SolidSQUAD is a group known for reverse engineering and bypassing licensing protections (software cracking). The following information is provided for educational and historical understanding of software protection mechanisms and the cat-and-mouse game between vendors and bypass groups. Using cracked software violates SolidWorks’ EULA and may introduce security risks. 1. Who Was/Is SolidSQUAD? SolidSQUAD (often abbreviated SSQ) was one of the most prominent, long-standing teams in the CAD/CAE software cracking scene. Active from the early 2000s through approximately 2019-2020, they specialized in network license emulation (often called "FlexNet Publisher" or "FLEXlm" cracking). Unlike groups that simply patch executables, SSQ was famous for creating clean, emulated license servers that required no modification to the original software binaries.