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Do you need to install a second release of SOLIDWORKS on your system? For instance your company may have already upgraded to SOLIDWORKS 2020, but you may have a customer that requires files in SOLIDWORKS 2019 format.

SOLIDWORKS Development tests all new releases for compatibility when installed alongside the previous major release. So the having the latest release and the previous major release installed on the same system is always a supported combination. However releases that are multiple years apart are not tested for compatibility, though they work together with no issues. If issues are encountered that cannot be reproduced in a supported environment, it may be necessary to uninstall one of the releases if no other workaround can be found.

Again, only the combination of one major release and the major release that either immediately preceded it, or immediately followed it is officially supported. So the combination of SOLIDWORKS 2018 and 2019, or of SOLIDWORKS 2019 and 2020 would be tested and verified as fully compatible by SOLIDWORKS, but not SOLIDWORKS 2018, 2019 AND 2020. While this not tested, there may not be any issues encountered with this configuration, but if they are and the issues cannot be reproduced in a supported environment, it may require one or more releases being uninstalled to address such issues fully.

For Standalone licensing, the latest release installed on a system will require activation. If an older release is then installed on the same system, no further activation steps will need to be done, the activation of the latest release will provide licensing for the older release as well. Both versions can be launched at the same time.

For Network licensing, the SolidNetwork License Manager that the client is requesting a license from must be the same release or newer than the SOLIDWORKS release on the client. If two different releases of SOLIDWORKS are both launched on the same client at the same time, only one license will be consumed by the client.

Multiple versions of SOLIDWORKS can be installed parallel on the same computer to work with files in multiple versions, such as when working with contractors or vendors on a different major version of SOLIDWORKS than your company.

Note, since SOLIDWORKS is not backwards compatible, files created in future versions cannot be opened in previous versions. Once a file is saved in a future version of SOLIDWORKS, it can no longer be opened and edited in the previous version. Therefore, having multiple versions installed will allow you to create and modify files in the version they were created in, if necessary.

Although it is not required, it is recommended that you consider performing a clean uninstall of all instances of SOLIDWORKS before configuring your system for multiple versions of SOLIDWORKS by following our Performing a Clean Uninstall Guide.

If you have a previous version of SOLIDWORKS installed, the system will prompt with the options to create a new installation or upgrade an existing installation. Select Create a new installation of SOLIDWORKS and then click Next.

SOLIDWORKS will automatically organize versions specific folders within the default SOLIDWORKS Corp folder, though to keep things a bit more organized from one version to another, we recommend installing the versions in their own directory.

Note, if you made modifications to an existing/previous version Toolbox (SOLIDWORKS Data folder), and would like to keep them in the new version, choose the option Use an existing SOLIDWORKS toolbox, and tick the box to Upgrade a copy of your toolbox data folder and assign a version specific folder name.

Regarding the certified graphics card drivers for SOLIDWORKS when you have multiple SOLIDWORKS versions installed, it is recommended to either run the most current certified graphics card driver version for the newest version of SOLIDWORKS, or for the version of SOLIDWORKS you will be using the most. SOLIDWORKS may have a certified card driver for a specific year, though that does not guarantee it is also certified for any other version of SOLIDWORKS.

If you are also running SOLIDWORKS PDM, then you will want to ensure PDM is the same or newer than the newest version of SOLIDWORKS installed. Only one version of PDM client can be installed no matter how many versions of SOLIDWORKS are installed.

Ultimately, two simple edits during the initial installation can alleviate many of the problems. It is recommended to use only the version of SOLIDWORKS and not include the service pack number as it is common to upgrade an existing installation between service packs rendering the installation directory an inaccurate description of the installation.

Many users work with vendors that are still on different version. Saving files in that older version of SOLIDWORKS files will work with the newer versions but not vice versa. Therefore, keeping different versions of the software allows customers to work with their vendors accordingly.

Keeping two or more versions on the same machine will use the existing serial number that is currently on the machine and therefore, an extra activation is not taken up. We can theoretically have multiple versions opened up at the same time due to this. This applies to both a standalone and network license.

