SOLIDWORKS

SOLIDWORKS Overview

Vendor: SOLIDWORKS Corporation

Supported Operating Systems:  Microsoft Windows 

General Description: The SOLIDWORKS website describes SOLIDWORKS as“3D CAD software allows your team to design better products that can set you apart from your competitors. Each release delivers innovations and customer-requested enhancements that enable you to work smarter and faster.

Availability: This product is installed in all IT-managed lab Windows computers; is available to students to download and install on their personal Windows computers; and faculty and staff can request the software to be installed on their IT-managed computer. 

Scope of License: Campus-wide education site license. Student home use is included in the Mines license. Research labs use is not included. The terms of the license are:

  • You plan to use the software for instructional purposes in classes for full-time, degree-, diploma- or certificate-seeking students where a student must be enrolled in at least six (6) credit hours of courses and lab work to be considered a full-time student, or you plan to use the software for instructional purposes in a government certified apprenticeship program for degree-, diploma- or certificate-seeking students.  (Please note that research labs are NOT eligible for Education Edition Licenses.)
  • You will not use the files created by the software for research or commercial purposes or enable others to use the files created by the software for research or commercial purposes.

Training:  Available at the SOLIDWORKS YouTube channel.

Download SOLIDWORKS Software

  • Faculty or staff: for installation on a Mines-owned machine, and the use meets the terms listed above, then please submit a Service Request form.

  • Students:  you can download and install the software on your personally owned computer by visiting the  software download site. You'll find  instructions on how to download the software and get the license file for the installation.

    Please note: you will need to be logged into my.mines.edu with your full Mines email and password in order to access the software download site.

For research and non-classroom use, please contact our SOLIDWORKS reseller for current pricing and purchasing:

Dean Schultz - Account Manager Education
dschultz@goengineer.com

In case of difficulties running the software on a Mines IT-managed lab computer:  Contact the IT Service Desk. We want the program to be properly installed, licensed and functioning. If you have questions about the use of the program, please contact your instructor, TA or lab manager.

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