by creating an options file.
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