SolidWorks Overview
SolidWorks 2022 provides the breadth of tools to tackle the most
complex problems and the depth to finish critical detail work. New features
help you improve your product development process to produce your innovative
products faster.
SolidWorks 2022 design software is as simple as it is powerful – enabling any company to bring its vision to life and capture global markets. SolidWorks 2022 solutions focus on how you work daily, with an intuitive, integrated 3D design environment that covers all aspects of product development and helps maximize your design and engineering productivity.
SolidWorks 2022 design software is as simple as it is powerful – enabling any company to bring its vision to life and capture global markets. SolidWorks 2022 solutions focus on how you work daily, with an intuitive, integrated 3D design environment that covers all aspects of product development and helps maximize your design and engineering productivity.
Features of the program
- In the SOLIDWORKS CAM chapter, the topic More Parameters for Tapered Shanks and Support for Barrel Tool Type contains incorrect information. The Barrel tool type is not supported.
- In the Import/Export chapter, the topic Exporting Using Extended Reality contains incorrect information. In the table in step 3:
- The Output and Geometry options are not available.
- The Animation option Export Animations is renamed to Export to Motion Studies.
- In the SOLIDWORKS 3D Interconnect chapter, the topic Exporting to the Revit Family Format contains incorrect information. The functionality is not supported and has been removed from the software.
- In the SOLIDWORKS MBD chapter, a new topic was added, Publishing to 3D PDF, which contains the following information:
- Updates to the user interface for Publish to 3D PDF help you better visualize your selections' impact on the final output. The new Template Selection dialog box provides large previews of available templates, including previews of each page of multipage templates. After you select a template, as you make selections in the PropertyManager, an extensive preview of the PDF document lets you see the effects of your selections.
System Requirements for SolidWorks
- Processor: 3.3 GHz or higher clock speed
- Operating System: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Memory: 32GB (16GB minimum)
- Hard Drive: Solid State Drive (SSD), maintaining at least 20GB of free space
- Graphics Card
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SOLIDWORKS 2020 (EDU 2020-2021) |
SOLIDWORKS 2021 (EDU 2021-2022) |
SOLIDWORKS 2022 (EDU 2022-2023) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Client Products (e.g. SOLIDWORKS) | |||
| Windows 11, 64-bit | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Windows 10, 64-bit | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Windows 7 SP1, 64-bit | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
| Server Products (e.g. SOLIDWORKS PDM) | |||
| Windows Server 2022 | ❌ | ❌ | |
| Windows Server 2019 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Windows Server 2016 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| eDrawings for Mac | |||
| macOS Monterey (12.0) | ❌ | ❌ | ✔ |
| macOS Big Sur (11.0) | ❌ | ✔ | ✔ |
| macOS Catalina (10.15) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| macOS Mojave (10.14) | ✔ | ✔ | ❌ |
| macOS High Sierra (10.13) | ✔ | ❌ | ❌ |
Microsoft SQL and Microsoft Office
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SOLIDWORKS 2020 (EDU 2020-2021) |
SOLIDWORKS 2021 (EDU 2021-2022) |
SOLIDWORKS 2022 (EDU 2022-2023) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| MS SQL | |||
| SQL 2019 | ✔ |
✔ Requires SQL 2019 CU4 |
✔ Requires SQL 2019 CU4 |
| SQL 2017 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| SQL 2016 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| SQL 2014 |
✔ Requires SQL 2014 SP3 |
✔ Requires SQL 2014 SP3 |
❌ |
| MS Office | |||
| Microsoft Excel and Word | 2013, 2016, 2019 | 2016, 2019 | 2016, 2019, 2021 |
Hardware and virtual machines
| SOLIDWORKS 2020 | SOLIDWORKS 2021 | SOLIDWORKS 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware | ||||
| Processor | 3.3 GHz or higher | |||
| RAM |
16 GB or more PDM Contributor/Viewer or Electrical Schematic: 8 GB or more |
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| Graphics | Certified Cards and Drivers (see below) | |||
| Drives | SSD drives recommended for optimal performance | |||
| Virtual machine | ||||
| VMware vSphere ESXi | 6.7 | 6.7 U3 | ||
| VMware Workstation | 15 | 15.5 | ||
| Microsoft Hyper-V | 2019 | 2019 | ||
| Parallels Desktop, Mac | 14 | 16.0 | ||
| Citrix XenServer | 7.6 | 8.2 | ||
- SOLIDWORKS and eDrawings require the use of a GPU for optimal performance in virtualized environments. SOLIDWORKS has tested and certified graphics cards for virtualized environments. See the full list at Certified Cards and Drivers .
- Check out Hardware Benchmarks to find and reference applications that can be used and help determine hardware performance.
- SOLIDWORKS Composer is not supported in virtualized environments.
