

Hawk Ridge Systems highly recommends taking a moment before installing SOLIDWORKS and checking that you are ready to load your new software.įirst, ensure that your computer meets minimum system requirements and that your video card passes certification checks. This document is only to be distributed and used by Hawk Ridge Systems customers. If you have any technical issues with SOLIDWORKS, please contact Hawk Ridge Systems Technical Support. If you have not done this yet, please see our document on Network Server Installation before continuing with the client install. If you are using an earlier version of SOLIDWORKS, please download our earlier installation documents.īefore loading any software, you should always login with full administrative permissions and disable any anti-virus and anti-spyware programs.īefore installing a network client, you must first install the SolidNetWork License Manager. This guide is written for SOLIDWORKS 2018. Now, SolidWorks will open the file without any issues.This article walks you through the steps necessary to install SOLIDWORKS 2018 as a network licensed client workstation. It is the file that begins with ~$.Īll you have to do is to delete the temporary file. In the Folder Options dialog box, on the View tab, pick Show hidden files, folder, and drives and click OK. To display the temporary files, press the Alt key to show the Tools pull down menu and pick Folder Options. In Windows Explorer, open the directory of the SOLIDWORKS file.Īs you can see, only the SolidWorks file is shown. What can also make the issue more confusing is that the temporary files are hidden by Windows. If SOLIDWORKS does not close properly, the temporary files are sometimes not deleted automatically. When the file is closed, the temporary file is automatically removed. Why does SOLIDWORKS think it is? Well, when SOLIDWORKS opens a file, a temporary file is created by Windows in the same directory as the SOLIDWORKS file. Obviously, the SOLIDWORKS file is not open. Now, when you try and open the SOLIDWORKS file after you restart SOLIDWORKS, an error comes up saying SOLIDWORKS cannot open the file. SolidWorks crashed with a SOLIDWORKS file open. We have had several calls with this issue:
