Hardware Recommendations for 2017 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 K2100, M1000, P620 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 K2100, K2000, M2000, P620 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 Hard Drive: >250GB + Solid State Drive Graphics Card:NVIDIA Quadro K3100, K4200, M4000 or similar Memory: 16GB 32 GB+ (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 desktop
Software Requirements for 2017 Products for Windows Operating Systems 2015 (EDU 2016 (EDU 2017 (EDU 2015-2016) 2016-2017) 2017-2018) Windows 10, 64-bit (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1, 64-bit Windows 8.0, 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, 64-bit (only) Hardware RAM Video Card Processor Install Media 8GB or more recommended 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 9,10,11 IE 10,11 IE 11 Excel and Word 2010, 2013 Other 2010, 2013, 2016 (SW2016 SP3) 2010, 2013, 2016 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 Windows 7 or newer (64-bit) Dual core CPU; Quad core recommended 8GB RAM; 16GB recommended 2GB free disk space; 5GB recommended 2GB or more GPU RAM; 4GB recommended NVIDIA graphics card: NVIDIA Quadro /NVIDIA GeForce /Tesla with at least NVIDIA Fermi chip; Dual-GPU setup with at least NVIDIA Maxwell cards for the best experience NVIDIA Pascal cards are not supported in Visualize 2017 SP0. This includes the following graphics cards: Tesla P100, Tesla P40, Tesla P4, Quadro P6000, Quadro
P5000, GTX 1060, GTX 1070, and GTX 1080. Support is expected to be released in a Visualize 2017 service pack. NVIDIA driver version 362.13 recommended NVIDIA driver support for CUDA 7.5 or newer required HDR Light Studio connection: HDR Light Studio v5.3.3 or newer Network License Server Operating Systems Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 2015 2016 2017 (2017 SP2) PCB Services Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017 Windows Server 2016 N/A (2017 SP2) Windows Server 2012 R2 N/A Windows Server 2012 N/A Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 N/A Electrical Server Operating Systems Electrical 2015 Electrical 2016 Electrical 2017 Windows Server 2016 (2017 SP2) Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 SQL Server Platform SQL 2016 SQL 2014 SQL 2012 SQL 2008 R2
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 2018 SP5 Windows 8.0, 64-bit All Products 2013 SP0 2015 SP5 Windows 7, 64-bit All Products 2010 SP1 Active Windows 7, 32-bit, PDM 2010 SP1 2014 SP5 Windows Vista, 64-bit All Products 2008 SP3.1 2013 SP5 Windows Vista, 32-bit All Products 2008 SP0 2013 SP5 Windows XP, 64-bit All Products 2006 SP4 2012 SP5 Windows XP, 32-bit All Products 2001Plus SP0 2013 SP5 Windows Server 2016 PDM, Network License Server 2017 SP2 Active Windows Server 2012 R2 PDM, Network License Server 2014 SP3 2018 SP05 Windows Server 2012 PDM, Network License Server 2014 SP0 2018 SP05 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 PDM, Network License Server 2009 2017 SP05 Windows Server 2008 PDM, Network License Server 2008 2014 SP5 SQL Server 2016 PDM Database Server 2017 SP0 Active SQL Server 2014 PDM Database Server 2015 SP0 Active SQL Server 2012 PDM Database Server 2013 SP2 Active SQL Server 2008 R2 PDM Database Server 2010 SP4 2017 SP5 IE 11 All Products 2014 SP3 Active IE 10 All Products 2013 SP0 2016 SP5 IE 9 All Products 2011 SP4 2015 SP5 IE 8 All Products 2009 SP5 2014 SP5 Excel, Word 2016 (64-bit recommended), PDM 2016 SP3 Active Excel, Word 2013, PDM 2013 SP4 Active Excel, Word 2010, PDM 2010 SP5 2018 SP5 Excel, Word 2007, PDM 2008 SP1 2014 SP5
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 2010, 2013, or 2016 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 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 PDM - CAD Editor, Contributor and Viewer Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017 Windows 10 (64-bit only) Windows 8.1 (64-bit only) Windows 8.0 (64-bit only) Windows 7 (64-bit) (2015 SP5) Windows 7 (32-bit) (Contributor/Viewer) Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor Microsoft Products MS Office Document Support 8 GB (4 GB for Contributor/Viewer) or more recommended 10 GB or more Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended 2010, 2013 2010, 2013 2010, 2013, 2016 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 - Web Client (PDM Professional only) Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017 Windows 10 (64-bit only) (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1 (64-bit only) Windows 8.0 (64-bit only) Windows 7 (64-bit) Windows 7 (32-bit) Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 4 GB or more recommended 5 GB or more Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended Web Browser Internet Explorer IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11
PDM - Web2 Client (PDM Professional only) Browser (Minimum Version) 2015 2016 2017 Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Apple Safari (V.11) (V.12) (V.33) (V.24) (V.8) PDM - Web Server (PDM Professional only) Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017 Windows Server 2016 & Information Services (IIS) Windows Server 2012 R2 & Information Services (IIS) Windows Server 2012 & Information Services (IIS) Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 & 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
PDM - Archive Server & Database Server Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 SQL Server Platform SQL 2016 SQL 2014 SQL 2012 SQL 2008 R2 Hardware RAM Disk Space Processor 8 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 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 2017 SP05 is the end of life for Workgroup PDM products Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017 Windows 10 (64-bit only) (2015 SP5) Windows 8.1 (64-bit only) Windows 8.0 (64-bit only) Windows 7 (64-bit only) 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 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11 Virtual environments Not Supported Workgroup PDM - Vault 2017 SP05 is the end of life for Workgroup PDM products Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1 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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