Hardware Notes - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3

Hardware Notes - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0

Last updated: May 1, 2008

Platform Support
System Requirements
Language Support
Graphics Information
Certified and Supported Graphics Cards
Supported Peripherals and Accessories
Supported MCAD Systems
Supported Finite Element Solvers
Supported Data Transfer Standards

Platform Support
Partner	Platform	Operating System levels	CPU
Hewlett-Packard	HP-UX (64-bit only)	11iV1 ^a	PA8000 or later
	HP-UX (64-bit only)	11 ^b Quality Pack Bundle March 2002 or later PHSS_30048 ld(1) and linker tools cumulative patch	PA8000 or later
	Linux (32-bit only)	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 3.2 WS Edition	Intel Pentium/Xeon family
Microsoft Dell Fujitsu-Siemens Hewlett-Packard IBM Lenovo TriStar Sun	Windows Vista Business x64 Edition Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition Windows Vista Enterprise x64 Edition	Base OS, Service Pack 1	Intel Pentium/Xeon/Core Duo/Core 2 Duo family
	Windows Vista Business Edition Windows Vista Ultimate Edition Windows Vista Enterprise Edition	Base OS,Service Pack 1	Intel Pentium/Xeon/Core Duo/Core 2 Duo family
	Windows XP Professional x64 Edition	Base OS, Service Pack 2 and 3	Intel Pentium/Xeon/Core Duo/Core 2 Duo family AMD Opteron family
	Windows XP Professional Edition; Windows XP Home Edition	Base OS, Service Pack 1,2 and 3
	Windows 2000^c	Base OS, Service Pack 4	Intel Pentium/Xeon family
Sun	Solaris (64-bit only)	8, 9 and 10	UltraSPARC II or later
	Solaris (64-bit only)	10	Intel and AMD Opteron family
	Linux (32-bit only)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3.2	AMD Opteron family
NOTES
^a The command "uname -a" returns "HP-UX 11.11" ^bPTC's HP-UX 11.0 support will end in 2006 following HP's plans: http://www.hp.com/softwarereleases/releases-media2/discon/0303.htm ^cPTC suggests the use of Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit), as it has been shown to utilize better memory allocation over Microsoft Windows 2000. Additionally, Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) also offers users the ability to increase the per-process Memory Limit for Pro/ENGINEER. For more information, please reference http://www.ptc.com/cs/tpi/111330.htm.

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 7.0^b 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
^aFor 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. ^bInternet Explorer 7.0 support is available for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 M070 and higher

Language Support
Supported Language	Date Certified	Release Datecode	Comments
English	19-Apr-2005	B000
Chinese Simplified	08-Mar-2006	F000	Not yet available on Linux platform. Available on Windows XP x64 platform as of release datecode M030. Not supported by Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0.
Chinese Traditional	08-Mar-2006	F000	Not yet available on Linux platform. Available on Windows XP x64 platform as of release datecode M030. Not supported by Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0.
French	19-Apr-2005	B000
German	19-Apr-2005	B000
Italian	08-Mar-2006	F000	Not supported by Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0.
Korean	08-Mar-2006	F000	Not yet available on Linux platform. Not supported by Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0.
Japanese	19-Apr-2005	B000	Not yet available on Linux platform.
Spanish	08-Mar-2006	F000	Not supported by Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0.
NOTES
For more detailed information on localization for this product, please click here.

Graphics Information

For 3D-hardware acceleration, an OpenGL graphics card must be used that has been tested in a PTC-certified configuration. To ensure the compatibility of a graphics driver with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0, a PTC-certified hardware configuration is recommended.

Dual Monitor Support

Limited dual monitor support is provided in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 on the Windows platform. PTC has successfully performed limited testing of some graphics card models from 3DLabs, ATI and NVIDIA that support dual monitor capabilities. If your graphics card is certified for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 and provides dual monitor support**, PTC expects that it will run in this mode without issue. PTC will provide limited support to resolve issues arising when running in dual monitor mode, however, the entire solution will not be submitted for formal certification as a complete configuration.

PTC has tested and officially supports the following graphics cards. This list is not meant to be a comprehensive listing of cards with dual monitor capabilities and it does not represent a shift from PTC's policy of certifying complete systems.
PTC's Support Policy.

