SP 0... my subscription ended right after the initial release dropped.

Ok, so update a few weeks later... I emailed my old account rep with the Solidworks VAR I used to have and and hour or so later he sent me a link to 'how to download Solidworks files' Which, of course, did not solve my problem. :roll: I wrote him back politely thanking him for his timely response, b...

I always thought AutoCAD's early dominance came from giving copies away to colleges. Back when computer drafting/design was in its semi-early adoption stage, a lot of companies would invest in the package they could get users for - and all the new users coming out of the colleges used AutoCAD. (at l...

Well, it depends. If he bought a subscription plan, then he doesn't have access to them. If he bought a 'physical' copy, I believe SolidWorks would still allow him to download them, and since he has disks up until 2019, I would believe his 2020 version would be concidered a physical copy. At least, ...

I have a computer with a licensed copy of Solidworks 2020 on it, though I'm no longer on subscription. The physical computer is getting replaced and I need to move my installation of SW to the new machine. I know all about deactivating and reactivating the license, that's not my question (bet you we...