New Laptop
New Laptop
(OP)
Good Morning
I have a new lap top for home use and I have SolidWorks installed on it. I also have a desktop that I use at work. I was wondering the best way to handle the toolbox on my laptop computer. At work it is located on the network but I will not have access to that same network at home. Is this going to screw up assemblies with fasteners in them when I am at home?
Thanks in advance for any tips you can give me.
Chris
I have a new lap top for home use and I have SolidWorks installed on it. I also have a desktop that I use at work. I was wondering the best way to handle the toolbox on my laptop computer. At work it is located on the network but I will not have access to that same network at home. Is this going to screw up assemblies with fasteners in them when I am at home?
Thanks in advance for any tips you can give me.
Chris






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You can create a folder on your laptop and have copies of all the fasteners there but this may cause other problems. A lot of it comes down to system settings and where SW is looking for referenced files.
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
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I was wondering if you could help me with an install issue. I too am trying to install a copy of SW 2006 on my home machine running Windows XP, with permission of course from my employer so that I can work from home. I was wondering how you get around the fact that it looks for a server to license it to. Do I need to set up the network path back to my companies network?
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Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
UG NX4.01.0 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 on WinXP SP2
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If you have a network license, you'll need to be able to connect to the network and check out a license. You can check one out for two week periods. You'll then have to check it back in and then check it out. Your other option is to connect via a VPN so that SW can see the license server.
Jason,
I was wondering that myself, but this assumes that he has been attached to the network at some point. Also, unless he connects regularly, his 'offline' folder wouldn't update. Personally, I think a VPN would be the best bet.
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
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SW07-SP3
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You also have the ability to borrow licenses from the license server. If you have your laptop at work, you can borrow a license from the pool. You can then take it home and work with it without needing a VPN. To return a license to the pool, bring the laptop back and add the license back to the pool.
Pete
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mncad
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Pete
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This should only be done if you have read-only access to the library and database as I'm sure this could possible hosing the Access database that toolbox uses.
Basically you go to Tools\Folder Options in windows explorer, select the Offline Files tab then enable Offline Files. Then you just right click the folder(s) on the network you want and select "Make Available Offline". When disconnected, you'll have a virtually network drive to that folder that acts like that folder. The only hitch is you don't want to be modifiying files that your co-workers might be working on as well. The sync tool will notify you of these conflicts though but thats why I mentioned the read-only toolbox option. Only one person should have write access to it as I'm not sure how the sync will handle an Access database being changed both ways.
Jason
UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
UG NX4.01.0 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2007 SP2.2 on WinXP SP2