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SolidWorks System Requirements (Windows and Mac)

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SolidWorks 2011 Operating Systems Windows 7 Windows 8 (64-bit only) Windows Vista Windows XP Minimum Hardware RAM Disk Space Video Card Processor Install Media Microsoft Products Internet Explorer Excel and Word Other Anti-Virus Network Virtual environments and storage devices IE 7,8,9 2007, 2010
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SolidWorks 2012
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SolidWorks 2013
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SolidWorks 2014
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2 GB or more 5 GB or more Certified cards and drivers Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system recommended DVD Drive or Broadband Internet Connection

IE 7,8,9 2007, 2010

IE 8,9,10 2007, 2010

IE 8,9,10 2007, 2010, 2013

Supported Anti-Virus Products Microsoft Windows networking. Novell networks and nonWindows network storage devices are not supported Supported storage devices

eDrawings

Operating Systems Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows Vista Windows XP Mac 10.4 Mac 10.5 Mac 10.6

eDrawings 2011

eDrawings 2012

eDrawings 2013

eDrawings 2014

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SolidWorks Network License Server

Operating Systems Windows 7 Windows 8 (64-bit only) Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012

SolidWorks 2011

SolidWorks 2012

SolidWorks 2013

SolidWorks 2014

Microsoft Products

Operating Systems Windows 7 Windows 8 IE 8 IE 9 IE 10 Excel, Word 2007 Excel, Word 2010

Earliest Supported SolidWorks Version SolidWorks 2010 SP1 SolidWorks 2013 SP0 SolidWorks 2009 SP5 SolidWorks 2011 SP4 SolidWorks 2013 SP0 SolidWorks 2009 SP5 SolidWorks 2010 SP5

Notes SolidWorks Product Support Lifecycle Windows Home Editions are not supported Apple Macintosh-based machines running Windows using Boot Camp are not supported Office 2010 feature 'Click-To-Run' is not supported We recommend using the latest Microsoft SP of Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and .Net. Check the SolidWorks Release Notes for any exceptions or specific requirements

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