Information for ECS Students, Faculty, and Staff regarding updates to ECS software from the Computing, Communications & Academic Technology Services (CCATS) team.

SolidWorks Student Access - July 17, 2025

SolidWorks student access is activated. For details, see SolidWorks Academic Version (ECS students only) in the ECS Resources Center Canvas course.

ADS License Activated - July 16, 2025

ADS license activated for this academic year. Tested and operational in both ECS labs and in ECS Azure Virtual Desktops.

License expires July 10, 2026.

Synopsis Updated - July 9, 2025

The current ECS Synopsys software license manager is installed and operational on Flex1. Current license is good through June 10, 2027.

The latest release of usual ECS Synopsys software products have been tested and installed on the Coding servers.