Antivirus software
| Some notes to help install SOLIDWORKS successfully and limit errors during use |
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Microsoft/Apple product support lifecycle (SOLIDWORKS 2020-2022)
| Products | Start of Support | End of Support1 |
| Windows 11, 64-bit | ||
| Windows 10, 64-bit | SW 2015 SP5 | Active |
| Windows 7, 64-bit | SW 2010 SP1 | SW 2020 SP5 |
| Windows Server 2022 | SW 2028 SP5 | |
| Windows Server 2019 | SW 2019 SP3 | SW 2025 SP5 |
| Windows Server 2016 | SW 2017 SP2 | SW 2023 SP5 |
| 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 2024 SP5 | |
| Excel, Word 2019 (64-bit recommended) | SW 2019 SP2 | SW 2023 SP5 |
| Excel, Word 2016 (64-bit recommended) | SW 2016 SP3 | SW 2023 SP5 |
| Excel, Word 2013 | SW 2013 SP4 | SW 2020 SP5 |
| macOS Monterey (12.0) | 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 |
| macOS High Sierra (10.13) | eDrawings 2019 | eDrawings 2020 |
Microsoft/Apple product support lifecycle (SOLIDWORKS 2019 and earlier versions)
| Products | Start of Support | End of Support1 |
| Windows 8.1, 64-bit | ||
| Windows 7, 32-bit | SW 2015 SP5 | Active |
| Windows 8.1, 64-bit | ||
| Windows 7, 32-bit | SW 2015 SP5 | Active |
| Windows 8.1, 64-bit | ||
| Windows Vista, 64-bit | SW 2010 SP1 | SW 2020 SP5 |
| Windows Server 2022 | SW 2028 SP5 | |
| Windows Server 2022 | SW 2028 SP5 | |
| Windows Server 2019 | SW 2019 SP3 | SW 2025 SP5 |
| Windows Server 2016 | SW 2017 SP2 | SW 2023 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 2024 SP5 | |
| Excel, Word 2019 (64-bit recommended) | SW 2019 SP2 | SW 2023 SP5 |
| Excel, Word 2016 (64-bit recommended) | SW 2016 SP3 | SW 2023 SP5 |
| Excel, Word 2013 | SW 2013 SP4 | SW 2020 SP5 |
| Excel, Word 2016 (64-bit recommended) | SW 2016 SP3 | SW 2023 SP5 |
| Excel, Word 2013 | SW 2013 SP4 | SW 2020 SP5 |
| macOS Monterey (12.0) | eDrawings 2024 | |
| macOS Mojave (10.14) | eDrawings 2019 | eDrawings 2021 |
| macOS High Sierra (10.13) | eDrawings 2019 | eDrawings 2020 |
Note:
- End Of Support (EOS) corresponds to the last SOLIDWORKS release where a Microsoft product is supported (This is synchronized with the Microsoft Mainstream Support End Date). SOLIDWORKS releases after the EOS are not supported for the said Microsoft product and SOLIDWORKS installation is blocked in the case of an operating system.
- SOLIDWORKS Product Support Lifecycle defines the End Of Support for SOLIDWORKS versions.
- SOLIDWORKS recommends using the latest Microsoft update of Windows, Office and Internet Explorer.
- SOLIDWORKS supports each Windows 10 release for applicable SOLIDWORKS releases as long as it is still covered by both the SOLIDWORKS Product Support Lifecycle and Microsoft Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet.
- SOLIDWORKS recommends using a Windows Server operating system for all SOLIDWORKS server-based products. Refer to the Microsoft Windows Server documentation to select the Windows Server edition that meets your needs.
- Windows Home Editions and Windows To Go are not supported.
- Apple Mac ® based machines running Windows using Boot Camp are not supported.
- SOLIDWORKS 2018 on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 requires the Microsoft April 2014 update
- It is not recommended to install any instances of other applications on the SOLIDWORKS PDM Archive or Database Server. For PDM Professional, it is recommended the Archive and Database servers are two separate, dedicated machines.
- SOLIDWORKS does not test or certify VPN (Virtual Private Network) solutions but provides best-effort support. Users may be directed to work directly with their VPN provider to resolve issues on a case-by-case basis.
- Beginning with SOLIDWORKS 2020, DVD distribution media will only be provided on request. Please contact your Reseller.
| File Name | Version | date | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| SolidWorks 2022 SP5 Full Premium (x64) Multilingual | 2022 SP5 | November 2nd, 2022 |
Torrent |
| SolidWorks 2022 SP4 Full Premium (x64) Multilingual | 2022 SP4.0 | Sep 21st, 2022 |
Torrent |
| SolidWorks 2022 SP3.1 Full Premium (x64) Multilingual | 2022 SP3.1 | Jul 12th, 2022 |
Torrent |
| SolidWorks 2022 SP5 Full Premium (x64) Multilingual | 2022 SP5 | November 2nd, 2022 |
Torrent |
| SolidWorks 2022 SP2.1 Full Premium (x64) Multilingual | 2022 SP2.1 | Jun 11th, 2022 |
Torrent |