Hardware Recommendations for 2016 Minimum System OS: Windows 10, Windows 8.1 64, or Windows 7 64 CPU: Intel i5 Core Intel i7 Dual Core, or equivalent AMD Hard Drive: >250GB, 7200rpm Graphics Card: 2GB NVIDIA Quadro K2100M, 2 GB ATI FirePro M4000, or similar Memory: 8GB This is a good system for simple parts, moderately sized assemblies and drawings. Assemblies should contain less than 200 components. The system is efficient for running part and assembly simulations including linear statics, thermal, frequency, fatigue, and optimization. Gap and contact simulations will run fine on small assemblies that contain simple parts. The system is sufficient for simple flow simulations. Approximate cost: $1,600 for laptop Approximate cost: $1,400 for desktop Basic System OS: Windows 10, Windows 8.1 64, or Windows 7 64 CPU: Intel Core i7 Quad Core, or Intel Xeon, or equivalent AMD Hard Drive: >250GB + Solid State Drive Graphics Card: 2GB NVIDIA Quadro K2100M, K2000, 2 GB ATI FirePro M4000, or similar Memory: 8-16GB (as required) Use this configuration for complex parts that include advanced shapes, large patterns, shells, and more than 200 features. The system is adequate for assemblies that contain 200-1,000 components. The system is efficient for running part and assembly simulations including nonlinear, dynamics, random vibrations along with moderate gaps and contacts. The system is sufficient for moderate flow simulations. Approximate cost: $2,100 for laptop Approximate cost: $1,800 for desktop Advanced System OS: Windows 10, Windows 8.1 64, or Windows 7 64 CPU: Intel Core i7 Quad Core, or Intel Xeon, or equivalent AMD Hard Drive: >250GB + Solid State Drive Graphics Card: 3GB NVIDIA Quadro K3100M, K4000, ATI FirePro V7900, or similar Memory: 16GB + (as required) This configuration should be used for large assemblies that contain 1,000 200,000 components. The system is sufficient for large complex analysis and large flow simulations. Approximate cost: $3,000 for laptop Approximate cost: $2,500 for laptop
Software Requirements for 2016 Operating Systems 2014 (EDU 2015 (EDU 2016 (EDU 2014-2015) 2015-2016) 2016-2017) Windows 10, 64-bit (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1, 64- bit (2014 SP1) Windows 8.0, 64- bit Windows 7 SP1, 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, 32-bit Hardware RAM Disk Space Video Card Processor Install Media 8GB or more recommended 5 GB or more Certified cards and drivers Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system required DVD Drive or Broadband Internet Connection Microsoft Products Internet Explorer IE 8,9,10,11 IE 9,10,11 IE 10,11 Excel and Word 2007, 2010, 2013 2010, 2013 2010, 2013 Other Anti-Virus Network Virtual environments Supported Anti-Virus Products Microsoft Windows networking. Novell networks and non-windows network storage devices are not supported Supported virtual environments Visualize Standard/Professional - In order to utilize the gpu or hybrid processing functionality in Visualize, Nvidia Quadro graphics card with cuda core processing and iray rendering capabilities is recommended.
edrawings Operating Systems edrawings 2014 edrawings 2015 edrawings 2016 Windows 10, 64-bit (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1, 64-bit Windows 8.0, 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, 32-bit Mac 10.10 Mac 10.9 Mac 10.8 Mac 10.7 Mac 10.6 SolidWorks Electrical Server Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 Windows Server 2008 SQL Server Platform SQL 2012 SQL 2008 R2 Network License Server Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows 10, 64-bit (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1, 64-bit (2014 SP1) Windows 8.0, 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, 64-bit
Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows 7 SP1, 32-bit Windows Server 2012 R2 (2014 SP3) Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Products Microsoft Products Products Start of Life End Of Life (1) Windows 10, 64-bit All Products 2015 SP5 Active Windows 8.1, 64-bit All Products 2014 SP1 Active Windows 8.0, 64-bit All Products 2013 SP0 2015 SP5 Windows 7, 64-bit All Products 2010 SP1 Active Windows 7, 32-bit, EPDM 2010 SP1 2014 SP5 Windows Vista, 32-bit All Products 2012 SP0 2013 SP5 Windows XP, 32-bit All Products 2001Plus SP0 2013 SP5 Windows Server 2012 R2 EPDM, Network License Server 2014 SP3 Active Windows Server 2012 EPDM, Network License Server 2014 SP0 Active Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 EPDM, Network License Server 2009 Active Windows Server 2008 EPDM, Network License Server 2008 2014 SP5 IE 11 All Products 2014 SP3 Active IE 10 All Products 2013 SP0 Active IE 9 All Products 2011 SP4 2015 SP5 IE 8 All Products 2009 SP5 2014 SP5 Excel, Word 2013, EPDM 2013 SP4 Active Excel, Word 2010, EPDM 2010 SP5 Active Video A certified OpenGL workstation graphics card and driver. For a listing of tested and certified graphics cards and driver combinations visit the System/Graphics Card Requirements Website. http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html
CPU Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system required. Note: is not supported on Apple Mac based machines. edrawings is supported on Apple Macintosh -based machines. Other Mouse or other pointing device. DVD drive or broadband internet connection Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, or 2013 Internet Explorer version 8 or higher Adobe Acrobat version 7.0.7 or higher Anti-Virus (http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/antivirus_sw.html) Network is tested only with Microsoft's Windows Networking and Active Directory network environments. Novell networks and non-windows based network storage devices are not supported. OS *Window 10 ( 2016 and 2015 SP5) Windows 8.1 64-bit only ( 2014 SP1) Windows 8 64-bit only ( 2015 SP5 end of life) Windows 7 SNL Server Requirements Windows 7 (SP1 required for 2014) Windows 8.1 64-bit only ( 2014 SP1) Windows 8 64-bit only Windows Server 2008 R2 ( 2014 SP1) Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual servers are not supported for SNL. Notes Windows Home Editions, small business and Windows To Go are not supported. Recommended: DVD drive. Minimum: Internet enabled network connection.
