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Hardware Recommendations for SOLIDWORKS 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 non-

linear, 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 SOLIDWORKS 2017

SOLIDWORKS Products for Windows

Operating Systems

SOLIDWORKS

2015

(EDU

2015-2016)

SOLIDWORKS

2016

(EDU

2016-2017)

SOLIDWORKS

2017

(EDU

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 8GB or more recommended

Video Card Certified cards and drivers

Processor Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system required

Install Media DVD Drive or Broadband Internet Connection

Microsoft Products

Internet Explorer IE 9,10,11 IE 10,11 IE 11

Excel and Word 2010, 2013 2010, 2013,

2016 (SW2016 SP3) 2010, 2013, 2016

Other

Anti-Virus Supported Anti-Virus Products

Network Microsoft Windows networking. Novell networks and non-Windows network

storage devices are not supported

Virtual environments Supported virtual environments

SOLIDWORKS 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 SOLIDWORKS Visualize 2017 SP0. This includes

the following graphics cards: Tesla P100, Tesla P40, Tesla P4, Quadro P6000, Quadro

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/videocardtesting.html

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/AntiVirus_SW.html

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/11168_ENU_HTML.htm


P5000, GTX 1060, GTX 1070, and GTX 1080. Support is expected to be released in a SOLIDWORKS 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

SOLIDWORKS Network License Server

Operating Systems SOLIDWORKS

2015 SOLIDWORKS

2016 SOLIDWORKS

2017

Windows Server 2016 (2017 SP2)

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1

SOLIDWORKS PCB Services

Operating Systems SOLIDWORKS

2015 SOLIDWORKS

2016 SOLIDWORKS

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

SOLIDWORKS Electrical Server

Operating Systems Electrical

2015

Electrical

2016

Electrical

2017

Windows Server 2016 (2017 SP2)


Windows Server 2012


SQL Server Platform

SQL 2016

SQL 2014

SQL 2012

SQL 2008 R2


Microsoft Products

Microsoft Products SOLIDWORKS 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 SOLIDWORKS, 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 2008 R2 PDM Database Server 2010 SP4 2017 SP5

IE 11 All Products 2014 SP3 Active

IE 10 All Products 2013 SP0 2016 SP5



Excel, Word 2016 (64-bit recommended)

SOLIDWORKS, PDM 2016 SP3 Active

Excel, Word 2013 SOLIDWORKS, PDM 2013 SP4 Active

Excel, Word 2010 SOLIDWORKS, PDM 2010 SP5 2018 SP5

Excel, Word 2007 SOLIDWORKS, PDM 2008 SP1 2014 SP5


Notes Windows Home Editions, small business and Windows To Go are not supported.

Video

A certified OpenGL workstation graphics card and driver. For a listing of tested and certified graphics cards and driver combinations visit the SOLIDWORKS 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: SOLIDWORKS 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 SOLIDWORKS 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 (SOLIDWORKS 2016 and 2015 SP5) Windows 8.1® 64-bit only (SOLIDWORKS 2014 SP1) Windows 8® 64-bit only (SOLIDWORKS 2015 SP5 end of life) Windows 7®

SNL Server Requirements Windows 7® (SP1 required for SOLIDWORKS 2014) Windows 8.1® 64-bit only (SOLIDWORKS 2014 SP1) Windows Server 2008® R2 (SOLIDWORKS 2014 SP1) Windows Server 2012® Windows Server 2012® R2 Virtual servers are not supported for SNL. Recommended: DVD drive. Minimum: Internet enabled network connection.





PDM System Requirements

SOLIDWORKS PDM - CAD Editor, Contributor and Viewer Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017

Windows 10 (64-bit only) (2015 SP5)

Windows 8.1 (64-bit only)


Windows 7 (64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit) (Contributor/Viewer)

Hardware

RAM 8 GB (4 GB for Contributor/Viewer) or more recommended

Disk Space 10 GB or more

Processor Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended

Microsoft Products

MS Office Document Support

2010, 2013 2010, 2013 2010, 2013, 2016

Other

Anti-Virus Supported Anti-Virus Products

Networking Microsoft Windows networking. Novell networks and non-Windows network storage

devices are not supported


SOLIDWORKS PDM - Web Client (PDM Professional only) Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017




Windows 7 (64-bit)

Windows 7 (32-bit)

Hardware

RAM 4 GB or more recommended



Web Browser

Internet Explorer IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11




SOLIDWORKS PDM - Web2 Client (PDM Professional only) Browser (Minimum Version) 2015 2016 2017

Microsoft Internet Explorer

(V.11)

Microsoft Edge

(V.12)

Google Chrome

(V.33)

Mozilla Firefox

(V.24)

Apple Safari

(V.8)

SOLIDWORKS 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 4 GB or more


Processor Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system

recommended

Other




SOLIDWORKS PDM - Archive Server & Database Server Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017

Windows Server 2016


Windows Server 2012


SQL Server Platform

SQL 2016

SQL 2014

SQL 2012

SQL 2008 R2

Hardware




Other


Notes -The minimum requirement is the recommended minimum to run the software. These recommendations will vary depending on implementation size. SOLIDWORKS 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



SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM - Client & Viewer 2017 SP05 is the end of life for SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM products

Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017




Windows 7 (64-bit only)

Hardware




Other

Internet Explorer IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11 IE 9,10,11

Virtual environments Not Supported

SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM - Vault 2017 SP05 is the end of life for SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM products

Operating Systems 2015 2016 2017


Windows Server 2012


Hardware



Processor Intel® or AMD® processors

Other

Web Server Requirements Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 or later.

API Trigger Requirements Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), Microsoft Message Queuing Triggers

Virtual environments Not Supported

Notes

SOLIDWORKS 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 SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM is not supported on 64-bit operating systems unless changes are made to the Vault Server operating system. Please refer to SOLIDWORKS 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

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/solidworks-support.htm?tabshow=2


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