If you are upgrading to SOLIDWORKS 2017 or installing SOLIDWORKS 2017 side-by-side with an earlier major version, the Installation Manager prompts you to decide how to handle your existing Toolbox/Hole Wizard data.
You can choose to:
- Create a new SOLIDWORKS 2017 Toolbox.
- Use an existing Toolbox with SOLIDWORKS 2017. If the existing data is an older version, it will be upgraded in-place.
- Create a copy of the existing Toolbox/Hole Wizard and upgrade the copy to 2017. This option allows you to use a copy for the newer version of the data while preserving the original for use with earlier versions.
In previous versions, users had to manually copy their Toolbox folders to preserve the older Toolbox/Hole Wizard data.