Manual Activation

If you specified manual email activation, this screen enables you to send an email to SOLIDWORKS and then to load the license key response file they return to you.

Create a Request File

Click Save to create a license key request file on this computer.

Note the location of the file, because you must email that file to SOLIDWORKS.

Email the Request File

Send an email with the license key request file attached to activation@solidworks.com.

Wait for SOLIDWORKS to respond with an email containing the license key response file.

Load the Response File

Click Open to load the license key response file.

Click Next to continue.