SolidWorks System Requirement

Supported Microsoft Windows

Computer & Software Requirements

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

Important Notes:

• Support for Windows XP Professional is discontinued. For details see the Release Notes or Technical Alerts.
• Supports SolidWorks 2010 SP1 or higher (based on Windows 7 availability).
• Windows Vista Ultimate, Business and Enterprise editions only (SP1 or higher).
• Supported for Windows XP Professional (x86 SP3, x64 SP2).
• 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 available version to support Mac OS X 10.4.x.
• SolidWorks is not supported on Apple Macintosh®-based machines.
• Novell networks and non-Windows based network storage devices are not tested or recommended.
• The Windows operating system requirements follow the Microsoft Windows Lifecycle policy.
• Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions only.
  CPU must support SSE2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions 2).
•  SolidWorks 2010 is the last release to support Excel 2003.

Office 2010 feature ‘Click-To-Run’ is not supported

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM System Requirements

For client

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (CAD Editor)

SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (Contributor/Contributor Web/PDM Viewer)

For server

Archive

Database

Web

Important Notes:

• The SolidWorks Enterprise PDM server components can run on workstations running XP, but in a production environment, SolidWorks Corporation requires the use of a server-specific operating system.
• The minimum requirement is an absolute minimum. SolidWorks Corporation cannot guarantee system performance or behavior for installations running on configurations not meeting the minimum recommended levels.
• The hard drive requirements are solely dependent on the size of data stored in the system. Therefore, the actual requirements can exceed the values in this recommendation.
• The recommended configuration is based on a typical installation with approximately 20 users and approximately 60,000 stored documents.
• Prerequisites for installing any SolidWorks Enterprise PDM component are Windows Installer 3.1,MSXML 6, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SQL_DMO backward-compatibility drivers. These are automatically installed when running the SolidWorks Enterprise PDM setup. Client also has a prerequisite of Microsoft .Net 3 Framework.
• If using an administrative install image for client deployment, these components will not be installed automatically.
• As the Database Server of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM runs on SQL server, we do not recommend installing any instances of other applications on the database server.
• Note that client, database and archive server support both 32 and 64 bit operating systems, but web server currently supports 32 bit operating systems only.
• Starting with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2009 the product will only be available on DVDs.
• Windows 2003 Small Business Server Edition is not supported. Installation is blocked for SolidWorks Workgroup PDM Vault

SolidWorks Workgroup PDM Vault:

The CPU, Other, and Network requirements listed above plus the following:

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2003 or 2008® (recommended)
• Minimum: 512 MB RAM or greater, Recommended: 2GB
• Minimum: 50 GB hard drive, Recommended: 100GB
  (requirements vary based on number of files, size of files, and number of revisions)

SolidWorks Workgroup PDM Viewer:

SolidWorks Workgroup PDM Vault server requirements plus the following:

API Triggers

• Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
• Microsoft Message Queuing Triggers

Web Portal

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 or later

3DVia System Requirements

Supported Microsoft Windows Operating System*:

• Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Vista 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft XP Professional 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Server 2003 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Server 2008 32-bit and 64-bit

Hardware Requirements

Note:

* WOW (Windows on Windows) lets 32-bit processes run on Windows 64-bit operating
systems (not recommended).

** Software Prerequisites: 3DVIA SolidWorks Plug-in 32-bit requires SolidWorks 32-bit and
3DVIA SolidWorks Plug-in 64-bit requires SolidWorks 64-bit installed.