If you encounter install or runtime errors or warnings from your antivirus product, first check the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base for known issues or contact your SOLIDWORKS reseller.Consider creating exemptions for SOLIDWORKS file types and folder locations to improve SOLIDWORKS file based runtime performance such as File Open/Save/Save As and PDM Vault Checkin/Checkout.To ensure optimum performance, it is not recommended to install antivirus software on the SOLIDWORKS PDM vault server.
Stay updated with the latest antivirus definition/signature file (This defines the known current vulnerabilities and exemptions).Keep your antivirus product updated to the latest version.Guidelines to help ensure SOLIDWORKS installation success and optimal runtime performance Microsoft/Apple Products Support Lifecycle (SOLIDWORKS 2018 and older) Products SOLIDWORKS Composer is not supported in virtualized environments.
PDM Archive Server or Database Server: 50 GB or more PDM Web Client or Web Server: 5 GB or more New PCIe M.2 drives are strongly recommended for use for the primary drive.Sata Controlled SSD (solid state drive) recommended at minimum.All SOLIDWORKS Simulation products take advantage multi core and multi CPU architectures.SOLIDWORKS will take advantage of multi core and multi CPU architectures up to 4 cores.The Intel i7 Generation 8 Coffee Lake series are the fastest CPU’s today.Current generation Intel or AMD with SSE2 support processor – as fast as you can afford.For SOLIDWORKS 2019, the new performance pipeline requires Nvidia Quadro series cards Kepler, Maxwell, Pascal and Volta that support OpenGL 4.5.While a certified video card is important SOLIDWORKS is a CPU bound application, you’ll see more performance gains from a faster CPU.Quadro NVS are not recommended they are 2D only cards.Intergrated Intel HD graphics and gaming cards (Nvidia GeForce for example) are not certified and not recommended.Nvidia Quadro or AMD FirePro or AMD Radeon Pro.
You can also download our latest PDF on SOLIDWORKS system requirements on the right. Here are a few tips from the CATI tech staff on selecting your next SOLIDWORKS system. We get a lot of support inquiries dealing with what kind of PC is the best to run SOLIDWORKS.