You might want to read up on FlexNET. Its called "license borrowing" - we use it frequently when laptops go into the field or on presentation at client officies. They automatically expire after a preset time limit, so no worries about them going missing either. FlexNET also has a lot more options for license control than the V5 licensing.
I have been a Navisworks user for a long time and manage 31 seats of Simulate and 1 Manage. I agree with much of what has been said previously about the product's enhancements since AutoDesk purchased it (many fewer improvements in capabilites and more tweaking the interface). But since AutoDesk owns it now, I am sure most would agree that the majority of changes will be in GUI and pricing rather than core functionality or speed. I say this based on what I've seen with other well-established AutoDesk platform products.
If I had one wish list item it would be for Freedom to have the Measurement tool enabled. If AutoDesk is afraid of giving away too many features for free I will point out that Adobe beat them to the punch with PDF over DWF. I would hate to see 3D PDF or something else beat AutoDesk to making Freedom a De-Facto standard for 3D model viewing just because they were slow to understanding what a gold mine they have purchased.
Just my 2 cents worth...
FREEDOM 2012 HAS THE MEASURE TOOLS, THIS SHOULS SAVE YOU A FEW QUID IF ALL YOU WERE USING REVIEW FOR WAS MEASURING
Hi bcskbge, please to advise you that native SolidWorks support has now been introduced to Navisworks 2013.
Best regards,
Richard