As mentioned in my previous post this is the beginning of a series of posts about some of the new functionality that you can expect to see in SolidWorks 2010.
When you get ready to install SolidWorks 2010 you will immediately begin seeing some improvements. It all begins with the SolidWorks Installation Manager (SWIM) that immediately comes up as soon as you hit the download link through the SolidWorks Customer Portal or pop in the DVD that you receive from SolidWorks Corporation. In years past there have been times, at least for me, where I seemed to fight with the SWIM in order to determine what I needed to download and where it was going to be installed among other things.
Right away you will begin to see some awesome improvements with the SWIM. You notice on the screenshot below the new toolbar on the left hand side of the screen that gives you an idea of the step by step process that you are going to be doing along with telling you where you are in regards to this process.
As soon I you select what type of installation you would like to do (individual, administrative image, or download only) and select next it will jump you to the next step which is the serial number (see image below). Now so far you may be noticing that the actual pages that you are going through look really similar to previous SWIM’s but it is laid out a lot nicer in my opinion. If you have previously had a version of SolidWorks on your machine and have not deleted the registry keys or transferred the license, SolidWorks will automatically fill in your license number here.
Once your serial number has been validated through the system check page you will be sent to the summary page which will tell you what you will be downloading. You will then be able to click on the download options link and you will have some more options similar to previous SWIM’s. You can see a screenshot of this in the picture below.
The following 2 screenshots are pretty similar to what you have always seen during the download process and then during the installation process
Once the software has been downloaded and installed you will be taken to the finish page which will allow you to select a couple of options like how often you would like to check for updates and also if you would like to see the “What’s New in SolidWorks 2010” PDF. As soon as you select your options you can select the finish button on the bottom right corner of the screen and you are ready to go.
When I visited SolidWorks Corporation in early August we had the opportunity to meet the Product Specialist for the Installation Manager. There seems to be a desire from her and the rest of the SolidWorks team to make the installation process a lot more intuitive and easy to use from previous releases.
If you have played with the new SWIM and have some questions about it or are seeing it here for the first time and have questions please feel free to drop me a comment and I will be more than happy to send the Product Specialist an email with your questions.
hi
i like me to take one demo solidworks 2010 beta, but idont have licesing solidworks and i have problem with instalation.
thx
The problem I have is in deciding whether to do an upgrade to an existing installation, or remove it and start with a new installation, or install the new separate from the old and keeping the old version also. I would like to see an article explaining the pros and cons of these options, and why you should choose one over another.
Hi,
I would very grateful, if you can help.
My problem is that I can not install Solidworks 2010.
I put the DVD in the drive and stars OK, but then after selecting the type, and when clicked the next button nothing happens.
Could please help?
Thank you
Freddy
I have the same problem, I don’t know what to do. Have you found the solution yet? Please help me because I need to install it for my school work
Kind regards,
Pierre
I have a problem when trying to instal solid works, the solid works instaliation manager turns on , but it wont let me press next and enter my serial number please help.
Thank you.
Hey guys
You have the cannot click next problem, I did too! My main problem was I had previously had a hacked version of Solidworks and the legal version I was trying to install was finding files from the hacked version still on my computer. Solidworks leaves crap everywhere on your computer so first try the steps on this website….
http://symsolutions.com/wordpress/2010/06/clean-uninstall-of-solidworks/
Then if that does not work you need to delete a particular file from your registry. Not sure if you guys know how to do this so I will explain.
First click your start bar and in the search bar at the bottom enter regedit and open it.
Secondly when this is open do not do anything quickly since this is a sensitive area of your computer and can do a lot of damage if messed with.
Thirdly the site above mentions the files to delete if your problem was the same as mine.
Fourthly if all this fails then there is a file in the the registry to delete which looks like it has nothing to do with Solidworks but deleting it works, it has worked from me about 5 minutes ago.
In the registry you have to go to HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\software\microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings\Zones
In the fold Zones there is a key with a box characted (it looks like a letter L). Delete this key and all should be solved.
Hope this helps =]
Hello,
Yes finaly it works, thank you very much to share this with us.
Thanks many times.
Best regards
Jim Meijer
Thanks it works on my first try.
I have had no success from anyone with my problem. SWIM 2010 is blank. Yes blank. I ran SWIM to uninstall SW 2010 student edition so I can upgrade to SW 2011 SE. SWIM starts and shows a banner but the rest of the window is blank, there are no menus or choices to make. Worse yet a loop of files downloading starts. When I try to exit SWIM 2010 the downloads repeats continuously. I need to start Windows Task Manager to stop this computer killing mode. I have 28 days to upgrade because my SW 2010 SE license times out on Nov 30 2011. My class proceeds till Dec 15.
Please help anyone. DS does not offer support to poor students using the SE.