Beforewestart,beawarethatthisguideassumestwothings:1.)Youareinstallingthis programona32bitoperatingsystem.2.)YoudonothaveapreviousversionofSolidWorks installedonyourcomputer.Thisguideisbasicallynoobproofrightnow,butifyouare installingona64bitsystemorhaveapreviousversionofSolidWorksinstalledtheremaybe somesmalldifferenceswhichyouwillhavetoworkthrough.Irecommenduninstallingany previousversionofSolidWorksbeforeinstallingthisversion.Iknowforafactthatifyouhad hackedversionsofSolidWorks2008withCOSMOS,alloftheCOSMOSfunctionswillnotbe availableinSolidWorks2009unlessyouuninstalltheolderversionfirst.Letsmoveon 1. DISABLEYOURINTERNET!UNPLUGYOURLANLINE,UNPLUGYOURMODEM,DISABLE INWINDOWS,DOSOMETHING,JUSTMAKESUREITISOFF! 2. Mountthe32bitor64bitSolidWorks2009ISOfileusingAlcohol120%orasimilartool. AlternativelyyoucanalsoburntheimagetousingNeroorwhateverburningsoftwareyou prefer.YOUCANONLYUSETHE32BITVERSIONOFSOLIDWORKS2009ONA32BIT OPERATINGSYSTEMANDCANONLYUSETHE64BITVERIONSOFSOLIDWORKS2009ONA64 BITOPERATINGSYSTEM.

EM. 3. OnceyoumounttheISOimageofyourchoosingorinsertthediscyouhavecreated fromtheISOimageofyourchoosing,theSolidWorks2009InstallationManagerwill automaticallystart.Ifitdoesnotautomaticallystartsimplydoubleclickonthevirtualdrive thathastheISOimagemountedtoitortheCDdrivethathastheSolidWorks2009discinit. Copyandpasteoneofthefollowingserialnumbers,itdoesnotmatterwhichone,thenclick next.

0001000107360361
Or

0001000107360361JK3QHDJ3

 4. Whenyouclicknextyouwillgetthewarningbelow.Itistryingtochecktheinternetto verifyyourserialnumber,butthankfullyyourinternetisdisabled.Clickcanceltoproceed.

 5. Noneedtorecordyourserialnumber,becauseitisntreallyyoursanyways!Clicknext toproceed.

 6. Clicknextonthescreenbelow.

 7. Chooseindividualonthescreenbelowthenclicknext.

 8. OnthisscreenyouwillchoosethefeaturesofSolidWorks2009youwanttoinstall. SolidWorksPremiumisselectedbydefault,andthisselectionwillgiveyouthemaximum amountoffeatures.IFYOUWANTCOSMOSYOUORAPITOOLSYOUWILLHAVETOSELECT TOINSTALLTHEMHERE.Incaseyouwerewondering,APItoolsisforSolidWorksenvironment development.Unlessyouareasoftwareprogrammermakingaddonapplicationsfor SolidWorksyouprobablydontneedit.Anothersidenote,COSMOSisnamedCOSMOShere duringtheinstallation,butwhenyoustartusingSolidWorksitwillbecalledSimulation. SimulationisthenewCOSMOS.Moredetailsonthissubjectattheendoftheguide.

 9. ThisscreenletsyoupicktheSolidWorkstoolboxlocation.Unlessyouhaveatoolbox withalotofstuffinitalready,justleavethisatitsdefaultlocationandclicknext.

 10. Thisscreenasksifyouwanttowaittoinstall.Clickinstallnowifyouarereadyto installItwilltakeabout20minorlessonafastcomputer.Onceyouclickinstallnowa progressbarwillstart.

 11. Oncetheprogressbarreaches100%thescreenbelowwillappear.MAKESUREYOU DONTCHECKFORUPDATESORPARTICIPATEINTHECUSTOMEREXPERINECEPROGRAM.I recommenduncheckingalloftheboxesinthiswindowandthenclickfinish.Onceyouclick finishyoumaybeaskedtorestartcomputer,DONTRESTARTYET!

 12. Nowthattheinstallationiscomplete,itistimetoapplythepatch.Youwillhavetouse WINRARtounzipthecrackfiles.Afterthefilesareunzippedselecttheoneyouneedaccording totheversionofSolidWorksyouinstalled,either32bitor64bit.Runthepatchanddirectthe TARGETFILEtothefollowingpathbelow.Thefilewillonlybeinthislocationifyouusedthe defaultinstallationsettings.Onceyouhaveselectedthecorrectfilepathclickstartinthepatch program.Afterthepatchdoesitsthing,clickOKinthepopupwindowtoendthepatch program.

C:\ProgramFiles\SolidWorksCorp\SolidWorks\sldappu.dll

 13. NextcopytheLICENSE.DATfilefromthecrack/patchfolderlabeledCOSMOSandpaste itintothedirectorybelow.

C:\ProgramFiles\SolidWorksCorp\SolidWorks\COSMOS\License
14. NextcopytheNEXUS3.DLLfilefromthecrack/patchfolderlabeledPhotoView360and pasteitintothedirectorybelowoverwritingtheoriginalone.

C:\ProgramFiles\SolidWorksCorp\PhotoView360
15. 16. Enableyourinternet. 17. StartSolidWorksthengotoTOOLSandselectADDINS.HereyoucantellSolidWorksto inatilaizeCOSMOS/SolidWorksSimulationprogramsatstartup. Restartyourcomputer.

 18. Ifforsomereasonyoudontseealloftheoptionslistedintheboxabove,youmayneed toEXPLOREorOPENthedriveyouwereinstallingSolidWorksfrom(yourvirtualdrivewithISO imagemountedorCDdrivewiththediscyoucreatedinit)andchoosetoinstallthemissing optionsmanually.COSMOSstuffislocatedinthefoldernamedcwwi.Youwillhavetoopen theindividualCOSMOSfoldersoneatatimeandinstallwhateverdidntinstallcorrectlythe firsttime.Installbyclickinganyofthe.EXEfilesinsidethedifferentCOSMOSfolders.

 19. Finallydone!HopethishelpssomepeoplethatdontspeakRussian.

Asmentionedatthestartofthisguide,manyitemsthatdidhaveCOSMOSinthenamenow appearinSolidWorksasSimulation.Hereisabreakdownofwhatchangedtowhat COSMOSWorksSolidWorksSimulation COSMOSWorksProfessionalSolidWorksSimulationProfessional COSMOSWorksAdvancedProfessionalSolidWorksSimulationPremium COSMOSXpressSolidWorksSimulationXpress COSMOSFloXpressSolidWorksFloXpress COSMOSFloWorksSolidWorksFlowSimulation COSMOSMotionSolidWorksMotion

P.S.ToSolidWorksIloveyoursoftwareandIwouldbuyitifIwerentsopoorSorry.