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SOLIDWORKS 2021

(EDU 2021-2022)

SOLIDWORKS 2022

(EDU 2022-2023)

SOLIDWORKS 2023

(EDU 2023-2024)

Operating Systems

Windows 11, 64 bits

(SW2022 SP2)

Windows 10, 64-bit

Windows Server 2022

(SW2022 SP4)

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2016

(End of Life: SW 2023)

SQL Server

SQL 2022

(SW2023 SP2)

SQL 2019

SQL 2019 CU4 required

SQL 2019 CU4 required

SQL 2019 CU4 required

SQL 2017

(End of Life: SW 2024)

SQL 2016

(End of Life: SW 2023)

SQL 2014

SQL 2014 SP3 required

MS Office

Microsoft Excel and Word

2016, 2019

2016, 2019,2021 (SW2022 SP2)

2016 (End of Life: SW 2023),

2019 (End of Life: SW 2023),

2021

Hardware

Processor

64-bit; Intel or AMD

RAM

16 GB or more
PDM Contributor/Viewer or Electrical Schematic: 8 GB or more

Graphics Card

Certified cards and drivers

Drives

SSD drives recommended for optimal performance

Hypervisors (Virtual Environments)

VMware vSphere ESXi

6.7 U3

7.0 U3c

7.0 U3f

VMware Workstation

15.5

16.2.3

16.2.4

Microsoft Hyper-V

2019

2019

2022

Parallels Desktop, Mac

16.0

17.1.2

17.1.2

Citrix XenServer

8.2 LTSR

8.2 LTSR

8.2 LTSR

Antivirus

Antivirus products

eDrawings for Mac

macOS Ventura (13.0)

macOS Monterey (12.0)

macOS Big Sur (11.0)

(End of Life: eDrawings 2023)

macOS Catalina (10.15)

macOS Mojave (10.14)

Microsoft/Apple Products Support Lifecycle (SOLIDWORKS 2021 – 2023)

Start of Life

End of Life 

Windows 11, 64-bit

SW 2022 SP2

Active

Windows 10, 64-bit

SW 2015 SP5

Active

Windows Server 2022

SW 2022 SP4

SW 2028 SP5

Windows Server 2019

SW 2019 SP3

SW 2025 SP5

Windows Server 2016

SW 2017 SP2

SW 2023 SP5

SQL Server 2022

SW 2023 SP2

Active

SQL Server 2019

SW 2020 SP0

SW 2026 SP5

SQL Server 2017

SW 2018 SP0

SW 2024 SP5

SQL Server 2016

SW 2017 SP0

SW 2023 SP5

SQL Server 2014

SW 2015 SP0

SW 2021 SP5

Excel, Word 2021 (64-bit recommended)

SW 2022 SP2

Active

Excel, Word 2019 (64-bit recommended)

SW 2019 SP2

SW 2023 SP5

Excel, Word 2016 (64-bit recommended)

SW 2016 SP3

SW 2023 SP5

macOS Ventura (13.0)

eDrawings 2023

eDrawings 2025

macOS Monterey (12.0)

eDrawings 2022

eDrawings 2024

macOS Big Sur (11.0)

eDrawings 2021

eDrawings 2023

macOS Catalina (10.15)

eDrawings 2020

eDrawings 2022

macOS Mojave (10.14)

eDrawings 2019

eDrawings 2021

Microsoft/Apple Products Support Lifecycle (SOLIDWORKS 2020 and older)

Start of Life

End of Life

Windows 8.1, 64-bit

SW 2014 SP1

SW 2018 SP5

Windows 7, 64-bit

SW 2010 SP1

SW 2020 SP5

Windows 7, 32-bit

SW 2010 SP1

SW 2014 SP5

Windows Vista, 64-bit

SW 2008 SP3.1

SW 2013 SP5

Windows Vista, 32-bit

SW 2008 SP0

SW 2013 SP5

Windows XP, 64-bit

SW 2006 SP4

SW 2012 SP5

Windows XP, 32-bit

SW 2001Plus SP0

SW 2013 SP5

Windows Server 2012 R2

SW 2014 SP3

SW 2019 SP5

Windows Server 2012

SW 2014 SP0

SW 2018 SP5

Windows Server 2008 R2, SP1

SW 2009

SW 2017 SP5

Windows Server 2008

SW 2008

SW 2014 SP5

SQL Server 2012

SW 2013 SP2

SW 2019 SP5

SQL Server 2008 R2

SW 2010 SP4

SW 2017 SP5

IE 11

SW 2014 SP3

Ended

IE 10

SW 2013 SP0

SW 2016 SP5

IE 9

SW 2011 SP4

SW 2015 SP5

IE 8

SW 2009 SP5

SW 2014 SP5

Excel, Word 2013

SW 2013 SP4

SW 2020 SP5

Excel, Word 2010

SW 2010 SP5

SW 2018 SP5

Excel, Word 2007

SW 2008 SP1

SW 2014 SP5

macOS High Sierra (10.13)

eDrawings 2019

eDrawings 2020

macOS Sierra (10.12)

eDrawings 2017

eDrawings 2019

OS X El Capitan (10.11)

eDrawings 2017

eDrawings 2018

OS X Yosemite (10.10)

eDrawings 2015

eDrawings 2018

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