Stop in for a cup of coffee

@krazykuda was reading back, seen you were having trouble with Solidworks downloading. If you’re still having issues, go get an external SSD hard drive and download it to to it. Solidworks is a HUGE memory and resource hog. *Most* off the shelf computers for less than 6-7 hundred. The mid-priced ones *sometimes* will run it. Solidworks doesn’t do a good job with their minimum requirements. Expect some issues in bigger models and assemblies if running bare minimum system requirements.

of course, with your situation I’m not saying to run out and dump a lot of money, just saying it’s normal for issues to happen. The machine I run at work is a custom built machine, the best of everything and spec’d to be top notch. It also cost 7500 bucks. It still has issues when you get to HUGE models, say Semi truck size.

I was talking to my youngest son and we realized that the latest version of Solidworks is for windows 10 and I'm running windows 7... I just went out and got a new 2 Tb hard drive so I can load windows 10 on it and try to download the CAD software then...

My machine is ok to run it... It's a first gen windows 7 with upgraded video card and max RAM... I should be able to handle it... I had a version of Solidworks on it before, but it expired and I had to unload it...

I will update a few of my files and then try to swap my new hard drive in hopefully today or tomorrow....