Drew Business: floating licenses
Drew Business uses floating network licenses. We also offer Solo licenses.
You can read more about both license types on the License Version page. You can purchase your licenses on the product page.
What is a floating license?
A floating license means that multiple users can take turns using a single license. With three licenses, three users can use Drew at the same time.
How Drew starts up
Drew automatically tries to check out a network license when it starts. It connects to our license server and checks out a license when one is available.
Disable checking out a license automatically
You can disable this behavior by unchecking Check out a floating license on startup.
See who is using a license
If all licenses are in use, you can see who is using them in the License Manager window under Connected users.
How to return your floating license
You can return a floating license to the pool in three different ways:
- Click Return license in the License Manager window
- Close down SOLIDWORKS
- Unload the Drew add-in using the Add-Ins menu in SOLIDWORKS. See the image below.
