I have a Solidworks license and two stations, one fixed in the office and one portable for my travels. I switch the license from one to the other depending on my activity. So far so good. But I just learned from Dassaut System that the number of "switchovers" is limited to 1,000 (so 500 round trips) and that beyond that the license is definitively lost. I pass over the total lack of information concerning this limitation and this commercial elegance to come directly to my question. Could someone tell me if there is a counter somewhere that allows me to know the number of switches made?
Precisely, I was looking to find out about this Online mode, which I don't understand much about. The DS interlocutor encouraged me to leave this mode which, according to him, is too heavy for a one-person freelancer like me and advised me to stay on the switch mode by quickly mentioning this limitation that I discovered on this occasion without being able to know more.
I should point out that very often when I travel I don't have an internet connection (or network) so I need to be able to operate locally.
For my part, I find this license management mode very simple.
Afterwards, with just a little internet contact (even via your mobile phone) you get the license for the desired workstation (the license is associated with a user account on the Dassault portal and no longer with a physical machine).
Your solidworks reseller should be able to help you make the switch. The handling itself is not very complicated, but I don't remember all the steps to follow.
I'm going to see about it and take my courage in three hands because now that you have to type 4, 5 #, enter 4 passwords, contacting your reseller becomes almost as complicated as making an appointment at the Urssaf, especially since I'm no longer under maintenance.