SOLIDWORKS Product Data Management

For general system requirements except where noted below, refer to the SOLIDWORKS System Requirements. Use this information to ensure you are always working with a SOLIDWORKS supported and optimized system for hardware, operating system and Microsoft products.

SOLIDWORKS PDM (CAD Editor, Contributor, Viewer), SOLIDWORKS Manage

Hardware	2016	2017	2018
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 required
Other
Anti-Virus	Supported anti-virus products
Networking	Microsoft Windows networking. Novell networks and non-Windows network storage devices are not supported
Virtual environments	Supported virtual environments

 

SOLIDWORKS PDM - Archive Server & Database Server

SQL Server Platform	2016	2017	2018
SQL 2017
SQL 2016
SQL 2014
SQL 2012
SQL 2008 R2
Hardware
RAM	8 GB or more recommended
Disk Space	50 GB or more
Processor	Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system required
Other
Virtual environments	Supported virtual environments

SOLIDWORKS PDM - Web Client (PDM Professional only)

Web Browser	2016	2017	2018
Internet Explorer	IE 9,10,11	IE 9,10,11	IE 9,10,11
Hardware
RAM	4 GB or more recommended
Disk Space	5 GB or more
Processor	Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system required

SOLIDWORKS PDM - Web2 Client (PDM Professional only)

Web Browsers	2016	2017	2018
Supported: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari

 

SOLIDWORKS PDM - Web Server (PDM Professional only)

Operating Systems	2016	2017	2018
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
Disk Space	5 GB or more
Processor	Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system required
Other
Virtual environments	Supported virtual environments

 

Notes:

• It is not recommended to install any instances of other applications on the Archive or Database Server. For PDM Professional, it is recommended the Archive and Database servers are two separate, dedicated machines.
• To ensure optimum performance, it is not recommended to install anti-virus software on the vault computer.

 

SOLIDWORKS Workgroup PDM - Client & Viewer

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

Operating Systems	2016	2017
Windows 10, 64-bit
Windows 8.1, 64-bit
Windows 7, 64-bit
Hardware
RAM	2 GB or more recommended
Disk Space	5 GB or more
Processor	Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system required
Other
Internet Explorer	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	2016	2017
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1
Hardware
RAM	2 GB or more recommended
Disk Space	50 GB or more
Processor	Intel or AMD with SSE2 support. 64-bit operating system required
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:

• 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 your SOLIDWORKS value added reseller (VAR).
• Full text content search indexing is not available with Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows Server 2012.

 

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