Service Pack 2.2 is the beta 2 release of 32-bit SolidWorks 2007 on the Microsoft® VISTA operating system.
If you activate a SolidWorks product manually via e-mail, you receive a response file that you store on your computer. When you rerun the SolidWorks Product Activation Wizard and use Open Dialog box to browse to the location of the file, the file is not visible.
To load the file, use an Explorer Window to browse to the file. Copy the file name into the File name: field of the Open dialog box and click Open.
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Graphics performance in SolidWorks may be noticeably slower under Vista.
Hardware accelerated OpenGL drivers are not yet available from major graphics card vendors such as NVIDIA and ATI. The SolidWorks beta implementation supports software-mode OpenGL drivers supplied through the Microsoft Vista install.
The following SolidWorks features and products are not supported for SolidWorks with Vista:
MoldflowXpress
MDT translator
You may receive a file access warning message (Invalid or not writable) when opening content files such as hole wizard or materials. Select OK to continue normally or select a different folder that is writable.
Toolbox data is now installed in a hidden folder in the ProgramData folder. Set the Show Hidden Folders option in Microsoft Explorer to view the folder.
Do not use Beta software for production work.
We recommend that you save backup copies of all SolidWorks files (parts, assemblies, and drawings, document templates, sheet formats, or library features) before opening them in SolidWorks 2007 on VISTA.
SolidWorks 2007 is the last release to support CD installation media. Future releases will be available on DVD only.
You may need to upgrade to a newer version of Adobe® Reader® to view What's New. Click here.
SolidWorks 2007 supports Version 2.0 of Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Search; the 3.0 Preview version is not supported.
Using compression programs that delete SolidWorks model file structured storage objects is not supported and can result in file corruption. Using programs like WinZip® or PKZIP that do not delete SolidWorks data is supported, although backing up files before compression is recommended.
If you are using PDMWorks Workgroup Service Pack 4.0, you may need to upgrade to Service Pack 4.2 before installing PDMWorks Workgroup 2007. Click here.
Operating System: Windows Vista RC1 or higher
To ensure successful installation and optimum performance, verify that your system complies with the requirements specified in www.solidworks.com/System_Requirements.
The Microsoft .NET FrameWork 2.0 environment is installed in the SolidWorks installation.
The installation adds the following files to your system folder (%systemroot%\system32):
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FM20.DLL |
SCP32.DLL |
dbmsvinn.dll |
mscpxl32.dll |
msstdfmt.dll |
odbcad32.exe |
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FM20ENU.DLL |
VBAME.DLL |
dbnetlib.dll |
msdart.dll |
odbc32.dll |
odbctrac.dll |
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dbmsgnet.dll |
ds16gt.dll |
msorc32r.dll |
odbc32gt.dll |
sqlunirl.dll |
PDMWorks Workgroup Upgrades: When you retrieve "as built" assemblies and drawings in Release 2006 Service Pack 4.0 with "working copy" revision level enabled, some components will have revision levels newer than the revisions used to create them.
PDMWorks Workgroup 2007 handles revision levels correctly but does not repair vaults from Release 2006 Service Pack 4.0. To repair 2006 vaults, upgrade to PDMWorks 2006 Service Pack 4.2 before installing PDMWorks Workgroup 2007.
If you downloaded and installed PDMWorks with SolidWorks 2006 SP4.1, you are running PDMWorks 2006 Service Pack 4.0; there was no Service Pack 4.1 for PDMWorks.
Use your SolidWorks serial number to install this SolidWorks VISTA Beta version.
SolidWorks applications (including add-in products) are licensed in one of three ways:
Registration: Single user (standalone) licenses require a serial number and registration code to be entered during installation.
Activation: SolidWorks and COSMOS single user (standalone) licenses in certain regions require a serial number during installation, which is then activated when the application is first used.
SolidWorks is introducing activation technology region-by-region during the 2007 release cycle.
Network Licensing: A serial number is entered during the SolidWorks client installation, and the license is managed by a network license server.
To install PDMWorks Workgroup, you need to enter a PDMWorks Workgroup Contributor license key unless you have SolidWorks Office Professional or SolidWorks Office Premium installed.
You must have Adobe Reader 7.0.7 installed to view the 3D images and video animations in the What's New PDF manual. You can download the latest version from www.adobe.com.
COSMOSMotionTM documentation is available only in English and French in SolidWorks 2007.
PDMWorks Workgroup: The What’s New book says that the PDMWorks Workgroup online help is installed at <install_dir>\lang\english. The correct path is <install_dir>\<PDMWorks_Workgroup_product>\lang\english.
Service Pack 2.1 updates the Open Design AllianceTM DWGDirect® libraries from version 2.1.0 to 2.1.1
Beginning at Service Pack 2.0, only DVD media is included in the installation kit. If you need CDs, request them from your reseller.
A problem that prevented the 2007 SNL license manager from working on the X64 Edition operating system has been resolved.
COSMOSFlowWorksTM updates are now full installations rather than patches, increasing the size of the download but improving update reliability.
A new option, Show halo around annotations, is available in Tools, Options, Document Properties, Detailing. When selected, dimensions or annotations that belong to the drawing view are surrounded by a halo of space when they cover an area hatch.
When you use hole callouts in the JIS standard, you can change the number of instances indicator to "-" or "x".
When you right-click a note and select Bullets and Numbering, you can specify the starting number in the list by setting a Start at value.
A new option, Mark all part/assembly dimension for import into drawings by default, is available in Tools, Options, System Options, Drawings. When selected, any dimension you insert in a model is set as Mark For Drawing. The dimensions are included when inserting model dimensions into drawings.
A new option, Show view palette, is available in Tools, Options, System Options, Drawings. When selected, the View Palette appears when you click Make Drawing from Part/Assy. When cleared, the Model View PropertyManager appears for you to insert drawing views.
When you right-click a section view in a drawing, select Isometric Section View to change the view orientation to isometric.
When importing STEP, Inventor Part, ACIS, and IGES files, the new Preserve redundant geometry option lets you decide whether you want to keep redundant entities.