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Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

(OP)
Someone at my company recently purchased a laptop with Vista x64 OS on it.  I knew SW2008 was built to run on Vista (32 at least), but I'm wondering if they are working on a patch for 64 or if they currently have anything.  

Anyone have any ideas here?

Thanks,
Jay W.
 

RE: Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

Jay W,
I will find out. I am installing SolidWorks 2008 sp 4.0 on a 64 bit Vista machine right now.

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64, SP4.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600, 64-bit Vista OP,
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600
"If it ain't broke, you just haven't looked hard enough." Fix it anyway.

RE: Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

I have the 64-bit version CD that comes with the set.

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64, SP4.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600, 64-bit Vista OP,
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600
"If it ain't broke, you just haven't looked hard enough." Fix it anyway.

RE: Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

But that 2nd CD only lists XP 64bit, not Vista 64-bit.  I tried installing on my laptop anyway, but was getting errors with a certain DLL file.  Though, I do not have the Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise versions of Vista 64-bit.  That might have been my problem.

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RE: Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

Windows Vista Business is what I am using.
I did not get any errors installing SP 0.0

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64, SP4.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600, 64-bit Vista OP,
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600
"If it ain't broke, you just haven't looked hard enough." Fix it anyway.

RE: Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

I think ... I don't recall off the top of my head, but I was thinking that Vista 64-bit was not supported until SP3 or 3.1 of SW08.

I just looked in the KB and here is what it said:

Solution Id: S-017964

Question:
    
Will SolidWorks® 2008 run on a Microsoft® Vista™ 64-bit Operating System?

Answer:
    
Microsoft® Vista™ x64 is supported from SW2008 SP3.1 onward only
 

Scott Baugh, CSWP pc2
www.scottjbaugh.com

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RE: Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

you need to have SP3.1 or SP4 to be able to install SW on Vista64.

RE: Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

(OP)
Thanks all.  

Yea, I called down to tech support last week and they sent me a copy of the latest software (i had originally received SW2008 before 3.1, which is why i had nothing that would load on the vista OS).  

Works well now :)!

RE: Solidworks built to run on VISTA x64?

On a new Vista box, spec's shown below.

A 53 MB drawing took 19 minutes 21 seconds to open from company network folder.

To open the same 53 MB drawing from my local 2 raid hard drive it took 25 minutes.
I tried it again from my local drive, over 21 minutes.

I downloaded the "SolidWorks 2009 Pre-Release 2 XP and Vista - 64 bit" SolidWorks professional, size 1.46GB from the SolidWorks website. At 99% in 2 hours 12 minute.

As a little history as to what has happened since starting the Vista Box.

9/3/2008 SolidWorks crashed 2 times.
9/3/2008 Blue screen of death once, late in day.
9/4/2008 SolidWorks crashed closing 610131 drawing I was not saving drawing.
9/4/2008 SolidWorks locked up 2 times.
 

Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64, SP4.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600

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