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Installation - Altium Designer-SOLIDWORKS Collaboration Add-in Streamlined installation courtesy of the Altium Vault Setup wizard. This executable is downloaded from the Downloads page of the Altium website, and can be saved anywhere on your hard disk. This installer is accessed by running an executable – Altium Vault. Installation of the Collaboration Server is performed using the Altium Vault Setup wizard. Main article: Installing the ECAD-MCAD Collaboration Server Installation - ECAD-MCAD Project Collaboration Server
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For the Standalone license, you can then simply click the Add standalone license file control, then browse to, and add, your downloaded license.
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Once there, click the Activate button to generate and download the associated license file ( MCAD Co-Designer - SOLIDWORKS (R) License R10.alf). From the Licenses tab of the Dashboard, locate the applicable license (in the Extensions grouping of licenses) then click through to the detailed license management page. For more details on how this is done, see License Activation. If using a standalone or private server license, and this has not yet been activated for use, an administrator for your Altium account will need to do so through the Altium Dashboard. Image an on-demand license of this type is available for use. Locate and choose the MCAD Co-Designer - SOLIDWORKS (R) license from within Altium Designer's License Management view. Choose the MCAD Co-Designer - SOLIDWORKS (R) license that you want to use and then click on the applicable command, depending on how you want to use that license. Whether using an On-Demand license, Standalone license, or Private Server license, the Available Licenses region of the page will automatically present the specific licenses available to you. Or, connect to your Private License Server and use a seat from any of the associated Private Server licenses made available to you by your network administrator. Sign-in to your Altium account and view and select On-Demand licenses available to you. This is 'command central' for obtaining a license. Access from the Admin view of the Home page, or directly using the DXP » My Account command. License configuration and selection is performed from the License Management view – one of several views available under Altium Designer's Home page. With the extension installed, you'll now need to select the license for it. MCAD Co-Designer - SOLIDWORKS (R) license
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If so, you will need to update to the latest version of the Private License Server, available from the Downloads page of the Altium website.
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When upgrading to Altium Designer 15.1, if using the Private License Server, you may encounter a message “The license is not compatible with this version… You may need to upgrade your license”. To collaborate between Altium Designer and SOLIDWORKS you need the following installed: The MCAD Co-Designer: SOLIDWORKS® extension is delivered as a purchased upgrade to your existing Altium Designer subscription. Ultimately, this level of collaboration and integration brings harmony to the overall design process - a process that while traversing these two distinct parallel paths, ultimately delivers a single product to market.

Conversely, the mechanical designer can float change proposals back to the electrical designer, who can then import those changes back into their design. With this upgrade, an electrical designer can export changes to the board design that are needed (and of value) by the mechanical designer. The MCAD Co-Designer: SOLIDWORKS® extension upgrade is engineered specifically for collaboration with SOLIDWORKS®. ► Learn more about Altium's latest ECAD-MCAD CoDesign technology Now available as an add-in for SOLIDWORKS version 2018 and higher, the new CoDesigner supports: bi-directional transfer of complex board shapes with cutouts bi-directional transfer of placed components as 3D models MCAD to ECAD transfer of native components and support for rigid-flex PCBs.

Altium continues to develop MCAD-to-ECAD CoDesign capabilities.
