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SolidWorks Customer Portal
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SolidWorks Customer Portal
SolidWorks Customer Portal – The portal is the gateway to the entire breadth of SolidWorks Subscription Service. This includes members, resources, including support, upgrades, service packs, forums, archived webcasts, e‐learning, and much more.
Accessing the Portal
You can login to the SolidWorks Customer Portal at the website below to download
SolidWorks 2012. Alternatively you can access the Customer Portal through SolidWorks by
selecting SolidWorks Resources and then Customer Portal.
http://www.solidworks.com/customerportal
You can create a new Customer Portal Account by using the school SolidWorks Serial
Number. (To locate the School Serial Number, open SolidWorks on a classroom pc, select
‘Help’ from the Tool Bar and then ‘About Solidworks’)
Creating an Account
The first time you logon you will need to create a new account. To set up an account you will need an active email address, contact name and your schools ‘SolidWorks Serial Number’. Select Create an Account
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Select ‘Customers’ Enter the School's SolidWorks Serial Number.
Click Yes
Enter the SolidWorks Serial Number
Enter Email Address
Enter Your Name
Enter a New Password
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SolidWorks will send an Email confirming your registration and to validate your Email address.
Accept the Agreement
Confirmation
Click on the link to validate the Email
Account Activated
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Login to the Customer Portal
After logging in for the first time, close the portal, logout and close your Internet Browser. Login for the second time using www.solidworks.com or the customer portal link in SolidWorks
After you login for the second time all these options will be available. Choose the Support Tab and select “Downloads and Updates”.
Login with your Email Address and the Password you used to create the Customer Portal Account
If you see “padlock icons” click “Register My Products” and enter the SolidWorks school Serial Number
Select 32 bit or 64 Bit (Newer Computers 64 bit)
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Unzip the file to a location this will start the SolidWorks Installation Manager
Choose ‘Download only’. This will download all the setup files for SolidWorks 2012. Select Next
Click ‘Download’Accept Agreement & Continue” and save the SolidWorks Setup File to your computer. (The file will be be in Zip Format)
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Select ‘Change’ to select a different location if desired
The setup files can be copied onto a classroom computer for installation or upgrade to Solidworks 2012
Select ‘ Download’
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Browse the SolidWorks Customer Portal and check the resources that are available.