System Requirements for CADAM Drafting V5






Hardware Requirements
Common Hardware Requirements

The following requirements are common to all operating systems supported by Release 4.0. System unit and graphic adapter requirements are platform specific and are detailed in the topics that follow.

Required Components and Features

    Disk Drive: An internal or external disk drive is required to store program executables, program data, the user environment and to provide paging space. The minimum recommended size is 2 GB.

    Memory: 256 MB of RAM is the minimum recommended amount of memory for all applications. Requirements may be greater when large amounts of data are used.

    External Drives: A CD-ROM drive is required for program installation and for 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. Minimum resolution for Windows workstations is 800x600 and 1280x1024 for UNIX workstations.

    Keyboard: A specific keyboard compatible with the selected installation locale may be required for national language support.

    Pointing Device: Three-button mouse. On Windows workstations, a two-button mouse may alternatively be used (the third button is emulated with a keyboard sequence). The three-button mouse is recommended for usability reasons. IntelliMouse (two buttons plus wheel) is an alternative to the three-button mouse on Windows workstations.

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 CATIA products are published at :

Although CATIA Version 5 products might run on configurations or with graphic adapters other than those specified for each of the platforms below, incidents specific to such configurations or adapters will not be accepted for support.




Hardware Requirements in a Windows 95 (OSR2) or Windows 98 Environment

IMPORTANT : Windows 95 and Windows 98 applies only to CATIA Version 5 Platform 1 (P1). 

System Unit: An Intel Pentium™ II or Pentium III based workstation running Microsoft Windows 95 (OSR2) or Windows 98.

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. The graphic adapter should have the following capabilities :

16 bit, high color, double buffered visual.

16 bit Z-buffer (when hardware accelerated).

Stencil buffer (1 bit).

Minimum supported resolution is 800x600 ; a resolution of 1280x1024 is recommended for usability reasons.
Hardware Requirements for a Windows NT or Windows 2000 Environment

System Unit: An Intel Pentium™ II or Pentium III based workstation running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 or Windows 2000 Professional.

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. The graphic adapter should have the following capabilities :

24 bit, true color, double buffered visual.

24 bit Z-buffer.

Stencil buffer (1 bit).

Minimum supported resolution is 800x600; a resolution of 1280x1024 is recommended for usability reasons.

Network adapter.


Hardware Requirements in an AIX ® Environment

System Unit: Any RS/6000®, based on PowerPC 604™ (166 MHz minimum clock speed), Power2, or Power3 processor families, supported on AIX Version 4 Release 3.2, or 3.3 provided that the requirements described below are met.

Graphic Adapter : One of the following graphic adapters is required.

GXT500P
GXT550P
GXT800P
GXT800M
GXT2000P
GXT3000


Hardware Requirements in an HP-UX Environment

System Unit: Any B-Class, C-Class, or J-Class workstation supported on HP-UX Version 10.20 A.C.E. 4 (Workstation Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX 10.20 — June, 1999) provided that the requirements described below are met.

Graphic Adapter : One of the following graphic adapters is required :

Visualize-FXE
Visualize-FX2
Visualize-FX4
Visualize-FX5
Visualize-FX2
Visualize-FX


Software requirements
Common Software Requirements

Refer to the Program Directory or contact your IBM Support Center for appropriate corrective service to apply to the software described in the topics that follow.



Software Requirements in a Windows NT or Windows 2000 Environment
 


The following components at the indicated level are required :

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 at Service Pack level 4, or Service Pack 5, or Windows 2000 Professional, with the following components :

    Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 deliver an implementation of the OpenGL libraries.  These libraries may be updated depending on the selected graphics adapter when installing the graphics adapter and associated drivers.  Dassault Systemes will provide recommendations related to driver levels based on certified configurations through the CATIA V5 website at URL :

http://www.ibm.com/solutions/engineering

A localized version of the operating system may be required when the selected installation locale differs from Latin.


Software Requirements in a Windows 95 or Windows 98 Environment

IMPORTANT : The Windows 95 and Windows 98 environments apply only to CATIA Version 5 Platform 1 (P1).  

