What is “SOLIDWORKS with Cloud Services”?
If you’re buying Solidworks this year, you will probably see the words “cloud services” tagged onto the end of the product title. As of 2023, all licenses of Solidworks CAD now come with mandatory "Cloud Services". This is the same for all SOLIDWORKS Resellers and is not specific to Converge.
When purchasing any license from Converge Design, you will be directed to the 3DExperience platform initially to retrieve your serial numbers. We have built a custom landing page that will contain all of your Serial Numbers to keep them organized and accessible anytime for you. You will be given a specific link to the login to your own 3DExperience Platform portal.
"Cloud Services" is referring to roles in the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform. Now every license of SW CAD comes with a certain number of Roles/Apps in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. You can choose to use those or to not use them, however, the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform does offer some advantages even for Desktop Solidworks users.
What Roles do I receive with my Solidworks license?
There are a few initial Roles that all users will receive when logging into the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform.
The primary role is called 3DSwymer. This role contains various core apps.
3DSwym: (Communities, Message Boards, Direct Messaging, etc.)
3DPlay: 3D file viewer in the web browser.
3DDrive: file storage application inside the 3DExperience Platform. Learn More here
Other advantages and tools within the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform
- Knowledge Base
- Support Tickets
- Software Downloads
- Solidworks Forums
Cloud Services for SOLIDWORKS provides connected sharing, storage, and collaboration capabilities directly from SOLIDWORKS Desktop CAD. By connecting SOLIDWORKS to the cloud, your workflows and file management tasks are streamlined so you can stay laser-focused on design. Watch this five-minute video for an introduction to Cloud Services, now included with new SOLIDWORKS licenses and upgraded subscriptions.
Explore the Video Playlist below to learn about how SOLIDWORKS Desktop and Cloud Services (3DEXPERIENCE) can interact with each other.
If you are the first to login to the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, you will be designated as the Platform Admin. This will allow you to setup various aspects of the platform for your team.
