I have been instructed by management to realign our SolidWorks serial numbers to the number of users that we currently have. So I am adjusting our serial numbers on production installations to take us to
7 serial numbers (actually own 17 SWx office licenses and 1 SWx-only license). The rest of the serial numbers that we have will have their maintenance fees dropped until we have users to support this need, this might be years. Due to the economic conditions, I currently only have 6 mechanical CAD users left in-house (all others have been laid- off) that will run SWx office and one outside company that has the SWx- only software license.What does =93Yearly Maintenance fees being dropped=94 mean?
- I can still install SolidWorks up to the version of software that was available when I dropped the maintenance fee.
- I can still activate SolidWorks up to the version of software that was available when I dropped the maintenance fee.
- I cannot get support for serial numbers that have dropped the maintenance fees, after the version of software that was available when I dropped the maintenance fee. This support, if available, must come directly from SWx corp. not the VAR for this non-maintained version.
- I cannot upgrade to a higher version of software after the version of software that was available when I dropped the maintenance fee unless I reinstate maintenance on the serial number.
I still have a couple of months until my first set of licenses has this maintenance fee issue. I am checking into the implications still. If I can still install, activate and run the older software, then I do not see any real problem. Any comments from users that have had this situation, please reply. iQ