Multiple Versions of Solidworks

I have seen posted in the past instruction on how to install multiple
versions of Solidworks on a single machine. Can somebody point me to that
link, or let me know if it works with 2006? I ask this because I am at the
end of a project that I started with 2005, and want to go to 2006 for my
next project.

 

It's no big deal, just do a "new" install to a different directory (as
opposed to an upgrade)

I have three versions on my machine including 06.

Mark

 

You just start a regular install. Choose to do it as a new
installation, not an upgrade, and don't put the SW common data in the
same location as your other version unless you aren't looking back.
There's really not much to it. As always, be careful about updating
Toolbox data so that you can't use it with your old software, and if
you save existing models, do it with a save as and use a different name
unless you don't want to use the old software with that file anymore.

matt

 

Any customized templates should be copied to the new data and lang
folders. Be sure to go through the tools/options/file locations on the
system options tab before starting a new project, and reset them to the
new install directory. Otherwise your old templates may stop be usable
in the earlier version. It's kind of a pain to do, but worth the time
if you need backward compatability.

Miles

 

During Beta I had 2003 thru 2006 installed on the same box. 2005 was
even installed from an administrative image. No problems with SW
running. Where you have to be careful is with things like part, assy,
and drawing templates which can be overwritten by a new version and
which will cause an older version to have trouble. My procedure is to
copy my whole templates directory over so I have templates from 2003 on
up to 2006.

 

Thanks, I thought there was a trick to making things work.

 

5. Tiffany, Wayne M. Aug 30, 8:48 am show options

From: "Tiffany, Wayne M." <> - Find messages by
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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:48:01 -0500

I generally run 2 or 3 versions on mine. My installation practice is
to
put each in its own area. Example installation:


C:\Program Files\SolidWorks2004\
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Solidworks Data2004\


C:\Program Files\SolidWorks2005\
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Solidworks Data2005\


Doing it this way, things stay separated and I can run any that I have
installed. I can also easily tell which one is which.


WT

 

Then how do you handle all the different versions of plug-ins?
cosmos, camnetics, pdmworks, edrawings, etc...

 

I am going to have to make a partial retraction. It would appear that
Photoworks doesn't work when 2004 and 2005 are installed on the same
machine. It works on 2005 but crashes 2004.

 

What does support say?