The following components at the minimum indicated level are required :

Microsoft Windows 95 (OSR2) or Windows 98, with the following components :

    A Microsoft implementation of OpenGL libraries as delivered with Windows 98. These libraries may have to be modified to accommodate the selected graphic adapter when installing the graphic adapter and its associated drivers. Recommendations related to driver levels based on tested graphic adapters can be found at :

http://www.ibm.com/solutions/engineering

    A localized version of the operating system may be required when the selected installation locale differs from Latin 1.

    Note that CADAM Drafting for V5 Version 5 Release 4 SP1 is required for Windows 95 (OSR2) support.

Note : For remote access from networked clients, Terminal Server is supported by the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition at Service Pack 4 level on the NT server. Access through standard browsers requires Citrix MetaFrame 1.0 to also be installed on the server.



Software Requirements in a IBM AIX Environment

The following components at the minimum indicated level are required :

AIX Version 4 Release 3.2 or 3.3, including :

IBM C++ for AIX Compiler Application Runtime (564-A81) at a minimum level 3.6.4 for AIX 4.3.2 or at minimum level 4.0.2 for AIX 4.3.3.
The C++ Runtime is shipped with the AIX operating system.

IBM XL Fortran Runtime Environment for AIX (5765-C11) at a minimum level of 5.1.0.

OpenGL and GL3.2 Runtime Environment (delivered with the AIX operating system).

CDE (Common Desktop Environment - delivered with the AIX operating system.).


Required system maintenance for the AIX Environment

There is currently no system maintenance required when installing CADAM Drafting for V5 on AIX 4.3.2 or AIX 4.3.3.



Software Requirements in an HP-UX Environment

The following components at the minimum indicated level are required :

HP-UX Version 10.20 A.C.E. 4 (Workstation Additional Core Enhancements for HP-UX 10.20 — June 1999) including :

    ANSI C++ Runtime Environment (C++, delivered with HP-UX 10.20 A.C.E. 4).

    HP Fortran Runtime Environment (delivered with the operating system).

    HP-UX 700 OpenGL 3D API Runtime Environment.

A localized version of the operating system may be required when the selected installation locale differs from ISO code pages.



Required system maintenance for the HP-UX Environment

PHSS_11392 (s700_800 10.20 libhppa.a cumulative patch) must be installed on the system for CADAM Drafting to function correctly.



Access to Product Information

Product information is delivered on the product CDs in HTML format. An HTML browser is required to access this documentation. This requirement can be satisfied with Microsoft Internet Explorer at a minimum level of 4.01, Service Pack 1, or Netscape Navigator at a minimum level of 4.5. Although access to the online documentation might work on other HTML browsers, incidents specific to browsers other than those specified are not eligible for support.



Pre requisites for the Licensing Environment

Windows NT and Windows 2000 workstations must have a LAN card (Ethernet or Token Ring) and TCP/IP installed and properly configured, even in the case of nodelock licensing, but there is no need to have the workstations connected to the network.

IBM License Use Management 4.5.5 (LUM) is required on UNIX and Microsoft Windows NT license servers. 

IBM License Use Management 4.5.8 (LUM) is required on Windows 2000 license servers.

IBM License Use Management 4.5.9 (LUM) is required when HAL (High Availability Licensing) licensing mechanism offered by LUM is used.

Windows 95 and Windows 98 are not supported on IBM LUM license servers.

IBM License Use Management may be obtained, at no charge, from :

http://www.software.ibm.com/is/lum/lumdown1.html



Printer and Plotter support in a UNIX environnement

CATIA Version 5 Release 4 provides support for the following plotter/printer languages :

CalComp C907.

CGM-ISO, ATA, CALS.

Hewlett Packard HP-GL/2-RTL and HP-GL or IBM-GL subsets.

Versatec.

PostScript.



Printer and Plotter support in a Windows Environnement

Support of printers and plotters for Windows is performed through the vendor's drivers for the targeted printer or plotter. Contact the printer or plotter vendor for requirements and support.