Hardware Requirements
Common Hardware Requirements
The following requirements are common to all operating systems supported by Version 5. System unit and graphic requirements are platform specific and are detailed in the topics that follow:
Disk drive: an internal or external disk drive (minimum recommended size : 4 GB) is required to store program executables, program data, usage environment and paging space.
Installation of all CATIA Version 5 Products require 2.0 GB on Windows, 2.4 GB on AIX, 2.7 GB on HP-UX, 2.5 GB on IRIX and 2.3 GB on Solaris.
Memory: 256 MB of RAM is the minimum recommended amount of memory for all applications. 512 MB of RAM is recommended for DMU applications on large assemblies and for the CATIA - Digitized Shape Editor 2 (DSE) product. Requirements may be greater when large amounts of data are used.
Internal/external drives: a CD-ROM drive is required for program installation and access to the online documentation, which can optionally be downloaded to disk.
Display: A graphic color display, compatible with the selected platform-specific graphic adapter. The minimum recommended size for usability reasons is 17 inches. The minimum resolution required for Windows workstations is 1024 x 768, and 1280 x 1024 on UNIX workstations. Changing the resolution during a session is not supported. You first have to exit the current session, change the resolution then restart the session, otherwise the result is unpredictable.
When selecting a graphic adapter, hardware texturing capability is strongly recommended when using Version 5 products that use texture mapping, in which case the amount of RAM has to be adequate for the number and complexity of textures to be used.
Keyboard: a specific keyboard compatible with selected installation locale may be required for national language support.
Pointing device: 3-button mouse. On Windows workstations, a 2-button mouse may alternatively be used (the third button is emulated with a keyboard sequence). The 3-button mouse is recommended for usability reasons. The IntelliMouse (two buttons plus wheel) is an alternative to the three-button mouse on Windows workstations, the wheel acting as the middle button and allowing additional manipulations such as panning and scrolling.
Optional components and features
SpaceBall and SpaceMouse can be used, in addition to the mouse, to perform graphic manipulations (zoom, pan, rotate, etc.). The necessary drivers are delivered with the device.
These devices can be used with CATIA - DMU NAVIGATOR 1 (DN1), CATIA - DMU SPACE ANALYSIS (SP1) and all CATIA P2 Products.
The robustness of the overall solution is dependant on the robustness of the operating system and the hardware environment used. Windows and UNIX hardware configurations certified by Dassault Systemes for running products are published at:
https://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm
Although products might run on other configurations or other graphic adapters, incidents specific to these configurations or adapters would not be accepted for support.
Support for Computers Running Multiple Processors
The Version 5 infrastructure detects if your computer is equipped with multiple processors, and provides multi-threaded graphics support on the AIX, SGI and Solaris platforms to enhance visualization performance. The Version 5 infrastructure supports in multithread mode up to 16 graphics adapters and 32 CPUs.
System Unit
Intel Pentium III or Pentium 4-based workstations running Windows2000 Professional Edition, or Windows XP Professional Edition.
Network Adapter
An active LAN adapter (Ethernet or Token Ring, installed and configured) is required for licensing purposes.
Graphic Adapter
An OpenGL-capable graphic adapter is required. Note that graphic performance on local transformations (panning, zooming, rotating model) will depend on the selected graphic adapter. This graphic adapter should have the following capabilities:
16 bits, high color, double buffered visual
16 bits Z-buffer (when hardware accelerated)
stencil buffer (1 bit)
minimum supported resolution is 1024 x 768; a resolution of 1280 x 1024 is recommended for usability reasons.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP
System Unit
Pentium III or Pentium 4-based workstations running Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional.
Graphic Adapter
A graphic adapter with a 3D OpenGL accelerator is required. Note that graphic performance on viewing functions (panning, zooming, rotating) will depend on the selected graphic adapter. The graphic adapter should have the following capabilities:
24 bits, true color, double buffered visual
24 bits Z-buffer
stencil buffer
minimum supported resolution: 1024 x 768; a resolution of 1280 x 1024 is recommended for usability reasons.
Network Adapter
An active LAN adapter (Ethernet or Token Ring, installed and configured) is required for licensing purposes.
Supported Configurations on Windows 2000 and Windows XP
An updated list of hardware configurations, certified at Dassault Systemes for running Version 5 products, is published on the V5 Web site at URL:
https://www.ibm.com/solutions/plm |
发表于 2005-3-5 22:11:40
