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Pro-Engineer
Short Description Pro/ENGINEER is the standard in 3D product design, featuring industry-leading productivity tools that promote best practices in design while ensuring compliance with your industry and company standards.
System OS Microsoft Windows XP (Home and Professional - 32 bit),Vista and UNIX
Processor See the tables below
Hard Disk 900MB (Pro/E), 1.2 GB (Pro/E &Pro/M) & 3.5 GB or higher (Pro/E Mechanica Wildfire 4.0 - UNIX)
RAM 512 MB or higher recommended
CDrom CD-ROM or DVD Drive
Other Requirements
  • Swap Space: 500 MB (1024 MB or higher recommended)
  • Graphics: OpenGL supported card*
  • Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later
  • Network: Microsoft TCP/IP, Ethernet network adapter
  • Monitor: 1024 X 768 (or higher) resolution support with 24-bit or greater color
  • File Systems: NTFS

System requirements for Pro/ENGINEER

System Requirements

Windows (XP and 2000)

UNIX and Linux

Minimum

Recommended

Minimum

Recommended

Main Memory

256 MB

1024 MB or higher

256 MB

1024 MB or higher

Available Disk Space

Pro/ENGINEER and Conferencing

2.0 GB

2.5 GB or higher a

2.5 GB

3.0 GB or higher

Pro/ENGINEER and Conferencing with Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0

2.0 GB

3.0 GB or higher a

3.0 GB or higher

3.5 GB or higher

Swap Space

500 MB

2048 MB or higher

500 MB

2048 MB or higher

CPU speed

500 MHz

2.4 GHz or higher

See above table for individual vendor processor support

Internal Browser Support

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0b

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)

Browser (Mozilla 1.7.8) is embedded in Pro/Engineer on UNIX platform

Monitor

1024 x 768 (or higher) resolution support with 24-bit or greater color

1024 x 768 (or higher) resolution support with 24-bit or greater color

Network

Microsoft TCP/IP Ethernet Network Adapter

TCP/IP Ethernet Network Adapter

Mouse

Microsoft-approved 3-button mouse

3-button mouse

File systems

NTFS

All vendor-supported file systems.

Misc.

CD-ROM or DVD drive

CD ROM or DVD drive

NOTES

a For Windows XP only. For 32-bit operating systems (including Windows 2000), the Windows limit is 2.0GB. For Windows XP you must enable the /3GB switch in order to utilize RAM greater than 2.0GB.

b Internet Explorer 7.0 support is available for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 M070 and higher

System requirements for the Pro/ENGINEER Student Edition?
Before installing Pro/ENGINEER Student Edition, your computer must meet the requirements in the next two tables.

Opertating System Service Pack Processor
Windows XP Professional and Home Edition, 32-bit Base OS, Service Pack 1 and 2 INTEL Pentium/Xeon family
Windows 2000, 32-bit Base OS, Service Pack 1,2,3 and 4 INTEL Pentium/Xeon family
Windows Vista 32-bit Base OS INTEL Pentium/Xeon family

Minimum platform requirements follow. For computers upgraded from Windows 95/98/Me to Windows 2000/XP, delete the winbootdir variable, otherwise Pro/ENGINEER fails to start.

Platform Minimum Requirement
Main Memory 256 MB (512 MB or higher)
Available Disk Space 900 MB (Pro/E), 1.2 GB (with Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica)
Swap Space 500 MB (1024 MB or higher)
CPU Speed Pentium III 700 MHz (1 GHz or higher)
Graphics Cards Cards must support OpenGL. Supported Graphics Cards.*
Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later
Network Microsoft TCP/IP, Ethernet network adapter
Monitor 1024 X 768 (or higher) resolution with 24-bit or greater color
File Systems NTFS
Mouse Microsoft approved 3-button mouse
Distribution Media CD-ROM or DVD drive

*In the event that a users machine does not support OpenGL, PTC has include Software OpenGL technology into the installation. This will be controlled by a new config.pro option called use_software_opengl=yes. When activated, Pro/ENGINEER will utilize the software OpenGL and ignore the standard graphics config.pro option.

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