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Refer to What's New, available from the Help menu, for descriptions of new functionality.
SOLIDWORKS PCB 2023 SP3 is the last supported release of SOLIDWORKS PCB and SOLIDWORKS PCB Connector.
SOLIDWORKS 2023 SP5 is the last supported release of PhotoView 360.
For current information about SOLIDWORKS active products and End of Life products, see SOLIDWORKS and SW PDM System Requirements. For Microsoft Operating System Lifecycle information, see Microsoft’s Lifecycle FAQ - Windows.
SOLIDWORKS 2023 SP5 is the last release to support Windows® Server 2016.
SOLIDWORKS 2024 products will not install on Windows® Server 2016.
SOLIDWORKS 2023 SP5 is the last release to support Microsoft® Word 2016, Excel 2016, and PowerPoint 2016.
SOLIDWORKS 2023 SP5 is the last release to support Microsoft® Word 2019, Excel 2019, and PowerPoint 2019.
SOLIDWORKS 2023 SP5 is the last release to support Microsoft SQL Server 2016.
SOLIDWORKS 2024 SP5 will be the last release to support SQL Server 2017.
For optimum graphics performance and stability, see Hardware Certification.
To ensure successful installation and optimum performance, see SOLIDWORKS and SW PDM System Requirements.
For SOLIDWORKS Visualize to work properly with NVIDIA® Iray® or 3DS Stellar Physically Correct GPU support, you need an NVIDIA® graphics card based on at least the Maxwell microarchitecture with a minimum NVIDIA® driver version 528.95 supporting CUDA® 11.8.
To ensure successful installation and optimum performance, see Prerequisites and System Requirements.
Some antivirus software prevents proper installation of SOLIDWORKS. For more information, see Antivirus Products.
To modify an installation of SOLIDWORKS PDM Server and its components, use Programs and Features from the Windows Control Panel. You cannot modify the installation with SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager (SLDIM), even if that is what you used to install SOLIDWORKS PDM Server.
Starting with SOLIDWORKS 2022, commercial and educational customers who have purchased perpetual licenses of SOLIDWORKS products will be required to reactivate their licenses once a year. The licenses never expire but need to be reactivated periodically regardless of whether or not customers remain on subscription. Term licenses and student licenses are not affected.
Reactivation applies to SOLIDWORKS 2022 stand-alone products but not to earlier versions.
Reactivation applies to SolidNetWork License products after an organization has updated to the 2022 License Manager. Even if the installed products are from an earlier release, the 2022 licenses on the server will require reactivation once a year.
Some fonts that shipped in prior versions of Windows have moved into optional features in Windows 10. When upgrading to Windows 10, these fonts might not be installed on your system. If you find that a SOLIDWORKS document uses a font that is no longer installed on your computer, refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 3083806.
When you save a drawing document as a PDF file, and the drawing contains non-English (non-ASCII) characters, the appropriate fonts must be available to render the characters. If the specified font is not installed on your computer or does not support Unicode character glyphs, then the Arial Unicode MS font is used. If the Arial Unicode MS font is also missing, then the characters fail to render. The Arial Unicode MS font is not provided with Microsoft® Office® 2016 software. (See Windows 10 Fonts Missing, above.) Workaround: To install the Arial Unicode MS font, install both Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2013 (minimal installation with only International Options enabled) and Microsoft® Office (2016 or later).
Recommendation: Use the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office. If you are embedding Microsoft Office 32-bit OLE objects in SOLIDWORKS documents, refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 983396 to fix OLE objects displaying as an icon.
Microsoft SQL Server® 2022 is supported beginning with SOLIDWORKS 2023 SP02.
The SOLIDWORKS Simulation Knowledge Base articles have migrated from the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base to the Dassault Systèmes Knowledge Base. The error messages from the simulation solver include links to Q&A articles in the Dassault Systèmes Knowledge Base. You can use the Solution ID of an article published in the SOLIDWORKS Knowledge Base to search for the corresponding Q&A article in the Dassault Systèmes Knowledge Base. If you are new to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, you can use your SOLIDWORKS credentials to log in, or you can create a 3DEXPERIENCE ID to access the Q&A articles.
In , when you select Save as type, the value Catia Graphics (*.cgr) is obsolete and deprecated in this release.
In the Component Name and Description dialog box, under (Secondary), Component Name has moved above Configuration Name and Configuration Description. The description options are formatted with quotation marks. When you select Component Name and these options, the component name displays as: Component_name ("Component_description" Configuration_name "Configuration_description").
The Auto-Paint option in the Import Settings dialog box has moved from the Geometry tab to the Appearances tab. The software automatically removes unused appearances after the import.
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The CircuitWorks add-in is available in all versions of the SOLIDWORKS software: SOLIDWORKS Standard, SOLIDWORKS Professional, and SOLIDWORKS Premium.
In , the performance of the command is improved and faster.
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