- [Instructor] As part of a setup that performs optimally,
you want to make sure that you always have the proper
service pack and version of SOLIDWORKS available.
First thing to do is find out where to check this.
So here up at Help, if you click on the drop down,
you can see About SOLIDWORKS.
This will give you all the information about your seat
of SOLIDWORKS installed locally.
So you can see here that I have SOLIDWORKS Premium 2018
service pack one.
Now if I'm working with someone else
and my models are not reacting properly
or features are not coming through correctly,
I might want to check and make sure that I'm using
the same SOLIDWORKS version and service pack
as the people that I'm collaborating with.
Now, to have the most up-to-date service pack and version,
you'll have to be on subscription services.
So if you're not on subscription services
with a SOLIDWORKS reseller, this might be tough
for you to do.
To get the latest SOLIDWORKS version and service pack
we simply go to the SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal.
Here at the SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal, I'm going to link in
using my personal information.
Then down under Downloads, you're going to find
Downloads and Updates.
By clicking on that, it takes us over to the Downloads page.
Here you can see SOLIDWORKS products, which is now all done
through one installation wizard, or just the SOLIDWORKS
activation wizard.
By clicking on this, it'll give you a license agreement
to agree to, and then you can go ahead and download
and install the software.
Because I just recently updated and installed this software
I know that I'm up-to-date and shouldn't have any problems.