This article will walk you through the process to create a new Administrative Image.
First, download the desired year and service pack of SOLDWORKS. Our guide on downloading SolidWorks can be found here.
Once you have downloaded SOLIDWORKS, launch and run the installer. In the Installation Manager, choose "Create a new image using default settings" > "Create a new image using default settings."
Click Next
Input all necessary SOLIDWORKS serial numbers
Once the serial numbers have been put added, click Next
Select the products to be included in the Administrative Image
NOTE: Products installed on client machines can be modified, but the product must be included in the image creation at this point, no products can be added to the Admin Image after it is created
The default install path for the Admin Image is C:\SOLIDWORKS Admin. For best performance, it is recommended to create the image locally on your machine. It can be copied to a network share later.
NOTE: The root image folder must be fewer than 58 characters when deploying an Admin Image, due to subfolder structure. It is recommended to use a UNC path (\\server_name\share_name) when specifying a network location for the Admin Image installation directory, rather than mapping netowrk drive locations. Mapped network drives are not compatible with the push and automatic install method, same as the Run As Different User in the pull and manual method.
Now that an Admin Image has been created, you can follow the steps in our next article to Customize it