Supported and tested graphics cards:

ATI FireGL XL1

Additional cards will be tested and added to this list prior to production release of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 later this year.

Note: in the event that dual monitor mode fails, we advise use of Span mode as a workaround.

** Please consult with 3DLabs, ATI, NVIDIA, or the hardware platform partner to confirm the availability of this functionality with a given graphics card that has been certified with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0.

Certified and Supported Graphics Cards

PTC provides Customer Support for all certified and/or supported graphics cards. Certified cards will be added to this table as our platform partners complete certifications in preparation for production shipment of Wildfire 3.0.

Please note that the table below represents graphics cards that are part of a fully-certified or supported configuration (e.g., machine, model, operating system, graphics card and driver). PTC does not certify or support graphic cards independently from the configurations in which they are certified or supported.

Supported Graphics Cards
Partner	Certified Graphics Cards	Certification Details	Supported Graphics Cards	Support Details
3Dlabs			Realizm 800	IBM
			Realizm 500	IBM
			Realizm 200	HP
			Realizm 100	HP
ATI	FireGL V5200	Lenovo	FireGL V5100	HP
	FireGL V7200	Dell, HP	FireGL V3100	Dell, HP, IBM
	FireGL V3400	Dell	MOBILITY FireGL V5000	HP, Fujisu-Siemens
	FireGL V3300	HP	Fire GL X3	HP
	FireGL V3500	Dell	Fire GL X1	HP
	FireGL V3350	HP	Fire GL4	HP
	FireGL V5100	HP	Fire GL T2-128	HP
	FireGL V5600	HP	Mobility FireGL V3100	Dell
	FireGL V7300	Fujitsu-Siemens	MOBILITY FireGL T2e	IBM
	MOBILITY FireGL V5200	Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, Lenovo	MOBILITY FireGL T2	HP
	MOBILITY FireGL V5250	Lenovo	FireGL V5200	Fujisu-Siemens
			FireGL V7100	IBM
			FireGL V7300	Fujisu-Siemens
			MOBILITY FireGL T2e AGP	Fujisu-Siemens
			MOBILITY FireGL	IBM
			V3200
			MOBILITY FireGL V5200	Fujisu-Siemens
Hewlett-Packard			FireGL-UX	HP
Hewlett-Packard			VISUALIZE fx10	HP
NVIDIA	Quadro FX4600	Dell, HP, Lenovo	Quadro FX4500	IBM, SUN, Dell, HP, Fujitsu-Siemens
	Quadro FX2500	Dell	Quadro FXGo1400	Dell
	Quadro FX1500	Dell, HP	Quadro FXGo1000	Dell
	Quadro FX3450	Sun, HP	Quadro FXGo700	Dell
	Quadro FX3500	Dell, HP	Quadro FX4400	Dell, TriStar, IBM
	Quadro FX3400	HP	Quadro FX3400	Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens , IBM, HP
	Quadro FX540	HP, Sun	Quadro FX3000	Dell, HP, Sun, IBM
	Quadro FX3000	Sun	Quadro FX1400	Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens , TriStar, IBM, HP, Sun
	Quadro FX1400	Sun, HP	Quadro FX1300	Dell, HP, IBM
	Quadro FX1100	Sun	Quadro FX1100	HP, IBM , Sun, Fujitsu-Siemens , Dell
	Quadro FX4500	Dell, HP, Sun, IBM	Quadro FX1000	Dell, IBM
	Quadro FX560	HP	Quadro FX700	Dell
	Quadro FX550	Dell, IBM	Quadro FX540	TriStar, Sun, HP, Dell
	Quadro FX5500	HP, Sun	Quadro FX350M	Dell
	Quadro FX1500	Dell, HP, IBM, Fujitsu-Siemens, Fujitsu	Quadro FX330	HP
	Quadro FX1500M	HP	Quadro FX3450	HP, Sun, Fujitsu, Dell, IBM
	Quadro FX1600M	Dell, HP, IBM	Quadro FX1500	HP, IBM, Fujitsu-Siemens
	Quadro FX1700	Dell, HP, Sun, Lenovo, Fujitsu-Siemens	Quadro FX2000	HP
	Quadro FX3500	Dell, HP, Sun, IBM , Fujitsu-Siemens	Quadro FX3500	Sun, Fujitsu-Siemens
	Quadro FX3600M	Dell	Quadro FX3700	Fujitsu-Siemens
	Quadro FX360M	Dell	Quadro FX5500	Fujitsu-Siemens
	Quadro FX370	HP, Lenovo	Quadro FX570	Dell
	Quadro FX3700	Dell, HP	Quadro FX570M	Fujitsu-Siemens
	Quadro FX570	Dell, HP	Quadro 980	Fujitsu-Siemens
	Quadro FX570M	Fujitsu-Siemens, Lenovo, HP	Quadro4 900XGL	IBM
			Quadro4 980XGL	IBM
Sun	XVR-1200	Sun	Elite3D	Sun
			XVR-2500	Sun
			XVR-600	Sun

