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System requirements for our Mechanical Design (SolidWorks), Design Validation (COSMOS), Collaboration (eDrawings)(3), and Data Management (PDMWorks) products.
 Microsoft® Windows® Supported Operating Systems (9)
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SolidWorks 2004
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SolidWorks 2005
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SolidWorks 2006
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SolidWorks 2007
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XP Professional
(32-bit) (1)
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XP Professional
(32-bit) (1)
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XP Professional
(32-bit) (1)
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XP Professional
(32-bit) (1)
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2000 Professional (2)
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2000 Professional (2)
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2000 Professional (2)
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Not supported
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Not supported
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XP Professional
(64-bit) (4)(5)(7)
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XP Professional
(64-bit) (4)
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XP Professional
(64-bit) (4)
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Computer and Software Requirements:
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RAM
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Minimum: 512MB RAMParts(6) (< 200 features) and assemblies (< 1000 components)
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Recommended: 1GB or more
Parts(6) (> 200 features) and assemblies (> 1000 components)
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Virtual memory recommended to 2X the amount of RAM
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Video
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Recommended: A certified OpenGL workstation graphics card and driver
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For a listing of tested and certified graphics cards and driver combinations visit the Graphics Cards and Systems web site
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CPU
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Intel® Pentium™ (8), Intel® Xeon™ (8), AMD® Athlon™, or AMD® Opteron™ based computers
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Other
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Mouse or other pointing device
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Recommended: DVD drive. Minimum: CD drive
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If you use Bills of Materials from previous releases, or if you use Design Tables from any release, you must have Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002, or 2003
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Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later if you are using the SolidWorks online help, open SolidWorks files from Internet Explorer, or use the PDMWorks Web Portal
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For viewing the What's New manual, Adobe Acrobat version 7.0.7 or higher is recommended.
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Network
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SolidWorks is tested only with Microsoft's Windows Networking and Active Directory network environments
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The supported operating systems for network devices to save SolidWorks model files are the same as for the SolidWorks software
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Novell networks and non-Windows based network storage devices are not tested or recommended
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TCP/IP network service is required for PDMWorks (client), PDMWorks Vault, PDMWorks Advanced server, and SNL server
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PDMWorks Server access requires 100 MB minimum bandwidth
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SNL (SolidWorks Network License) Server Requirements:
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Previous to SolidWorks 2007:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Server,
or Windows Server 2003® (recommended)
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SolidWorks 2007 and beyond:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003® (recommended)
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USB or parallel port required
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PDMWorks Vault:
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The CPU, Other, and Network requirements listed above plus the following:
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000 Server, or
Windows Server 2003® (recommended)
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Minimum: 512 MB RAM or greater, Recommended: 2GB
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Minimum: 50 GB hard drive, Recommended: 100GB
(requirements vary based on number of files, size of files, and number of revisions)
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PDMWorks Advanced Server:
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PDMWorks Vault server requirements plus the following:
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API Triggers
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- Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
- Microsoft Message Queuing Triggers
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Web Portal
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- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 or later
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Recommended: Windows XP Professional SP2
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Recommended: Windows 2000 Professional SP 4
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eDrawings and eDrawings Professional support the following operating systems; Windows XP Professional 32-bit(1) ,Windows XP Professional 64-bit (1)(5)(6), Windows 2000 Professional (1) , Windows Server 2003, Mac OS 10.3.3 Panther and higher, Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6 and higher), Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME.
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Supported as a 32-bit application running in the 64-bit OS.
Supported as a 64-bit application SolidWorks 2006 Sp1.1 or higher.
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Supported SolidWorks 2005 SP4 and higher.
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Memory usage can be affected by the number of features, complexity of the features, and use of imported data.
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COSMOS Designer 2005 can only be installed on 64-bit machines from the SP4 CD.
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Support included for Intel® EM64T.
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The Windows operating system requirements follow the Microsoft Windows life-cycle policy which can be viewed at: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifesupsps#Windows.
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