We have 5-6 solidworks users and all have licenses of SWX professional but we are not using any of the functionality that is not available in the standard version. We have not been using workgroup PDM but are considering it (we should) and we need another license of SWX. Is it practical to have an office using PDM and one or two seats have only the standard level of SWX?
Thanks.
I'm not sure of how it is checked, but I believe that Workgroup is only supplied with Pro and Premium packages. I suspect they are tied to the serial numbers. Just a guess.
Welcome to SolidWorks forums Bert.
If you've networking license, then I believe you should be able to use PDM with mix of SW Standard and Pro (user checking out Pro license) Else only machine with Pro license installed will be able to use PDM.
I would just keep them all at Professional. You can run a mixed environment, but before you know it, either someone will want access to the vault, or you'll have to setup some type of method to give the non PDMW users the files out of the vault, which will tie up somebody else's time. You can get a single seat of PDMW without the Pro, but it will cost you more than just upgrading to Pro.
If you have network licensces, then the first people to launch SolidWorks get the Pro version unless you set it up with an Admin Image and control who gets what that way.
Remember, you get some handy things with Pro, I use the Compare functions quite a bit, and Toolbox can be awesome if used and configured correctly.
Just make sure you put the PDMW service on a server, and figure out, as a group how you want to access files, and if you want to use the Lifecycle portion of PDMW.
Thanks for the feedback. It looks like we will go ahead and get the Professional license.
I would just keep them all at Professional. You can run a mixed environment, but before you know it, either someone will want access to the vault, or you'll have to setup some type of method to give the non PDMW users the files out of the vault, which will tie up somebody else's time. You can get a single seat of PDMW without the Pro, but it will cost you more than just upgrading to Pro.
If you have network licensces, then the first people to launch SolidWorks get the Pro version unless you set it up with an Admin Image and control who gets what that way.
Remember, you get some handy things with Pro, I use the Compare functions quite a bit, and Toolbox can be awesome if used and configured correctly.
Just make sure you put the PDMW service on a server, and figure out, as a group how you want to access files, and if you want to use the Lifecycle portion of PDMW.