Once the migration is complete, click OK.Use this to migrate settings from DraftSight 2015 to DraftSight 2016. The DraftSight “Migration Assistance” window will appear. Use the Layer State Manager to easily save, restore and manage configurations of layer properties and states to be used in different viewports.

Click Finish to complete the installation.Accept the End User License Agreement and click Install.Confirm the details match the license server details.Progress through the installation window, and choose the option “SolidNetWork License (SNL)”:.Once downloaded, double-click to start the installation process – click Run.On one client, download the appropriate DraftSight 2016 software from the website:.When the SolidNetWork License Manager window appears, just click OK to close and proceed with installing the client machines.Click finish and proceed to install client software.The following screen confirms successful activation.The following dialog appears while the installation communicates with the SOLIDWORKS Activation Server.On the following screen, enter your email address and choose the option to “ Activate over the internet”.Add the following programs to the firewall exception list ( lmgrd.exe and sw_d.exe that are stored in the SNL installation folder).Check “A firewall is in use on this server” and leave the ports number by default in the SolidNetWork License Manager options.Add TCP/IP ports 2575 to the firewall exception list.Explore how SOLIDWORKS supports customers to generate more value in their business. There are three things to configure to avoid firewall issues when using the SolidNetWork License Manager: A proven framework to ensure business transformation success and results.Make a note of the server name and port number used here, you will need this information when installing/upgrading software on the client machines. Normally, the default (25734) is suitable and is unlikely to be the same as any other FLEXnet server process currently on the license manager computer. The port number is a TCP/IP port number in the 1024-60000 range, used exclusively by this process. Use the default value for Port Number (and for Vendor Daemon Port Number if you have a firewall) or specify the port numbers your company uses.If your company uses a firewall, select “ A firewall is in use on this server”.On the SolidNetWork License Server Information screen:.Start the “SolidNetWork License Manager Server” from Start > Programs > SOLIDWORKS 2016 > SOLIDWORKS Tools > SolidNetWork License Manager Server. You now need to Activate SolidNetWork Licensing.The Installation Manager will download required files, and start the installation of the SolidNetworkLicense Manager.Accept the terms and click “Download and Install”.When the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager start, select Server Products, and then select “Update SolidNetwork License Manager…”, and click “Next”.Once the initial download is complete, Unzip and click OK.On the server, download the SOLDWORKS 2016 Installation Manager from our website (click Download Now against the version required):.Thank you, The DraftSight Team *Note: Mac and Linux versions of DraftSight (Free and Beta only) do not require this hotfix as they are not affected by the expired certificate.This blog post outlines the process for upgrading DraftSight 2015 to 2016 when using the SOLIDWORKS SolidNetworkLicense Manager as the license server. To avoid usage interruption, please make sure to immediately download and install this critical hotfix, which can be found on the main product download page ( The affected releases are as follows: Version (Windows 32 & 64 bit) Release Date DraftSight 2017 SP0 November 2016 DraftSight 2016 SP2 July 2016 DraftSight 2016 SP1 April 2016 DraftSight 2016 SP0 February 2016 DraftSight 2015 SP3 June 2015 DraftSight 2015 SP2 April 2015 DraftSight 2015 SP1 February 2015 DraftSight 2015 SP0 October 2014 DraftSight V1R5.2 July 2014 DraftSight V1R5.1 April 2014 DraftSight V1R5.0 January 2014 DraftSight V1R4.0 October 2013 DraftSight V1R3.2 July 2013 DraftSight V1R3.1 January 2013 DraftSight V1R3.0 November 2012 We apologize for any inconvenience and continue to be fully committed to providing the highest quality of software solutions for our growing community of DraftSight users. 1 DraftSight Important Critical Hotfix (February 2017) Dear DraftSight Users, It has come to the attention of the DraftSight team that, due to an expired certificate, Windows* 32 & 64-bit versions of DraftSight released from 2012 to 2017 will not launch and/or will stop running as of March 1, However, we are making available a critical hotfix to resolve this issue before that date.

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