SolidWorks

itopia CloudApps offers learning experiences with SolidWorks, a leading CAD/CAE tool, providing the latest major version with updates. SolidWorks excels in engineering design, while for more organic designs, CloudApps also offers Blender, which is a better fit for sculpting.

itopia CloudApps does not provide licensing for SolidWorks. Administrators must supply their own licensing information when setting up SolidWorks for a class.

If your school district does not have SolidWorks educational licenses, please check out their student pricing on the SolidWorks Student Access webpage.

SolidWorks is currently only available through a custom image request form submission.

To get started, please fill out the request form here:

👉 Custom Image Request Form

The custom image request process requires:

The engineering team will use this information to build the image and make it available. The image request queue has a minimum 3-week processing window, depending on the volume of requests and completeness of submitted materials.

Once complete, the image will appear in the Admin Portal and can be used to create new classes.

Each virtual machine instance created through Labs is ephemeral and isolated, with no direct network communication to other devices. For SolidWorks applications to successfully communicate with your license server, these requirements must be met:

Your perimeter firewall must allow inbound traffic from CloudApps IPs and ports:

When creating a class using the SolidWorks image (after it's added to your account), you’ll be prompted to enter your license server’s public address in the format:

If your firewall is using port forwarding or if you've customized your license port, adjust accordingly.