INSTALLATION AND

ADMINISTRATION
SOLIDWORKS 2023

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1 SOLIDWORKS Installation and Administration......................................................6

Individual Installation or Administrative Image...............................................................................7
Check System and Software Requirements...................................................................................8
Download Installation Media from the Customer Portal.................................................................8
Installing 3DEXPERIENCE Apps...................................................................................................8

2 Individual Installations............................................................................................9
Installation on Individual Computers..............................................................................................9
Administration of Individual Installations......................................................................................11
Modifying an Installation..........................................................................................................11
Repairing an Installation..........................................................................................................12
Rolling Back an Individual Installation to a Previous Service Pack.........................................12
Removing an Installation.........................................................................................................13
Upgrading to a New Release..................................................................................................13
Product Coexistence Rules.....................................................................................................14

3 Multiple Installations.............................................................................................16
Deploying to Multiple Clients........................................................................................................16
Using Administrative Images........................................................................................................16
Types of Administrative Images..............................................................................................17
Creating an Administrative Image from SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager........................18
Administrative Image Option Editor.........................................................................................19
Settings Administrator Tool.....................................................................................................32
Command-Line Deployment.........................................................................................................35
Preparing Clients for Command-Line Installation from an Administrative Image....................35
Installing from the Administrative Image Using the Command Line........................................40
Command-Line Properties......................................................................................................41
Deploying an Administrative Image Using Microsoft Active Directory.....................................52
Administration of Multiple Installations.........................................................................................53
Upgrading Administrative Images to a New Release..............................................................53
Service Pack Product Update Administration..........................................................................55
Removing an Installation.........................................................................................................56

4 SOLIDWORKS PDM and SOLIDWORKS Manage.............................................58

Listing of PDM Server Components.............................................................................................59
Understanding Differences between PDM Clients.......................................................................60
Before Installing PDM Server.......................................................................................................61
Installing a PDM Server with the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager.......................................62
Modifying a SOLIDWORKS PDM Server Installation..............................................................63