SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager provides the following tools to install and manage multiple SOLIDWORKS computers.
SOLIDWORKS Administrative Images
If you are installing SOLIDWORKS on multiple computers, you can create an administrative image and then deploy the application to other computers.
Workgroup PDM Server
The Workgroup PDM application is project data management software that runs inside the SOLIDWORKS environment or as a standalone application inside SOLIDWORKS Explorer. Installing the Workgroup PDM Server creates a Workgroup PDM vault, which is the database that stores the managed SOLIDWORKS projects.
SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM support will end after SOLIDWORKS 2017. Customers already using SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM can continue to install it, but should begin planning to migrate file vaults to SOLIDWORKS PDM Server.
SOLIDWORKS PDM
SOLIDWORKS PDM is a document management product based on the same client/server architecture as SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM. It is available in two versions: Standard and Professional. SOLIDWORKS PDM uses a Microsoft SQL Server database to manage file vaults.
SolidNetWork License Manager
The SolidNetWork License Manager allows the number of users to exceed the number of licenses by floating the use of licenses. When a client license is not in use, it is available for another SOLIDWORKS user.
You can also use the SolidNetWork License Manager to distribute licenses for SOLIDWORKS core add-in products (for example, FeatureWorks).