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Solidworks 2018 System Requirements: This Applies To

SolidWorks 2018 has the following system requirements: - It is supported on 64-bit versions of Windows 10, 8.1, and 7, but not 32-bit or older versions of Windows. - A minimum of 8GB of RAM is recommended, especially for large assemblies and simulations. - A SolidWorks certified OpenGL video card with at least 1GB of RAM is required, and 2GB is recommended. - A current Intel or AMD processor with SSE2 support is needed, and multicore CPUs provide a 10-15% performance increase.

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Solidworks 2018 System Requirements: This Applies To

SolidWorks 2018 has the following system requirements: - It is supported on 64-bit versions of Windows 10, 8.1, and 7, but not 32-bit or older versions of Windows. - A minimum of 8GB of RAM is recommended, especially for large assemblies and simulations. - A SolidWorks certified OpenGL video card with at least 1GB of RAM is required, and 2GB is recommended. - A current Intel or AMD processor with SSE2 support is needed, and multicore CPUs provide a 10-15% performance increase.

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  • System Requirements

SolidWorks 2018 System Requirements

This applies to:


• Civil Engineering Technology
• Construction Engineering Technician
• Mechanical Engineering Technician
• Mining Engineering Technician

Here are a few tips on selecting your next SolidWorks system:

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Operating System • Windows 10, 64-Bit


Supported Systems: • Windows 8.1, 64-Bit
• Windows 8.0, 64-Bit
• Windows 7 SP1, 64-Bit
Not Supported Systems:
• Vista Business x64 SP2
• XP x64
• 32-bit Windows

64 bit: 8 GB, or more - recommended for large assembly work and Simulation.
RAM

• A SolidWorks certified OpenGL workstation card with 2GB of RAM - recommended


Video Card
• A SolidWorks certified OpenGL workstation card with 1GB of RAM - minimum requirement
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([Link] for a list of certified cards and drivers.
• Nvidia Quadro or AMD FirePro.
• Intel integrated graphics and gaming cards (Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon) are not certified and
not recommended.
• Quadro NVS are not recommended; they are 2D only cards.
• While a certified video card is important SolidWorks is a CPU bound application, you’ll see more
performance gains from a faster CPU.

CPU • Current generation Intel or AMD with SSE2 support processor


• 64-Bit operating system required
• The Intel i7 Sandy Bridge series are the fastest CPU’s today.
• SolidWorks will take advantage of multi core and multi CPU architectures. Typically these processors
give about a 10-15% increase in performance.

Hard Drive • 7200 RPM SATA minimum.


• RAID 0 configuration if drive speed is critical.
• SSD (solid state drive) if speed is critical.

Laptops Very few laptops that have the graphics cards tor SolidWorks:
• Dell Precision mobile workstations.
• HP EliteBook mobile workstations.
• Lenovo Thinkpad W series.

Microsoft Products Internet Explorer: IE 9, 10, 11


Excel and Word: 2010, 2013, 2016

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