Hi,
I have recently bought some new hardware running Win 7 Pro 64bit. And now I am wondering if I should install SW 2011 64bit or 32bit. The thing is that I have developed a stand alone application that automates a lot of functionality in SW. This app is compiled under 32bit as it communicates with a MS Access database (there is no driver for 64bit communication with 32bit MS Access). There is a complex workaround to get a 64bit app to use a 32bit dll which in turn can use Access, but it is rather complex and timeconsuming to implement. Therefor I am wondering what benefits there are when using 64bit SW.
The way we use SW nowadays we never use more than maybe 2GB of RAM, and the computer is equipped with 6GB.
Any thoughs on the subject?
Best regards
Pål Eilertsen
1. If you need to run 32 bit for your macros, etc, then you should run 32 bit.2. You can always upgrade later. I assume that with Win 7 64, it will at least assign a full 4GB to SolidWorks, so that's still pretty good?3. You might even be able to install both? I'd be interested to hear if this is possible.4. The benefit to 64 bit SolidWorks is access to more memory. This, in turn, provides for quicker assembly modeling, and most importantly, more stability. If you run out of memory, SolidWorks will often become unstable and unpredictable. I run into this all the time with my 32 bit system. If you are not having issues, then I wouldn't worry about it.Bummer.