The reason I'm asking is because I'm subscribed for 1 seat, but i really need to be able to work from home aswell.
I have a large Xeon workstation and two 28" 4k screens at home, and it really helps me being productive.
At work i currently have a Hp Hp zBook G4, and a single 24" screen.
I've learned that back in the day SW had a "home seat" aswell, but currently they haven't.
So my question is, can i hotswap the licence between them?
Thanks in advance
/Lars
Yes there has been a change. In the past the single-seat license would allow you to install and activate on 2 computers provided both were not in use at the same time and that the "backup" license was used for no more than 20% of the total. The current method allows for only 1 activation at the same time. In other words you can install on multiple computers but you must deactivate from one before activating on another.
Check out Solidworks Online Licensing, We switched from network to standalone in 2018 because of this.
Some users don't trust the new online licensing mechanism so here's a couple of alternate that I've seen work with great success:
Even without online licensing, transferring a license off a machine and activating a license process takes less than a minute. I still see users transfer/activate their licenses between their machines multiple times a week/day. There is a theoretical limit on how many times you can transfer/activate a license per year... I've never seen anyone reach it.
If you forget to transfer the licenses off one of your machines, the Chrome web browser has a free add-in for remote desktop functions so you can quickly transfer a license off a machine you may have left in the office.
Access another computer with Chrome Remote Desktop - Computer - Google Chrome Help
For even more confusion there's this.
https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/software-registration.htm#10
This thread has the most recent info.
Solidworks rescinded the ability to have a two machines activated at the same time?