Service Pack product updates can contain updates for system reliability, program compatibility, security, and so on.
You can acquire product updates in two ways:
- By using SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager to check for, download, and install updates.
You can initiate SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager manually, or schedule it to check periodically for updates.
- By downloading service packs manually from the SOLIDWORKS support Web site.
Service packs are applied as patches to an existing software version. For
example, SOLIDWORKS 2018 SP1.0 is a service pack for SOLIDWORKS 2018 SP0.0. You can
install these service packs using SOLIDWORKS 2018 Installation Manager; you cannot
install them using SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager in SOLIDWORKS 2017.
For instructions on downloading and installing service packs, see the
installation documentation for the SOLIDWORKS version you are updating.