SOLIDWORKS Frequently Asked Questions

You can increase or decrease the number of licenses through your reseller.  You will need to re-activate through the SNL license manager for the changes to take effect.

Student Edition serial numbers allow for two simultaneous activations. You can install and activate SOLIDWORKS on two systems at a time. Hence you can use the same serial number to install and activate SOLIDWORKS on another system.

Yes. Starting with SOLIDWORKS Student Edition 2020-2021, this serial number will license the previous version of Student Edition 2019-2020. The same will be true for future releases, licensing the previous year's release. 

SOLIDWORKS Student Edition licenses are version-specific, and hence it is not possible to upgrade these products. The licenses will be valid up to 365 days, beginning from the first date of activation. If your current Student Edition license has expired, contact your school/university to issue you a free home use license of SOLIDWORKS. If the school/university is not able to assign you a free home use license, you can purchase a new Student Edition license from the SOLIDWORKS student store website -www.solidworks.com/studentstore

Yes, you can use 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS when you are not connected to the internet. You can work offline for a limited period of time without connecting to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform with the Work Offline command. You can work offline for 30 consecutive days maximum. In addition, if you lose your internet connection during a design session, just save your work locally, restart 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS, and you will be automatically working in Offline Mode.

Yes, resellers can disable a customer’s license through the Activation Manager. 

Yes. SOLIDWORKS recommends that resellers encourage and assist SolidNetWork License customers to create an internal support team responsible for coordinating support efforts with the reseller. It is in the best interest of both the reseller and the customer to "limit" the number of users contacting the reseller to the number of concurrent licenses purchased.

No, The SNL can only float SOLIDWORKS Licenses and those of SOLIDWORKS supplied add-in products, such as PhotoWorks, FeatureWorks, Animator etc.

Yes, customers can have a combination of standalone and SNL licenses

Yes, your reseller can discuss the agreements and fees required to convert standalone licenses to an SNL.

Yes, students with a valid serial number for Student Edition and Student Engineering Kit (SEK) products can access the MySolidWorks.com web portal. Please note that the Student Design Kit (SDK) does not provide access to the MySolidWorks web portal, except for limited “Guest” access.  More information is available here:

www.solidworks.com/mysolidworks_for_students

Link to MySolidWorks : https://my.solidworks.com/

Steps to register: www.solidworks.com/mysw_student_reg

No. Once started, exams cannot be paused.

Yes, the SNL License Manager can read multiple serial numbers for different SOLIDWORKS products.

The Subscription Service fee will be pro-rated for additional users. All seats will be tied to the same subscription period.

No, the number of seats for each add-on is independent from each other and the number of SOLIDWORKS seats.