solidworks 2010…solidworks installation manager
August 24, 2009 2 Comments
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.