Student_Installing SolidWorks on Windows

Instructions created for Windows 10

  1. Click the follow link: http://www.solidworks.com/sw/education/SDL_form.html

  2. Enter the following information:
    a. Enter your FIRST NAME and LAST NAME
    b. Enter your EMAIL address. (Preferably your NTC student email address)
    c. I already have a Serial Number that starts with 9020: Select Yes
    d. Choose the Academic Version 2021-2022
    e. Click Request Download

 

3. Click Accept and Continue

 

4. Click Download
TIP: Your CAD and CAM serial numbers are also sent by email.

5. Click Save
TIP: This may look different depending on the web browser used.

 

6. Locate your download and double click SolidWorksSetup.exe

 

7. Click Unzip

 

8. Double click Setup.exe after the files are unzipped

 

9. Click Next

 

10. Enter the serial number for the program you want to install. Click Next.
TIP: The serial numbers are sent to the email address you registered with in step 2b and seen in step 4.

 

11.   Click I accept the term of SOLIDWORKS and then click Install Now

 

12.   Click Finish

 

13.   Locate your newly installed program on your desktop and double click on it.

14. Choose I want to activate my SOLIDWORKS product now and click on Next

15. Choose Automatically over the Internet (recommended) and click Next

16. Click Finish

TIP: You may be asked the complete the activate process twice.

 

 

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