PDM System Requirements System hardware and operating system requirements for Enterprise PDM products. CAD Editor Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows 10 (64-bit only) (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1 (64-bit only) (2014 SP1) Windows 8.0 (64-bit only) Windows 7 (64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit) Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor Microsoft Products Microsoft Office Document Support 8 GB or more recommended 10 GB or more Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 2010, 2013 2010, 2013 Other Anti-Virus Networking Virtual environments Supported Anti-Virus Products Microsoft Windows networking. Novell networks and non-windows network storage devices are not supported Supported virtual environments Contributor and Viewer Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows 10 (64-bit only) (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1 (64-bit only) (2014 SP1) Windows 8.0 (64-bit only) Windows 7 (64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit)
Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 2 GB or more recommended 5 GB or more Intel or AMD processors. 64-bit operating system recommended Microsoft Products Microsoft Office Document Support 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 2010, 2013 2010, 2013 Other Anti-Virus Networking Virtual environments Supported Anti-Virus Products Microsoft Windows networking. Novell networks and non-windows network storage devices are not supported Supported virtual environments PDM Client - Web Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows 10 (64-bit only) (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1 (64-bit only) (2014 SP1) Windows 8.0 (64-bit only) Windows 7 (64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit) Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 2 GB or more recommended 5 GB or more Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended Web Browser Internet Explorer IE 8,9,10 IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11
PDM Archive Server Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 (2014 SP3) Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 Windows Server 2008 Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 4 GB or more recommended 50 GB or more Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended Other Virtual environments Supported virtual environments Database Server Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 (2014 SP3) Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 Windows Server 2008 SQL Server Platform SQL 2014 SQL 2012 SQL 2008 R2 SQL 2008 SQL 2005 SP2 Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 8 GB or more recommended 10 GB or more Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended
Web Server Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 & Information Services (IIS) (2014 SP3) Windows Server 2012 & Information Services (IIS) Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 & Information Services (IIS) Windows Server 2008 & Information Services (IIS) Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 4 GB or more 5 GB or more Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended Other Virtual environments Supported virtual environments Notes -The minimum requirement is the recommended minimum to run the software. These recommendations will vary depending on implementation size. Corporation cannot guarantee system performance or behaviour 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 stated. -It is not recommended to install any instances of other applications on the Database or Archive Server. It is recommended these are dedicated machines. -To ensure optimum performance, it is not recommended to install anti-virus software on the vault computer * Microsoft SQL Server 2012 supported as of Enterprise PDM 2013 SP3
Workgroup PDM Client & Viewer Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows 10 (64-bit only) (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1 (64-bit only) (2014 SP1) Windows 8.0 (64-bit only) Windows 7 (64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit) Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 2 GB or more recommended 5 GB or more Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended Other Internet Explorer IE 8,9,10 IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11 Virtual environments Not Supported Workgroup PDM Vault Operating Systems 2014 2015 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 (2014 SP3) Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 Windows Server 2008 Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 2 GB or more recommended 50 GB or more Intel or AMD processors Other Web Server Requirements API Trigger Requirements Virtual environments Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 or later. Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), Microsoft Message Queuing Triggers Not Supported
Notes Workgroup PDM requirements vary based on number of files, size of files, and number of revisions. The Microsoft Indexing Service used to search for vaulted files in Workgroup PDM is not supported on 64-bit operating systems unless changes are made to the Vault Server operating system. Please refer to knowledge base article S-054407 or contact Technical Support. End of Life Product Info http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/solidworks-support.htm?tabshow=2
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