Platform Support
Hardware Notes - Pro/MECHANICA
Last updated: March 2004
| Platform | Models | Operating System | Windowing Environment | Graphics Accelerator Hardware
(see note a below) |
3D Graphics |
C Compiler | Fortran Compiler
(see note d below) |
| SGI (32 bit)
(see note b) |
R5000 | IRIX 6.2, 6.3,6.5 | 4Dwm, X11R5 | Extreme, Impact | GL
OpenGL |
C/C++ V7.2+ | FORTRAN V7.2+ |
| SGI (64 bit)
|
R8000
R10000 R12000 |
IRIX 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 | 4Dwm, X11R5 | Extreme, Impact | GL
OpenGL |
C V7.2+ | FORTRAN
V7.2+ |
| Sun | Ultra1
Ultra2 Ultra10 Ultra30 Ultra60 |
Solaris 2.6, 2.7
(see note m) Solaris 8 (see note n) |
OpenWindows, CDE, X11R5 | Creator 3D, Elite 3D | XGL
OpenGL |
C V4.0+ & C/C++ V5.0 (only on Solaris 2.7) |
FORTRAN 4.0+ &
5.0 (only on Soalris 2.7) |
| HP | 9000/700 Family
(including PA8000 native build) (including B, C, J, K class) |
HP-UX 10.20
HP-UX 10.20 (ACE) (see note g & p) |
CDE, X11R5 | CRX-24Z, HCRX-24Z, HCRX-48Z, Visualize-24, Visualize-48
Visualize-fx6 Visualize-fx2 Visualize-fx4 |
Starbase
OpenGL |
HP C VA10.32.12
ANSI C++( for Custom Loads) |
HP FORTRAN VB10.20.10 |
| DEC Alpha
Unix |
DEC 3000:
AlphaStations 250, 400, 500 Personal Workstation 600AU |
Digital Unix v4.0d | CDE, X11R5 | ZLX-M1, ZLX-M2, ZLX-L1, ZLX-L2, ZLXp-E1, ZLXp-E2, ZLXp-E3:
Powerstorm |
OpenGL (Open3d v4.3) | DEC C V5.7
The user will have to install the C++ compiler to run Motion engine. |
DEC FORTRAN V5.1 |
| IBM | RS6000 family
43P-150 43P-140 397 42T |
AIX 4.3.2 (see note k) | CDE, X11R5 | Gt4e, Gt4x, Gt4xi Family, GXT500, GXT1000 (see note c), GXT800P, GXT800M, GXT550P, GXT3000P (see note k) | OpenGL (see note i) | AIX XL C V3.1.4,
V3.6.4(see note l) |
AIX XL F 5.1 |
| Intel based PC (Windows NT) |
Intel Based PC (with NT compatible hardware) | Windows NT 4.0
(with SP4 & SP5) |
N/A | Win32 GDI
OpenGL |
MS Visual C++
V5.0, V6.0 |
Intel FORTRAN V2.4 (see note e) | |
| Intel Based PC (Windows 95b/98) |
Intel Based PC
(with Win95 compatible hardware) |
Windows 95b
Windows 98 (see note q) |
N/A | Win32 GDI
OpenGL |
MS Visual C++ V5.0, V6.0 | Intel FORTRAN V2.4 (see note e) | |
| DEC alpha PC (Windows NT) |
DEC Alphastation 500, 400, Personal Workstation 600A | Windows NT 4.0 | N/A | Win32 GDI
OpenGL |
MS Visual C++ V5.0, V6.0 | DEC FORTRAN X1.0 | |
| Language Support: English, German, Japanese (See note r) | |||||||
| Notes:
a. Pro/MECHANICA requires a 24-bit graphics card. You can use other graphics cards with Pro/MECHANICA; however, they may not offer any accelerated graphics gains and you may experience color flashing. b. IRIX 4K series is not supported starting 2000i2. c. GXT 1000 on IBM's require X-Windows to be started with xinit - -x abx -x mbx -x GLX d. Fortran compilers are only required if you are running Fortran custom loads. e. Intel is providing this to customers. Please contact Customer Support for details. f. Specific Models listed inside of [ ] brackets are tested in QA. g. Required for native OpenGL support. h. CADDS 8.0 and CVDORS 8.1 requires V4.2 compilers on Sun i. The following patches are required on IBM for use with OpenGL: OS 4.2.1 use patch IX78807, OS 4.3.1 use patch IX78809 k. IBM GXT3000P graphics cards with AIX 4.3.2 need an APAR (patch) from IBM. Alternatively, users can choose to run in x11 graphic mode. l. To link or execute objects built with the 3.6.4 compilers, you will need the 3.6.4 libraries. The 3.6.4 runtime is included in AIX 4.3, but AIX 4.2.* seats will need a patch(xlC.rte-3.6.4.0, xlC.rte-3.6.4.1 & xlC.msg.en_US.rte -3.6.4.0) m. SunOS (2.5.6 with ultra-1) needs the patch -Generic_105181-03 & 105210-24, installed for DPI to work. n. Pro/M 2000i2 is expected to work with Solaris 8 ( C compiler version C4.2). p. On HP's to have integrated mode work correctly, PHSS_19739 (HP DCE/9000 1.5 cumulative patch) patch needs to be installed. q. On both Win95 and Win98, a visual fortran threaded run-time support library (DFORMD.DLL) needs to be installed and is available at: www.digital.com/fortran. r. Japanese not supported on Windows 95b/98 |
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Supported MCAD Systems
You can integrate several MCAD systems with Pro/MECHANICA Release 2000i2. The following table lists the MCAD systems supported in Release 2000i2 and the platforms they are supported on. See the Interface Guide
for details about using each of these MCAD systems with Pro/MECHANICA.
Platforms
CATIA
Release 4.2.0
(English only)Pro/ENGINEER
Release 22(2000i2)
Date Code:2000010 &
2000060CADDS
Release 8.1
(English only)Unigraphics
Release 15.0.0
(English only)
DEC Alpha Unix
DEC Alpha PC
(Windows NT)
HP
IBM
Intel-based PC
(Windows NT)
See Note a
Intel-based PC
(Windows 95)
SGI_MIPS4 (64 bit)
See Note b
SGI_MIPS4 (32 bit)
See Note b
Sun
See Note h above
NOTES:
a. Only supported for import of UG parts into Mechanica (transfer
from UG using ugmech not supported).
b. SGI platforms with OS level IRIX 6.5 and above only are supported
for UG15.0Supported Data Transfer Standards
Pro/MECHANICA supports the following standards for transferring data to
and from MCAD programs:
Platform
DXF 13.0
IGES 5.2
VDA 2.0
DEC Alpha PC
(Windows NT)
DEC Alpha Unix
HP
IBM
Intel-based PC
(Windows NT)
Intel-based PC
(Windows 95)
SGI (64 bit)
SGI (32 bit)
Sun