Currently, the Copy Settings Wizard will not carry settings over from different versions. However, if a newer version is installed after the older version, SOLIDWORKS will copy the settings to reflect the most recent earlier version installed on the same machine when the newer version is opened for the first time.

Ryan has been in the GoEngineer technical support team since February 2008 where he most notably provides support for all FEA and CFD software offered by SolidWorks. His most recent accolade is the title of Elite Application Engineer awarded by SolidWorks Corp.

How do you deal with upgrading a 3rd party CAD like SolidWorks used with Windchill 11.1 M020. Is the only option to open the 3D-models via WGM in SW and let that manage upgrading to new version when saving, but then end up with a must to iterate the EPMDocument because of the modification of the content file?

We've used workspace locking to help alleviate this problem for our Solidworks Windchill users. Locking also helps make objects read only in Solidworks to make people check out objects before starting their modifications rather then when they click save.

Released data from an earlier CAD tool release generally should not be updated to the current release without considerable process and validation that nothing has changed. It's good that Windchill forces Revise for this.

However, given PTCs answers in another related occasion suggesting upgrade of SW and error messages (even SW error about a corrupted file, but that was because of an old workspace... go figure), what should one think about the WWGM compatibility matrix. If you never upgrade your 3D models at some point quite soon they will be of a SW version in the category of "Supported: CAD version is expected to be used successfully..." by WWGM. Or, even dropped off from the matrix: I'm positive in our vault there's valid design SW 2015 files which is not in the 11.1 M020 WWGM matrix..

Just like Creo, older Solidworks files open fine in newer versions of the software. We don't make any attempt to go back and mass-update older Solidworks files to newer versions of the software. When we do need to work on something it will get opened in the latest version we currently have installed. Solidworks is free to update the files that are checked out and not locked to the latest version, but all other files are left alone, in whatever version they were originally created in.

Ok, I get this, but does one need to worry about WWGM and SolidWorks versions becoming incompatible? For example, you'd possibly never need to revise a 3D-model for some simple part in a mass production product, it's the same for years, but at some point the SW-version of the file is not in the support matrix of the WWGM version. If you just keep locking the file is never upgraded. Does that count?

The compatibility matrix has nothing to do with what version the file is, it has to do with what version of Solidworks is installed and talking to the Workgroup Manager. As long as you have a compatible version of Solidworks installed, opening older files, even if they were created by some earlier version of Solidworks, will still open fine in the newer (compatible) version.

So long as Solidworks supports the old files which most all CAD systems do, WWGM should not care. The support matrix is more about aligning the WWGM and the CAD tool, not the files and whatever version they were saved in. Are you seeing errors in testing that are attributed to older files or is Solidworks complaining about them?

Some time ago SW2021 complained about a family table instance, file version SW2018, to be corrupted and was not able to open it. Previous iteration opened ok. It turned out that an old workspace from before rehost was used, however the model was added there when testing after rehost. When a new workspace was created and used this error did not appear.

Also, and not necessarily related, we started getting "Failed to open in SolidWorks 2018" errors (and the mentioned "Older version file" in SW occasionally) in WWGM after upgrading Windchill from 11.0 to 11.1. It was suggested that we should upgrade SW2018 (reading between the lines the message was "otherwise don't bother to ask more..") to a more recent version, but it's still the same with SW2021. The models do open despite the message, but read-only behavior is changed from 11.0.

The previous replies are correct regarding file version and application version. Whilst SolidWorks does support old versions, you will get some files that are not compatible with the modern version and have issues with the changes in the software. We just went from SW2017 to SW 2021 and WC11.1 m020 to WC12.0.2. We have a very large CAD repository (old PDM vault is 12TB and WC is currently 2.5TB after 2 years), so updating everything to the newest file version is impossible. We target our most used files (toolbox items, purchased parts etc) that get used all the time (and are usually never revised), our master parts and assemblies and any active projects to get the most out of the upgrade. We just do this with a bulk admin checkout, export them and run them through a batch updating tool that reports errors etc, then check them back in with a iteration and comment.