Beforewestart,beawarethatthisguideassumestwothings:1.)Youareinstallingthisprogramona32bitoperatingsystem.2.)YoudonothaveapreviousversionofSolidWorksinstalledonyourcomputer.Thisguideisbasicallynoobproofrightnow,butifyouareinstallingona64bitsystemorhaveapreviousversionofSolidWorksinstalledtheremaybesomesmalldifferenceswhichyouwillhavetoworkthrough.IrecommenduninstallinganypreviousversionofSolidWorksbeforeinstallingthisversion.IknowforafactthatifyouhadhackedversionsofSolidWorks2008withCOSMOS,alloftheCOSMOSfunctionswillnotbeavailableinSolidWorks2009unlessyouuninstalltheolderversionfirst.Let’smoveon…

1. DISABLEYOURINTERNET!UNPLUGYOURLANLINE,UNPLUGYOURMODEM,DISABLEINWINDOWS,DOSOMETHING,JUSTMAKESUREITISOFF!2. Mountthe32bitor64bitSolidWorks2009ISOfileusingAlcohol120%orasimilartool.AlternativelyyoucanalsoburntheimagetousingNeroorwhateverburningsoftwareyouprefer.YOUCANONLYUSETHE32BITVERSIONOFSOLIDWORKS2009ONA32BITOPERATINGSYSTEMANDCANONLYUSETHE64BITVERIONSOFSOLIDWORKS2009ONA64BITOPERATINGSYSTEM.3. OnceyoumounttheISOimageofyourchoosingorinsertthediscyouhavecreatedfromtheISOimageofyourchoosing,theSolidWorks2009InstallationManagerwillautomaticallystart.IfitdoesnotautomaticallystartsimplydoubleclickonthevirtualdrivethathastheISOimagemountedtoitortheCDdrivethathastheSolidWorks2009discinit.Copyandpasteoneofthefollowingserialnumbers,itdoesnotmatterwhichone,thenclicknext.

0001000107360361Or

0001000107360361JK3QHDJ3

4. Whenyouclicknextyouwillgetthewarningbelow.Itistryingtochecktheinternettoverifyyourserialnumber,butthankfullyyourinternetisdisabled.Clickcanceltoproceed.

5. Noneedtorecordyourserialnumber,becauseitisn’treallyyoursanyways!Clicknexttoproceed.

6. Clicknextonthescreenbelow.

7. Chooseindividualonthescreenbelowthenclicknext.

8. OnthisscreenyouwillchoosethefeaturesofSolidWorks2009youwanttoinstall.SolidWorksPremiumisselectedbydefault,andthisselectionwillgiveyouthemaximumamountoffeatures.IFYOUWANTCOSMOSYOUORAPITOOLSYOUWILLHAVETOSELECTTOINSTALLTHEMHERE.Incaseyouwerewondering,APItoolsisforSolidWorksenvironmentdevelopment.Unlessyouareasoftwareprogrammermakingadd‐onapplicationsforSolidWorksyouprobablydon’tneedit.Anothersidenote,COSMOSisnamed“COSMOS”hereduringtheinstallation,butwhenyoustartusingSolidWorksitwillbecalled“Simulation”.“Simulation”isthenew“COSMOS”.Moredetailsonthissubjectattheendoftheguide.

9. ThisscreenletsyoupicktheSolidWorkstoolboxlocation.Unlessyouhaveatoolboxwithalotofstuffinitalready,justleavethisatitsdefaultlocationandclicknext.

10. Thisscreenasksifyouwanttowaittoinstall.Clickinstallnowifyouarereadytoinstall…Itwilltakeabout20minorlessonafastcomputer.Onceyouclickinstallnowaprogressbarwillstart.

11. Oncetheprogressbarreaches100%thescreenbelowwillappear.MAKESUREYOUDON’TCHECKFORUPDATESORPARTICIPATEINTHECUSTOMEREXPERINECEPROGRAM.Irecommendun‐checkingalloftheboxesinthiswindowandthenclickfinish.Onceyouclickfinishyoumaybeaskedtorestartcomputer,DON’TRESTARTYET!

12. Nowthattheinstallationiscomplete,itistimetoapplythepatch.YouwillhavetouseWINRARtounzipthecrackfiles.AfterthefilesareunzippedselecttheoneyouneedaccordingtotheversionofSolidWorksyouinstalled,either32bitor64bit.RunthepatchanddirecttheTARGETFILEtothefollowingpathbelow.Thefilewillonlybeinthislocationifyouusedthedefaultinstallationsettings.Onceyouhaveselectedthecorrectfilepathclickstartinthepatchprogram.Afterthepatchdoesitsthing,clickOKinthepopupwindowtoendthepatchprogram.

C:\ProgramFiles\SolidWorksCorp\SolidWorks\sldappu.dll

13. NextcopytheLICENSE.DATfilefromthecrack/patchfolderlabeledCOSMOSandpasteitintothedirectorybelow.

C:\ProgramFiles\SolidWorksCorp\SolidWorks\COSMOS\License

14. NextcopytheNEXUS3.DLLfilefromthecrack/patchfolderlabeledPhotoView360andpasteitintothedirectorybelowoverwritingtheoriginalone.

C:\ProgramFiles\SolidWorksCorp\PhotoView360

15. Restartyourcomputer.

16. Enableyourinternet.17. StartSolidWorksthengotoTOOLSandselectADD‐INS.HereyoucantellSolidWorkstoinatilaizeCOSMOS/SolidWorksSimulationprogramsatstartup.

18. Ifforsomereasonyoudon’tseealloftheoptionslistedintheboxabove,youmayneedtoEXPLOREorOPENthedriveyouwereinstallingSolidWorksfrom(yourvirtualdrivewithISOimagemountedorCDdrivewiththediscyoucreatedinit)andchoosetoinstallthemissing

optionsmanually.COSMOSstuffislocatedinthefoldernamedcwwi.YouwillhavetoopentheindividualCOSMOSfoldersoneatatimeandinstallwhateverdidn’tinstallcorrectlythefirsttime.Installbyclickinganyofthe.EXEfilesinsidethedifferentCOSMOSfolders.

19. Finallydone!Hopethishelpssomepeoplethatdon’tspeakRussian.

Asmentionedatthestartofthisguide,manyitemsthatdidhave“COSMOS”inthenamenowappearinSolidWorksas“Simulation”.Hereisabreakdownofwhatchangedtowhat…

COSMOSWorks→SolidWorksSimulation

COSMOSWorksProfessional→SolidWorksSimulationProfessional

COSMOSWorksAdvancedProfessional→SolidWorksSimulationPremium

COSMOSXpress→SolidWorksSimulationXpress

COSMOSFloXpress→SolidWorksFloXpress

COSMOSFloWorks→SolidWorksFlowSimulation

COSMOSMotion→SolidWorksMotion

P.S.ToSolidWorks…IloveyoursoftwareandIwouldbuyitifIweren’tsopoor…Sorry.