Solid Edge System Requirements and Information

Operating System Requirements and Information

This release of Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology has been certified to run on the following:

• Windows XP Professional® operating system (32-bit or 64-bit)

• Windows Vista Business© or Vista Enterprise© operating system (32-bit or 64-bit)

• Internet Explorer 7.0 (IE 6.0 minimum)

• Solid Edge requires these versions (or later) to install due to system files delivered with these versions that Solid Edge relies on for proper operation.

The 64-bit version of Solid Edge requires Microsoft 64-bit Windows XP operating system or 64-bit Vista operating system loaded on Intel EM64T or AMD64 processors.  (More details are below under System Resource Requirements and Information.)

Solid Edge stops certifying new releases against an operating system shortly after Microsoft drops mainstream support for it. Windows ME, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 are unsupported operating systems. Solid Edge will not install on these operating systems. It is not recommended that you run Solid Edge on Server operating systems.

Solid Edge will not install on machines without Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher. Internet Explorer is not required to be the default browser.

Solid Edge is not supported on Intel Itanium processors.

Solid Edge has been certified to run on 64-bit Windows XP or 64-bit Windows Vista as a 32-bit application. Below are the known issues running on these operating systems:

The "Status" and "Project" tabs are not displayed on the File Properties dialog if activated from Windows Explorer.
Solid Edge Web Parts do not display if running the 64-bit version of Internet Explorer. The user is prompted to Install the .NET framework. The workaround is to use the 32-bit Internet Explorer.
Hardware System Requirements

Recommended System Configuration:

• 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

• Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 or 3

• At least 2 GB RAM

• True Color (32-bit) or 16 million colors (24-bit)

• Screen resolution set to 1280 x 1024

Minimum System Configuration:

• 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

• Windows XP Professional

• At least 1 GB RAM

• 65K colors

• Minimum Resolution: 1024x768

• Disk space required for installation: 1.7 GB

Vista Recommended System Configuration:

• 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

• Windows Vista Business or Enterprise Service Pack 1

• At least 2 GB RAM

• True Color (32-bit) or 16 million colors (24-bit)

• Screen resolution set to 1280 x 1024

Windows Vista Aero© requires a DirectX 9-class graphics processor that supports the following:

• WDDM driver

• Pixel Shader 2.0

• 32 bits per pixel

• 256 MB graphics memory

Vista Minimum System Configuration:

• 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

• Windows Vista Business or Enterprise

• At least 1 GB RAM

• 65K colors

• Minimum Resolution: 1024x768

• Disk space required for installation: 1.7 GB

Vista Recommendations

On Vista, it is strongly recommended that you turn off User Account Control (UAC).  If UAC is on, you may experience slow network connects, problems with Solid Edge installation and product removal,  problems with Solid Edge licensing, problems with Insight web parts and perhaps other problems.  To turn off UAC, go to Control Panel - User Accounts and Family Safety - User Accounts - Turn User Account Control On or Off.

It is strongly recommended that you turn off Windows Vista Aero© if you will be working with View and Markup or the Solid Edge Viewer. To turn off Windows Vista Aero© follow these steps:

Go to Control Panel.

 If Control Panel Home is selected at the far left of the screen then:

    Click Appearance and Personalization, click Personalization, and then click Window Color and Appearance.

 If "Classic View" is selected at the far left of the screen then:

    Click Personalization, and then click Window Color and Appearance.

If you see Window Color and Appearance at the top of the window, then you should have "Open classic appearance properties for more color options" at the bottom of the window.  Click it.  In the Appearance Settings window, change the color scheme from Windows Aero and click OK.

If you don't see Window Color and Appearance, but see Appearance Settings, then check to make sure the Color scheme is not set to Windows Aero and click OK.

Note:  If you see the Appearance Settings dialog box instead of the Window Color and Appearance window, then the theme might not be set to Windows Vista, the color scheme might not be set to Windows Aero, or the computer might not meet the minimum hardware requirements for running Windows Aero.

Display System Requirements and Information

Solid Edge will run on graphics drivers that support Windows XP or Windows Vista. Contact your graphics driver manufacturer to determine whether their graphics adapter/driver support these operating systems.

For optimal performance, it is recommended to use a professional graphics card that is designed for CAD applications. For information about cards used in testing Solid Edge and results, refer to http://support.ugs.com/online_library/certification/.

At least a 256MB graphic card is recommended when working with large assemblies or complex parts.

Note that running with extremely high screen resolution and color depth increases the memory requirements on the system and may result in apparent performance degradation. If experienced, reconfigure the display system to the recommended resolution and color depth for improved performance.

When running Solid Edge, if you experience an abnormally high abort rate, parts disappearing, or other graphic anomalies you may not be using the appropriate graphics driver. For more details, visit http://support.ugs.com/online_library/certification/.

Also setting Display Fonts to Large Fonts or Extra Large Fonts (larger than 96 DPI) may cause some Solid Edge user interface items to not display as intended.  Recommendation to resolve these would be to use Normal Fonts (96 DPI).