How to Install SOLIDWORKS Visualize
SOLIDWORKS Visualize is a powerful rendering software which is used to create photo-realistic images and animations of your SOLIDWORKS CAD models. This guide provides detailed steps to install the SOLIDWORKS Visualize using the SOLIDWORKS installation manager.
Licensing
SOLIDWORKS Visualize is installed as a standalone application. This means the software requires a separate serial number other than your core SOLIDWORKS serial number. This allows SOLIDWORKS Visualize to be installed on a separate computer than your core SOLIDWORKS. For example, SOLIDWORKS Visualize can be installed on a marketing user’s computer who needs to create photorealistic images of saved SOLIDWORKS models.
Two desktop versions of SOLIDWORKS Visualize products are available: SOLIDWORKS Visualize Standard and SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional. The two products have different capabilities for rendering, input, output, scene preparation, animation, materials, lighting, camera optics, and productivity.
A complimentary seat of SOLIDWORKS Visualize Standard is included with each SOLIDWORKS Professional and Premium license on active subscription service. To activate the complimentary seat, you need an additional serial number, which your company’s SOLIDWORKS security admin can find by logging into MyProducts.solidworks.com (only admins have access. You can learn more here).
Network seats of SOLIDWORKS Visualize will have an equal number of complimentary SOLIDWORKS Visualize seats for active subscription network seats of SOLIDWORKS Professional and Premium. Read this guide to add the SOLIDWORKS Visualize serial number to your existing SolidNetWork License Manager (SNL).
SOLIDWORKS Visualize Standard or Professional can also be purchased separately from other SOLIDWORKS products by contacting your MLC CAD Systems account rep. A SOLIDWORKS Visualize specific serial number will be provided after your purchase is completed.
Installation
SOLIDWORKS Visualize is installed using the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager.
When installing SOLIDWORKS Visualize on a computer which does not already have another SOLIDWORKS product, the installation manager will display and option to ‘Install on this Computer’. Click Next to proceed.
When adding SOLIDWORKS Visualize to a computer with an existing SOLIDWORKS installation of the same versions of SOLIDWORKS Visualize, the installation manager will display an option to ‘Modify your installation’. Click Next to proceed.
On the Serial Number screen, expand Visualization and check the box next to SOLIDWORKS Visualize to activate the serial number fields. Enter your SOLIDWORKS Visualize serial number. Tip, you can copy (Ctrl + c) and paste(Ctrl + v) the number into the first cell to avoid typing mistakes.
On the Summary screen, SOLIDWORKS Visualize is listed under the products list along with any required prerequisites to be installed automatically.
If SOLIDWORKS Visualize is not displayed, then click Change to the right of the products list to access the product selection screen. Click the box next to SOLIDWORKS Visualize and then click Back to Summary.
For new installations of SOLIDWORKS Visualize, read and accept the license agreement and then click Download and Install. Note, for network installations of SOLIDWORKS Visualize, you will be prompted to enter the server’s communication port and server’s hostname. The default port is 25734. For example, 25734@Server.
If you are adding SOLIDWORKS Visualize to a computer with an existing installation of SOLIDWORKS, read and accept the license agreement and then click Modify Now.
Once installation/modification is complete, click Finish.
Activation
For network seats of SOLIDWORKS Visualize, activation is managed on the license server. Once installation is complete on your computer, you can use the software without additional activation requirements.
For standalone seats of SOLIDWORKS Visualize, the software must be activated once installation is complete. The first time the application is launched, the activation prompt will be displayed. Select SOLIDWORKS Visualize from the list to highlight. We recommend using the Automatic over the internet activation method. Enter your email address (if required by the version you are installing) and click Next to activate.
Once activation is completed, a status screen will display. Click Finish to close the activation and launch SOLIDWORKS Visualize. The software is now installed and ready to use.
SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost
SOLIDWORKS Visualize Boost is an add-on product to SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional that greatly increases render speeds and productivity by allowing it to send jobs to other machine(s), freeing up your computing resources for SOLIDWORKS Visualize, SOLIDWORKS CAD, or other demanding applications.
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