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SolidWorks System Requirements
Are you upgrading to a new computer, or need to know if SolidWorks products will run on a computer you already have? Here's where you can find out.
System hardware and operating system requirements for SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation products are listed below. For Product Data Management (PDM) requirements, click here.
Supported Microsoft Windows®Operating Systems:(9)
Computer and Software Requirements:
RAM |
- Minimum: 1GB RAM
- Recommended: 6GB RAM or more on Windows 7 x64 operating system
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Video |
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CPU |
- Intel® or AMD® processors(7)(11)
- eDrawings® is supported on Apple Macintosh®-based machines(6)
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Other |
- DVD drive
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.x or higher
- Adobe Acrobat version 7.0.7 or higher
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (12), 2007, or 2010
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| Network |
- SolidWorks is only tested with Microsoft's Windows Networking and Active Directory network environments(8)
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SNL (SolidWorks Network License) Server Requirements:
- USB or parallel port required (prior to SolidWorks 2010)
- Virtual servers are not supported for SNL
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2008® or Windows Server 2003® (recommended)
- DVD drive or Internet enabled network connection
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(1) Support for Windows XP Professional is ending. For details see the Release Notes or Technical Alerts.
(2) Supports SolidWorks 2010 SP1 or higher (based on Windows 7 availability).
(3)Windows Vista Ultimate, Business and Enterprise editions only (SP1 or higher).
(5) Supported for Windows XP Professional (x86 SP3, x64 SP2).
(6) eDrawings and eDrawings Professional is supported on all operating systems listed above and Mac OS X 10.4 x or higher. eDrawings 2010 will be the last version to support Mac OS X 10.4.x.
(7) SolidWorks is not supported on Apple Macintosh®-based machines.
(8) Novell networks and non-Windows based network storage devices are not tested or recommended.
(9) The Windows operating system requirements follow the Microsoft Windows Lifecycle policy.
(10)Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions only.
(11)CPU must support SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2).
(12)SolidWorks 2010 is the last release to support Excel 2003.
(13)Office 2010 feature 'Click-to-run' is not supported.