System Requirements

Hardware Requirements (Minimum)

for SOLIDWORKS and
for CAMWorks Solids		https://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html
for Solid Edgehttps://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/solid-edge/design/system_requirements.shtml

Supported Operating Systems
(Home Editions are not supported)		CAMWorks 2025CAMWorks 2024CAMWorks 2023CAMWorks 2022CAMWorks 2021CAMWorks 2020
Windows 11 (64-bit only)RightRightRightRight (SP2)RightRight
Windows 10 (64-bit only)RightRightRightRightRightRight
Windows 8.1 (64-bit only)RightRightRightRightRightRight
Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit only)RightRightRightRightRightRight
CAMWorks is supported on the following CAD products
Supported Solid Modeler VersionsCAMWorks 2025CAMWorks 2024CAMWorks 2023CAMWorks 2022CAMWorks 2021CAMWorks 2020
Solidworks 2025/CAMWorks Solids 2025RightRight(SP5)RightRightRightRight
Solidworks 2024/CAMWorks Solids 2024RightRightRight(SP5)RightRightRight
Solidworks 2023/CAMWorks Solids 2023RightRightRightRight (SP5)RightRight
Solidworks 2022/CAMWorks Solids 2022RightRightRightRightRight (SP4)Right
Solidworks 2021/CAMWorks Solids 2021RightRightRightRightRightRight (SP5)
Solidworks 2020/CAMWorks Solids 2020RightRightRightRightRightRight
Solidworks 2019/CAMWorks Solids 2019RightRightRightRightRightx
Solid Edge 2025xxxxxRight
Solid Edge 2024xxxx (SP2)xx
Solid Edge 2023xxxx (SP2)xx
Solid Edge 2022xxxxxx
Solid Edge 2021xxxxxx (SP1)
Solid Edge 2020xxRightRightxx
Solid Edge 2019xxRightRightxx
Supported database formats
DatabasesCAMWorks 2025CAMWorks 2024CAMWorks 2023CAMWorks 2022CAMWorks 2021CAMWorks 2020
CAMWorks DB (SQLite)RightRightRightRightRightRight
SQL Server 2008, R2, 2014, 2016RightRightRightRightRightRight
Access 2016 (64 bit)RightRightRightRight (last vertion to support access)RightRight
Access 2016 (32 bit)XXXXXX
Access 2013 (64 bit)RightRightRightRightRightRight
Access 2013 (32 bit)XXXXXX
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