Solidworks — 2020 Install

Do not open it yet.

If you are downloading from the web, go make coffee. Then tea. Then consider a nap. SolidWorks 2020 is roughly 15GB. Even on good internet, the "Download Manager" has the emotional speed of a filing cabinet.

Never let your computer sleep during this phase. The download manager is fragile. If it loses signal, it often doesn't resume—it just cries and starts over. Phase 6: The Post-Install Ritual (The Service Pack) Installation finishes. You exhale. The desktop icon appears—a beautiful blue cube. solidworks 2020 install

Now, create a new part. Draw a circle. Extrude it 1 inch.

First, run (search for it in the Start Menu). Run the "Diagnostics." It will tell you if your graphics driver is lying about being certified. Do not open it yet

You have a concept. It’s a messy, beautiful tangle of fillets, extrusions, and complex lofts living only in your head. To bring it into the physical world, you need a forge. For millions of engineers and designers, that forge is SolidWorks 2020.

You have installed the forge. Now, go break some physics. Then consider a nap

Look at that cylinder. It is perfect. It is yours .