My Gaming Computer Will Run SolidWorks, Won’t It? – SolidBox Spotlight

Here at SolidBox, we encounter SOLIDWORKS and Mastercam users from a vast amount of industries. Consequently, there seems to be one common question that we get from CAD/CAM folk across that wide array of industries. That SOLIDWORKS workstation question is some variation of this: I just built an expensive gaming computer, can I use it to run SOLIDWORKS/Mastercam as well?” The honest-to-God truth is yes. In fact, most gaming computers would accept an installation of SOLIDWORKS. And yes, yo

published December 06, 2016

SolidWorks 2014 – Last Release To Support 32 Bit OS

Well, it's finally happening. We've been hearing the swan-song of the 32 bit operating system for some time. In fact, since Windows released its first widely accepted 64 bit option with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. 64 bit operating systems support more memory (more than just 4GB), they're more stable, and they offer better performance. Therefore, it makes sense that SolidWorks would abandon the outdated 32 bit architecture on older operating systems after SolidWorks 2014. What thi

published July 15, 2013

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