Many SolidWorks users, for various reasons, stay with an older version of SolidWorks. Some SolidWorks users keep more than one version of SolidWorks to accommodate customers and partners.
To keep your older SolidWorks at its peak performance consider updating to the final Service Pack for that edition.
As an example: SolidWorks 2012 has issued the final Service pack – SP5. Service Pack 5 is going to address all the issues considered for SolidWorks 2012 (any other issues or enhancements would be for a future version)
Typically the final service pack is the most stable of the versions.
One important thing about older versions of SolidWorks and downloads is You MUST be on Subscription. With subscription you can log into the customer portal at:
http://www.solidworks.com/default.htm
and then from the download menu choose the version or service pack you wish to download.
Some customers choose not to renew subscription at some point.
Keep in mind access and rights to Service packs ends with the subscription date.
You are only allowed service packs and versions that have been released during your active subscription. Subsequent updated are not available past the end your subscription date.
Also consider saving a copy of the final version in a safe place for the future.
See SolidWorks Help at:
http://help.solidworks.com/2012/English/SolidWorks/install_guide/HID_STATE_DOWNLOAD_OPTIONS.htm
Go the the section of:
Download only. You can download once and then share downloaded files with multiple computers.
SolidWorks Installation Manager does not run an installation after the download completes.
Typically, you would specify this option if you are downloading the files to configure an installation file set to share among multiple computers.
If you specify this option, you are then asked to choose between two
sets of files to download:
- Files for THIS computer: The download will contain only those files that are missing from the installation file set currently on this computer.
This should be a smaller download because it contains:
- Only files for products selected on the Product Selection page
- Only the prerequisite files that are required for your computer but not yet installed
However, if you try to use this downloaded file set on another computer to perform an installation, some files could be missing (because the installation file set on the other computer might be different from this one). You can use these download files to install on another computer, but when the installation runs you may have to download additional files to complete the installation file set on that computer.
- Files to share with ANY computer: The download will contain the complete installation file set that can be used to install this version on any computer.
This will be the larger download because it contains the complete file set that you can use to install this version of any product on any computer.
If you specified a limited set of products to download, this option ignores that specification and downloads all products contained in the product release.
The download will contain all files required to create an administrative image, not just those files required to perform an individual installation.
Below is a list of release dates for SolidWorks versions and Service packs. With this you can ensure that you have the most current Service pack available that you are entitled to. (Solution ID: S-038801)
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2013 |
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SP2 |
1/30/2013 |
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SP1 |
12/5/2012 |
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SP0 |
10/9/2012 |
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2012 |
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SP5 |
10/25/2012 |
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SP4 |
6/18/2012 |
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SP3 |
4/9/2012 |
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SP2 |
1/27/2012 |
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SP1 |
11/17/2011 |
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SP0 |
10/3/2011 |
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2011 |
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SP5 |
10/10/2011 |
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SP4 |
6/17/2011 |
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SP3 |
3/23/2011 |
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SP2 |
1/17/2011 |
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SP1 |
12/2/2010 |
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SP0 |
10/18/2010 |
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2010 |
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SP5 |
12/9/2010 |
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SP4 |
6/22/2010 |
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SP3.1 |
5/11/2010 |
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SP2.1 |
1/26/2010 |
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SP2 |
1/11/2010 |
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SP1 |
12/7/2009 |
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SP0 |
10/19/2009 |
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2009 |
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SP5 |
11/23/2009 |
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SP4 |
6/30/2009 |
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SP3 |
3/25/2009 |
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SP2.1 |
2/10/2009 |
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SP2 |
1/14/2009 |
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SP1 |
11/13/2008 |
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SP0 |
9/17/2008 |
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2008 |
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SP5 |
10/23/2008 |
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SP4 |
6/18/2008 |
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SP3.1 |
3/10/2008 |
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SP3 |
2/20/2008 |
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SP2.1 |
1/29/2008 |
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SP2 |
1/14/2008 |
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SP1 |
11/27/2007 |
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SP0 |
9/13/2007 |
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2007 |
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SP5 |
10/30/2007 |
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SP4 |
5/31/2007 |
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SP3 |
2/14/2007 |
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SP2.2 |
12/21/2006 |
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SP2.1 |
12/4/2006 |
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SP2 |
11/9/2006 |
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SP1.1 |
10/17/2006 |
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SP1 |
9/26/2006 |
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SP0 |
7/26/2006 |
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2006 |
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SP5.1 |
11/??/2006 |
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SP5 |
8/31/2006 |
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SP4.1 |
4/19/2006 |
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SP4 |
4/3/2006 |
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SP3.4 |
2/23/2006 |
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SP3.3 |
2/15/2006 |
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SP3.1 |
1/16/2006 |
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SP3 |
1/3/2006 |
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SP2.1 |
12/8/2005 |
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SP2 |
11/16/2005 |
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SP1 |
10/15/2005 |
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SP0 |
8/1/2005 |
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2005 |
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SP5 |
9/14/2005 |
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SP4 |
7/11/2005 |
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SP3.1 |
5/31/2005 |
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SP3 |
4/12/2005 |
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SP2 |
3/21/2005 |
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SP1 |
2/14/2005 |
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SP0.1 |
10/28/2004 |
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SP0 |
8/26/2004 |
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2004 |
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SP5 |
12/13/2004 |
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SP4.2 |
9/21/2004 |
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SP4.1 |
7/20/2004 |
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SP4 |
6/21/2004 |
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SP3 |
3/17/2004 |
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SP2.1 |
1/26/2004 |
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SP2 |
1/6/2004 |
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SP1 |
11/6/2003 |
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SP0 |
9/8/2003 |
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2003 |
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SP5.1 |
11/25/2003 |
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SP5 |
10/6/2003 |
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SP4.1 |
9/15/2003 |
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SP4 |
7/14/2003 |
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SP3.1 |
5/15/2003 |
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SP3 |
4/24/2003 |
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SP2.1 |
3/12/2003 |
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SP2 |
3/4/2003 |
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SP1.1 |
2/4/2003 |
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SP1 |
1/9/2003 |
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SP0 |
10/28/2003 |
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2001+ |
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SP6 |
11/11/2002 |
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SP5.1 |
9/25/2002 |
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SP5 |
9/19/2002 |
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SP4.1 |
8/12/2002 |
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SP4 |
7/22/2002 |
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SP3 |
5/20/2002 |
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SP2 |
3/14/2002 |
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SP1.2 |
1/29/2002 |
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SP1.1 |
1/24/2002 |
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SP1 |
1/21/2002 |
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SP0 |
12/11/2001 |
