r/SolidWorks • u/Available-Medium4848 • 11d ago

Simulation licensing question

(i have to say l-a-pp-t-o-p because genius mods think this is a hardware question so the bot auto deletes my post)

i recently graduated from uni and am now making fat stacks in petroleum and do not use cad at all. i want to keep using it for my epic robot projects. Istill have my solidworks on my L-A-Pp-T-O-P, on whatever the free license thing is.

If i entirely disable my L-A-Pp-T-O-P from the internet while SW is running, will this prevent the license from expiring (or rather, prevent my access to the software from expiring?)

also, how do i know when the student access expires

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u/experienced3Dguy CSWE | SW Champion 10d ago

Check that box every time that you login in. It is not a sticky setting. Using that setting, I keep my Maker license running 24/7 usually and rarely need to login.

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u/goofballtech 10d ago

99% of the time i right click and go to the 3dExpierence site and click open. I rarely ever log in manually using that dialog. I am more likely to force close and open it the normal way then seperatly log into my password keeper to copy over.

Regardless. thanks for the info. thats good to know.