Requires a certified workstation-class graphics card (e.g., NVIDIA Quadro or AMD Radeon Pro) for features like RealView.

It introduced sub-modeling, allowing users to perform detailed stress analyses on specific areas of a larger model without re-running the entire simulation.

Windows 7 (64-bit) or Windows 8 (64-bit). It is important to note that SolidWorks 2013 is not supported on Windows XP. Processor: Minimum 3.0 GHz or faster.