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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, Linux and UNIX. (Student version is Windows only) 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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