Borrowing Licenses

You can borrow a SolidWorks license to use the software from a remote location. You must be connected to the license server to borrow the license, but not necessarily to use it.

Borrowed licenses are valid only for the system on which they were borrowed; they cannot be transferred.

The license is lent for a specified period of time, up to 30 days (or as defined by the system administrator), and the license is removed from the pool of available licenses.

System administrator can customize borrowing to:

• Define users or groups that are allowed to borrow licenses.

• Set the number of licenses that cannot be borrowed.

See: <SolidNetWork_License_Manager_install_dir>\Docs\flexuser\licensingenduserguide.pdf

To borrow an SNL license:

1. In Windows, click Start, All Programs, SolidWorks <version>, SolidWorks <version>, SolidWorks Tools, SolidNetWork License Administrator.  

2. On the License Borrowing tab:

1. Select a date in Borrow until.

2. Select the products to borrow, then click Borrow, and click Yes to confirm.

3. Click Refresh. The Expire Date column indicates when licenses are due back.

3. Click OK.

To run SolidWorks, you must borrow a SolidWorks license. SolidWorks Professional and SolidWorks Premium enable only the add-ins associated with the package, but not SolidWorks.

To return a borrowed license:

1. In Windows, click Start, All Programs, SolidWorks <version>, SolidWorks <version>, SolidWorks Tools, SolidNetWork License Administrator.  

2. On the License Borrowing tab:

1. Select the products you want to return, click Return, and click Yes to confirm.

2. Click Refresh. The Expire Date column is blank, which indicates the licenses have been returned.

3. Click OK.

It is not necessary to return licenses after the expiration date. The license is returned to the pool on the SNL server at midnight on the expiration date and the applications on the remote system no longer run.