Designcenter
Designcenter X Essentials
Browser-based essential CAD, CAM and CAE tools. Create and edit Designcenter data in a lightweight experience, with zero translation, from anywhere.
Designcenter buyer's guide
Discover information about system requirements, deployment options, data interoperability and management, add-on modules and token-licensing for Designcenter design and engineering products. You can also explore purchasing options as well as set-up instructions for Designcenter X solution products.
Implementing Designcenter CAD software
Explore the system requirements and deployment options for Designcenter CAD; information about data interoperability, management and storage; as well as product and add-on options available for purchasing Designcenter CAD.
Version available for purchase: June 2026
Designcenter system requirements
Designcenter is only available for Windows. Learn more about the operating and hardware system requirements and recommendations for running Designcenter CAD.
Operating system requirements & information for Designcenter
Designcenter June 2026 is supported with the following operating systems:
- Supported: Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, RedHat/Rocky Linux 8.10, SuSE Linux 15
- Limited support: Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, RedHat Linux 8, RedHat/RockyLinux 8.9
- Support for Designcenter X Essentials: Windows, macOS, ChromeOS on a latest-supported version of Chrome, Edge or Safari
Hardware system requirements for Designcenter
Workstations: Designcenter June 2026 is certified to run on a number of desktop and mobile HP, Dell, Lenovo, Fujitsu, MSI and Siemens workstations.
Graphics cards: Designcenter June 2026 is also certified to be supported by a number of AMD Firepro/Radeon Pro, NVIDIA Quadro and Intel HD graphics cards. These graphics cards are supported only when used in supported systems configured by the OEM and using the recommended driver. No eGPUs or external graphics devices have been or are planned to be certified.
Supported devices for Designcenter X Essentials: You can launch Designcenter X Essentials on any device with an internet connection, including tablets and smartphones (iPhone 8 and above, recent iPad models, and Android devices with capable GPUs).
See details about certified workstations and graphics cards.
Recommended hardware specs for Designcenter
- 32 GB RAM or more
- Designcenter is capable of handling large assemblies and very complex parts. For the optimum user experience and application performance, we recommend that you install as much RAM as can be installed in the client workstation that is running Designcenter.
- 9.0 GB of disk space required for installation (includes prerequisites)
- True Color (32-bit) or 16 million colors (24-bit)
- Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Video RAM: 2GB
Minimum hardware specs for Designcenter
- 8 GB RAM
- 9.0 GB of disk space required for installation (includes prerequisites)
- 65K Colors
- Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Video RAM: 2GB
Please reboot your system after installing Designcenter or maintenance packs.
Cloud
Designcenter June 2026 can be run with a number of certified cloud configurations with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft VMD and Amazon AWS.
Purchasing and setting up Designcenter CAD products
Explore where and how to purchase and how to set up the the Designcenter X Essentials, Standard, Advanced and Premium solutions. Additionally, get details on where and how to purchase Designcenter X Value Based Licensing and other Designcenter CAD products.
Where to purchase Designcenter CAD products
You can purchase Designcenter CAD products directly from our product pages or you can contact sales. The Designcenter X solutions are highlighted below, but you can also visit our product index to view all Designcenter products available for purchase.
Designcenter X solutions, Designcenter X Value Based Licensing and the Siemens Mechanical Design Software solution are available for purchase directly on our website.
If you are interested in purchasing Fibersim, the Sony-XR head mounted display for Designcenter Immersive Designer or are interested in on-premises deployment of Designcenter solutions, please contact sales.
Purchase Designcenter X solutions online
Purchase Designcenter X Essentials, Standard, Advanced and Premium as well as the 50-pack of Designcenter X Value Based Licensing tokens directly on our website.
