Solidworks 2005 SP

Anyone know where to get it or can supply a valid S/N to th solidworks
website?

 

From the valid software package you purchased from your valid SolidWorks
reseller.
Best Regards,
Devon T. Sowell
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

 

We purchased SW2005, and our support has run out. Just needed Sp3.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Unfortunately, SolidWorks makes the rules. No Subscription Maintenance, no
Service Packs.
Devon

 

It must be like buy 1 get 1 free, if you don't buy the first one, you can't
have the free one, lol
BUT, it makes sense in this case, as the subs are quite high.

 

"It was my understanding that SolidWorks provides patches to fix problems
free of charge. Has something changed?"

I don't know.

Best Regards,
Devon T. Sowell
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

 

As valuable as SolidWorks is to me, I just can't imagine not
maintaining my maintenance fees for a particular Swks year, if I
committed to the upgrade (to 2005 for instance).

It is so common for a new release to not be relatively bug-free until
it hits SP4 (or later) that I know what I am in for when I hand over
the nearly $2k.

I did the $2k for 2005, but must admit I haven't seen the benefit to me
to load it up yet, after trying it and talking with friends who have
done so.

I need to see more positive comments from all quarters before I
upgrade. Time is too valuable.

Bo

 

I was also told by my reseller that I could obtain service packs
without being on subscription, but only to fix problems I actually
experienced. In other words, on subscription you get access to all
service packs, without subscription you have to proove you need a
certain problem fixed.

As I was shopping for software and creating a "Plusses & Negatives"
list for each package, I listed SW's policy with these service packs as
a strong negative.

The entire concept of subscription seems to be an underhanded way to
grab more money from customers without really earning it.

Joe Dunfee

 

Kman, I think you are onto something.

The retraining and upgrade costs go far beyond SolidWorks' subscription
fee.

As a user for 5 years, I can honestly say I would prefer to upgrade
SWks only once every 2 years, which is about how often I upgrade my OSs
on various computers. Anything more often just wastes too damn much
time.

Bo

 

Talk to your reseller. Once you purchase the SolidWorks license, you
are entitled to get all the services pack for the particular version
that you have purchased.

 

Efficiency counts EVERY DAY to SWk's users.

$s count to SWk's accountants, who promise to deliver each quarter.

Even if I can throw money around like a sailor on a SWks subscription,
I only have so many hours per day to do EVERYTHING. SolidWorks can NOT
be my life. I shouldn't have to work around bugs, & relearn it every
damned year.

Bo