Operating System Requirements and Information

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

• Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, or Professional (32-bit or 64-bit) with Service Pack 1 
• Windows Vista Business or Vista Enterprise operating system (32-bit or 64-bit) with Service Pack 2
• Internet Explorer 9 (IE 6.0 meets minimum requirements)

Solid Edge stops certifying new releases against an operating system shortly after Microsoft drops mainstream support for it. Microsoft dropped mainstream support for XP in April 2009. Solid Edge ST4 is the last version to install on Windows XP. For ST4, we will not address XP operating system related issues or provide XP-specific fixes. Solid Edge ST5 will not install on XP.

Hardware System Requirements

Solid Edge is not supported on processors prior to the Intel Pentium 4 or the AMD Athlon 64 (SSE2 instruction set is required), nor is it supported on Intel Itanium processors. Recommended system configuration 

• Recommended system configuration
  • 64-bit (x64) processor
  • Windows 7 operating system for optimal performance and user experience
  • At least 2 GB RAM 
  • True Color (32-bit) or 16 million colors (24-bit)
  • Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024 or higher, widescreen format

• Minimum system configuration 
  • 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor 
  • Any of the above operating systems 
  • At least 1GB RAM 
  • 65K colors 
  • Screen Resolution: 1280 x 1024 or higher