The Solid Edge Viewer is easy to download and install, and will allow you to view Solid Edge assembly, part, sheet metal and draft files, as well as DXF and AutoCAD DWG files.

The V20 and V19 Viewers are available in Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian and Spanish.

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Windows XP Professional® operating system (32-bit) running Service Pack 2
Windows XP Professional® operating system (64-bit) running on EM64T hardware
Windows 2000 Professional® operating system running Service Pack 4
Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher

Solid Edge V18 requires these versions (or later) to install due to system files delivered with these versions that Solid Edge relies on for proper operation. Also taken into consideration is Microsoft's support timeline of these versions.

Solid Edge V18 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 stops certifying new releases against an operating system shortly after Microsoft drops mainstream support for it. Solid Edge V18 will continue to support and install on Windows 2000. Solid Edge Version 19 will not be certified on Windows 2000 and as such will not install on that operating system.

It is not recommended that you run Solid Edge on server operating systems.

Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 are unsupported operating systems. Solid Edge will not install on these operating systems.

Recommended System Configuration:

Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron processor
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
1 GB or more RAM
True Color (32-bit) or 16 million colors (24-bit)
Screen resolution of 1280x1024

Minimum System Configuration:

Intel Pentium, Intel Xeon, AMD Athlon, or AMD Opteron
Windows 2000 or Windows XP Professional
512 MB RAM
Minimum Resolution: 1024x768, 65K colors
Disk space required for installation: 1.1 GB

Solid Edge will run on any graphics driver that supports Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Contact your graphics driver manufacturer to determine whether their graphics adapter/driver supports these operating systems.

For optimal performance, it is recommended to use a professional graphics card that is designed for CAD applications.

Note: 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.