Solidworks Host File Block -

In SOLIDWORKS PDM environments, the local Windows hosts file is used as a temporary workaround for .

Your computer usually checks a DNS server to find out where www.google.com lives. However, the HOSTS file has priority. If you tell your computer that www.google.com points to 127.0.0.1 (your own machine), your browser will crash when trying to load Google. Solidworks Host File Block

SolidWorks (and its background services like SW Licensing Service, SolidWorks FlexNet Server, and Publisher) makes outbound HTTP/HTTPS calls to specific Dassault Systèmes domains. In SOLIDWORKS PDM environments, the local Windows hosts

Users often modify the Windows hosts file to prevent SolidWorks from communicating with its home servers. This is sometimes used for privacy or to manage software activation locally. In SOLIDWORKS PDM environments