Supported Peripherals and Accessories
	Windows (XP, XP x64, 2000)	Sun Solaris	HP-UX	Red Hat LINUX
3D Controllers (Pro/ENGINEER only) Please refer to http://www.3dconnexion.com/software/ for specific driver information.
SpaceTraveler	Certified	Certified	Certified	Certified
SpaceBall 5000	Certified	Certified	Certified	Certified
Plotters and Printers
Pro/ENGINEER supports HPGL, HPGL/2, PostScript, Calcomp, Gerber and Versatec standard plotting formats. In addition, Pro/ENGINEER supports the Microsoft Print Manager. If you do not see your printer/plotter on the list below, please refer to the Introduction and Support Policy . Emulation Various manufacturers produce printers and plotters that may be compatible with or emulate a device that is supported by PTC. Please be aware that such devices are not tested by PTC and therefore, may not produce correct plotted output. If you are using a device which emulates a printer or plotter listed in the tables below, PTC Technical Support will attempt to provide support by using a similar certified device. Any support pertaining to compatibility with a supported plotter or the correctness of an emulation can only be made by the manufacturers of the device in question, and not by PTC. The Microsoft Printer Manager creates an emulation of what appears on the screen and attempts to print this. Since this emulation is between the Print Manager driver and the printer/plotter driver, quality and results may vary. You may choose to try a certified PTC printer/plotter driver, which has been optimized for high quality printing.
Plotters
	Windows (XP, 2000)	Sun Solaris	HP-UX	Red Hat LINUX
HP Designjet 4500ps	Supported	Supported	Supported	Not Supported or Certified
HP Designjet 1055CM+	Certified	Certified	Certified	Not Supported or Certified
HP Designjet 800PS	Certified	Certified	Certified	Not Supported or Certified
HP Designjet 5500PS	Certified	Certified	Certified	Not Supported or Certified
HP Designjet copier cc800PS	Certified	Certified	Certified	Not Supported or Certified
HP Designjet 4000	Certified	Certified	Certified	Not Supported or Certified
Printers
	Windows (XP, 2000)	Sun Solaris	HP-UX	Red Hat LINUX
HP deskjet 1220cps	Certified	Certified	Certified	Not Supported or Certified
HP color inkjet cp1700ps	Certified	Certified	Certified	Not Supported or Certified
HP business inkjet 2600dn	Certified	Certified	Certified	Not Supported or Certified

Supported MCAD Systems

You can integrate several MCAD systems with Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0. The following table lists the supported MCAD systems and platforms.

Platforms	CATIA Release 4.2.0 (English only)	Unigraphics Release NX 2.0 (English only)
HP (64 bit)	x	x
Intel-based PC (Windows NT, XP, 2000)		x
Sun (64 bit)		x
NOTES

Supported Finite Element Solvers

You can integrate several Finite Element Solvers with Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0 for use in FEM mode. The following table lists the supported Finite Element Solvers and platforms.

Platforms	NASTRAN 2005	ANSYS 10.0
HP (64 bit)	x	x
Intel-based PC (Windows NT, XP, 2000)	x	x
Sun (64 bit)	x	x
NOTES

Supported Data Transfer Standards

Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica (Structural and Thermal Simulation) Wildfire 3.0 supports the following standards for transferring data to and from MCAD programs:

Platform	DXF 13.0	IGES 5.2	VDA 2.0
HP ( 64 bit)	x	x	x
Intel-based PC (Windows NT, 2000, XP)	x	x
Sun ( 64 bit)	x	x	x