GROUP senior_engineering bwhite ijones jwilliams In the example below, we will define two groups that will ensure that there will always be an available license, the senior engineers and shop leads: If there are already groups defined for users to reserve SOLIDWORKS licenses, you will need to create new groups and the PDM usernames to reserve the PDM licenses. The key here is that the username typed here is the PDM username and not the Windows username which is the case if you already set up groups to reserve SOLIDWORKS licenses. The syntax in the Options file for this example is GROUP, then the group name, and then the username that will belong to that group. These are not the same as groups inside SOLIDWORKS PDM. If there wasn't an Options File already created, you will be prompted to create a new file in the default location.

Turn on the checkbox for the Option File and select Edit. On the SOLIDWORKS Product Activation window, select Activate/Reactivate your product license(s) and hit Next. In the Server Administration tab, select Modify… Open the SOLIDWORKS SolidNetwork License Manager application.

This is configured with the SNL Options file.įollow the steps for PDM users and groups to configure SOLIDWORKS licenses here. Since SOLIDWORKS PDM uses the SolidNetwork License Manager to distribute licenses for clients, it is possible to reserve licenses for users or groups within the vault.

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