2014 Electrical Standalone Installation Guide

TITLE:

2014 Electrical Standalone Installation Guide

DATE:

September 2013

SUBJECT:

Installation guide for SolidWorks Electrical 2014

ABSTRACT:

Guide on installing the SolidWorks Electrical 2014

This guide is written for SolidWorks Electrical 2014 standalone installation.

Before loading any software, you should always log in with full administrative permissions and disable
your anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. The installation process has a Java component, be sure your
operating system has been updated with Windows Updates recently to avoid any compatibility issues with
the installer.
A SolidWorks standalone seat can only be activated twice. If you want to move a license to a new
system, or from one machine to another, you must transfer that license back beforehand. See the
license agreement if you are unsure about this policy.
This is not a troubleshooting guide. If you have any technical issues with SolidWorks, please contact
Hawk Ridge Systems technical support.
This document is only to be distributed and used by Hawk Ridge Systems customers. Any other use is
prohibited.
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Contents
2014 Electrical Standalone Installation Guide ........................................................................................1
Before Installation ...............................................................................................................................3
Configuration Requirements.................................................................................................................5
License Transfer .................................................................................................................................5
Online Transfer................................................................................................................................5
E-mail Transfer ................................................................................................................................7
Basic Installation .................................................................................................................................9

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Before Installation
Hawk Ridge Systems highly recommends taking a moment before installing SolidWorks and checking that
you are ready to load your new software. Follow these steps to have a better experience while running
SolidWorks:
1. Check hardware compatibility.

Login to www.solidworks.com, click the Login link at the top of the page and login to the
customer portal. In the self service area, there are links to check video card compatibility as well
as minimum system requirements.

You can also see Hawk Ridge Systems recommended hardware by logging into
https://support.hawkridgesys.com/home and reviewing our hardware recommendations. You
can see brand name makes and models we suggest for best performance. We also have a more
comprehensive hardware guide that discusses all types of considerations for your system.

2. Check Operating System Compatibility.

Here is a checklist of compatible operating systems for this version of SolidWorks. You can find
the latest version of this under the system requirements page of www.solidworks.com after you
login.

Be sure you are on the latest version of your operating system. You will want to check for, and
install any Windows updates before installing SolidWorks.

Vista and Windows 7 Professional versions are all supported platforms. Vista and 7 Home Editions
are not supported. SolidWorks 2014 will not install on a Windows XP or Vista machine.

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3. Check hard drive for space and overhead.

In Windows Explorer, go to My Computer and check the destination drive (by default the C
drive). Right-click this drive and choose Properties to see it has the Estimated installation size
(7.76 GB in this case) for the full program.
Also be sure this drive has at least 15% free space. A full disk may cause out-of-memory
crashes and cannot be defragged to optimize performance.

4. Confirm communitys working version.

SolidWorks is not backwards compatible, meaning older versions cannot open files from newer
versions. Be sure workmates, customers or vendors are all on the same version (i.e. SolidWorks
2013 or SolidWorks 2014) you are loading. There is a limited exception to this starting with
2013. Files created using SolidWorks 2013 and above can be opened with the previous version
with limited functionality.

5. Back-up your data.

It is highly recommended that you archive your environment prior to performing any
upgrades. This will save a copy of all existing project, components, symbols, etc. into one
compressed ZIP file. To do so, click the Archive Environment button within the SolidWorks
Electrical application on a client machine.
If you have a shared location containing existing SolidWorks files, it is recommended that you
make backup copies of these files.

6. Uninstall previous version of SolidWorks. It is recommended that after you have saved out all shared
data, you should fully uninstall any previous versions of SolidWorks from your machine. After fully
uninstalling SolidWorks and its add-ins, you should install the new software.

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Configuration Requirements
1. SolidWorks Electrical 2014 includes SQL Server 2012 Express in the installation; this is used to store
the program intelligence, manufacturers parts, library symbol descriptions, etc. Note that SolidWorks
Electrical will use ports 1433 TCP and 1434 UDP to communicate between client and server.
Please ensure that these ports are open and set to the correct type.
2. Users with a 32-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010 running the 3D add-in on the same system WILL
NOT be able to archive/unarchive projects in SolidWorks Electrical 3D. This operation will
be limited to the 2D application.
Please note also: Microsoft Office is not required to run SolidWorks Electrical Software.
SolidWorks Electrical Professional is compatible with SolidWorks 2013 and higher.
Additionally, if you do plan on installing SolidWorks Electrical 3D, you must have the same version
and service pack of SolidWorks already installed on your PC. Installing SolidWorks after installing
Electrical 3D will fail to have the add-in recognized.

License Transfer
You are allowed only two activations per standalone license; one for your business and one
for your home machine. As part of the license agreement, you may not use both
simultaneously. If you have your SolidWorks Electrical seat activated currently, please
transfer the license to deactivate before continuing the new installation. If your SolidWorks
Electrical license is tied to your main SolidWorks license (i.e. they are the same number),
please see the SolidWorks standalone install guide for this process. If this is a fresh
installation, you can skip the Transfer section.
The activation license is based on the computer hard drive and motherboard. If you are upgrading your
SolidWorks software or moving to a new computer, you will need to transfer your license back, do the
upgrade and then reactivate the license on the new hardware configuration. Do this also if reformatting
your hard drive or operating system.
If you do not have internet access, see the e-mail transfer section of this document.

Online Transfer
1. Go to Start > All Programs > SolidWorks Electrical > SolidWorks Electrical 20XX SP X.X.

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2. After SolidWorks Electrical starts, go to the Help tab and choose Transfer License.

3. If you have internet access at this computer, choose to activate Automatically over the Internet.

4. You will now connect to the SolidWorks activation site to return the license.

5. You will be informed that the license has been transferred back to SolidWorks.

6. Press the Finish button to complete. You can now go to the Basic Installation section of this
document.

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Note: SolidWorks will not run on this machine until it is re-activated.

E-mail Transfer
1. Go to Start > All Programs > SolidWorks Electrical > SolidWorks Electrical 20XX SP X.X.
2. After SolidWorks starts, go to the Help tab and choose Transfer License.

3. If you have more products than SolidWorks activated (Simulation), you will need to choose the
product to deactivate.
Note: If you have Simulation Professional or Premium or Flow Simulation, you will need to
deactivate these first, then deactivate SolidWorks.

4. If you do not have internet access at this computer, choose to activate Manually via e-mail.

5. Click the Next button to continue.

6. On the next page, press the Save button to create an activation request file.

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Warning! Once youve saved this file, your activation is no longer valid. Do not exit out of
the activation window until you have completed the process and read in the response e-mail
from SolidWorks or you will not be able to run SolidWorks.

7. Browse to a location on your computer to store this .TXT file and press the Save button. Copy this
text file on to a disk or removable storage device and move it to a machine with internet access.

8. Send this file as an attachment to an e-mail and send it to activation@SolidWorks.com.

9. SolidWorks will send a return e-mail with a different text file attached. Save this text file to a disk or
removable storage space and move it to the machine awaiting activation.

10. In the activation wizard, press the Open button on the e-mail activation page.

11. Browse to the response file and press the Open button.

12. The next page will show you that your transfer is complete.

13. Press the Finish button to complete.

SolidWorks will not run on this machine until it is re-activated.

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Basic Installation
If you are installing Electrical 2014 and have a previous version of Electrical already loaded,
it is highly recommended that you uninstall your existing software before upgrading.
1. Make sure you are logged in as the administrator.

2. Disable all anti-virus and anti-spyware tools.

3. Locate your SolidWorks 2014 installation data (DVD or download) and launch the Setup application.
You should now see the Welcome screen for the SolidWorks installation. Select Individual (on this
computer) and click Next.

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4. You will see the Serial Number page where you can enter your serial number for your SolidWorks
Electrical installation. Click Next.

NOTE: You do not need to enter multiple serial numbers if your SolidWorks serial number is
the same as your SolidWorks Electrical serial number. Also, if you only plan on installing the
SolidWorks Electrical Schematic application, enter your serial number in the corresponding
field.
5. In the Summary page, you can change settings and options defined for the installation. To do so,
click Change on the right side of each option.

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6. Click Change next to Products to get to the Product Selection page. Scroll down and ensure that
SolidWorks Electrical is checked ON. Nested within this selection are individual Electrical
products:

SolidWorks Electrical Schematic is the standalone 2D application.

SolidWorks Electrical 3D is an add-in for the main SolidWorks application. Ensure that you
have SolidWorks installed before installing the Electrical 3D add-in.
Collaborative Server is used to connect to the multi-user environment.
Data will install the Electrical data used for the application (symbols, title blocks, manufacture
parts, etc.). Toggle this option OFF if you will be using a shared SQL Electrical database.

7. Click Back to Summary when finished.

8. The follow options can be edited from the Electrical Options in the Summary page of the Electrical
client installation:

Data Location is the location of the Electrical data that will contain your Electrical components,
files, projects, etc. Click Browse and point to this shared location.
Collaborative Server is the system name and port number to be used to connect in multi-user
environment. By default, this port number is 26666. It is highly recommended that these
values remain default.
SQL Server contains the server name, SQL instance name and password used to connect to the
Electrical Database which will be installed on the local machine. It is highly recommended
that these values remain default. Please select the option to Install a new instance of
SQL Server.

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9. Click Back to Summary when finished.

10. Confirm that all the information in the Summary page is correct. Click Install Now to initialize the
client installation.

11. When the installation is complete, click the Finish button.

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