How to confirm your DraftSight Enterprise serial number

The DraftSight Enterprise serial number is recorded only on the network license server.  For details, read on.

At times when troubleshooting your DraftSight Enterprise installation with your reseller, you may be asked to confirm which DraftSight Enterprise serial number and product you have.

DraftSight Standard, Professional, and Premium use a standalone serial number (with a 0 in the third digit place), but DraftSight Enterprise uses a network serial number (with a 1 in the third digit place).

A quick way to confirm your DraftSight version is to launch the program and look to the top center of the main window.  In the screen shot below we see that this version is DraftSight Enterprise Plus:

how to confirm which version of DraftSight is installed

DraftSight Standard, Professional, and Premium versions, being standalone licenses, store their serial numbers only on the local (user’s) computer because they do not use network licensing.

DraftSight Enterprise and Enterprise Plus versions use network licensing and (unlike SOLIDWORKS) do not store their serial numbers on the local computer.  Rather, they point to the network licensing server in order to grab a license from the network license pool. It is only on the network licensing server where you will find your DraftSight Enterprise serial number.

To identify which server your DraftSight Enterprise installation uses to grab a license:

1. launch your SolidNetwork License Manager Client.  Click the Windows Start button or the Search field on your taskbar > type “solidnet” > from the Search results, choose “SolidNetwork License Manager Client”
   

   launching the SolidNetwork License Manger Client

2. in the license manager, go to the Server List tab
3. inspect the server name or IP address to the right of the @ symbol.

identifying the network license server(s)

Now that the server (or its IP address) has been identified, the next step is to access the server.  This might require the assistance of your IT team.  The DraftSight Enterprise serial number can be confirmed on the server via the steps in this article: How to add SOLIDWORKS license[s] to existing SolidNetWork.  If the network license server lists multiple serial numbers (licenses), then one or more of them should include DraftSight Enterprise or Enterprise Plus, depending on which products are bundled into which license.  When there are multiple serial numbers, your DraftSight reseller can help to determine which one includes DraftSight Enterprise.

The free Community Support provides immediate, open access to engaging online training videos, easy-to-follow tutorials, curriculum materials and much more:  https://www.javelin-tech.com/blog/2019/08/draftsight-community-support/.

3DS Passport Username and Password for accessing 3DSWYM community can be created here:  https://www.3ds.com/support/users-communities/.

The DraftSight Getting-Started Guide is an additional resource:  VIEW GUIDE.

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