Licensing

How to confirm your DraftSight Enterprise serial number

Draftsight enterprise serial number

At times when troubleshooting your DraftSight Enterprise installation with your reseller, you may be asked to confirm which DraftSight 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…

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Controlling DraftSight License Timeout Using an Administrative Profile

DraftSight License Timeout Administrative Profile

Ensuring that idle licenses are returned to the license pool after a defined amount of time is typically an essential aspect of network license management. For most SOLIDWORKS software, this timeout period is defined in the Options file of the SolidNetWork License Manager, however for…

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Why is SOLIDWORKS 2016 PDM Standard not available to install?

SOLIDWORKS 2016 PDM Standard

Now that SOLIDWORKS 2016 SP0 is available, a NEW PDM tool is also available to eligible customers, SOLIDWORKS 2016 PDM Standard. We’ve been receiving calls from customers wondering why they cannot yet install and begin using PDM Standard. SOLIDWORKS has yet to “enable” PDM Standard…

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