Confirm your settings and select Back to Summary.Note: Please record this password as you will need it later in the installation. Name your SQL instance or leave it as the default.(See S-057591 in the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base for more information.)) Under SQL Server select Install a new instance of SQL Server Express (While you can choose to use an existing database, PDM performance is degraded if the database is shared between multiple programs.Under Select Features select Archive Server, Database Server, and Client.( Quick Tip: If you have multiple SOLIDWORKS versions installed it is helpful to change the location to C:Program FilesSOLIDWORKS PDM so that the location will stay the same as you upgrade to new SOLIDWORKS versions.) Under Installation Location either choose the default location or hit browse to navigate to a location you would like the product to be installed.Under Select Server Product, choose SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard.

On the Summary page select CHANGE next to SOLIDWORKS PDM Server. ( Note: If you already have an SNL installed you will not be presented with this screen). If you install the SNL, on the SNL Server Options page enter your SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard Serial number. If you have not already installed the SolidNetwork License Manager select this option as well. To install SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard, load the Installation Manager and Select Server Products and select Install SOLIDWORKS PDM Server components on this computer. SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard is installed using the same installation manager as SOLIDWORKS. Installing SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard Server components (This can either be from a disk or downloaded from the customer portal )Īcquire a new SOLIDWORKS PDM server or workstation that meets the SOLIDWORKS PDM System Requirements. Acquire the SOLIDWORKS installation manager.(If you do not have an SNL installed, the installation will be covered in this installation) Add your SOLIDWORKS PDM Serial number to your SNL.Acquire your SOLIDWORKS PDM Serial number from your reseller.To install SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard, you must first complete the following tasks. In this blog, I provide a step-by-step tutorial to walk you through installing all three components. To install the SOLIDWORKS PDM server you will need to install the SOLIDWORKS Database Server, the SOLIDWORKS Archive Server, and a Microsoft SQL Express server/instance. If you have SOLIDWORKS Professional or SOLIDWORKS Premium then you have access to SOLIDWORKS PDM Standard.

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