System Support - ANSYS AUTODYN v6.0 System Requirements

WINDOWS 2000/XP

Disk Space

Requirement

Minimum: 500 MB

Recommended: 1 GB +

To verify

• Start Windows Explorer.

• Select the icon of the disk on which you are installing AUTODYN.

• Right-click on that icon and select Properties.

• Select the General tab folder on the dialog box.

Physical Memory

Requirement

Minimum: 256 MB

Recommended: 512 MB +

To verify

• Start Windows Explorer.

• Select Help->About Windows.

Virtual Memory

Requirement

Minimum: 500 MB

Recommended: 1 GB +

To verify

• Select  Start->Settings->Control Panel from the Task Bar. 

• Double-click the System icon in the Control Panel.

• Select the Performance tab folder and locate the Virtual Memory section

Graphics Card (Only required on Windows® Operating Systems)

Requirement

Hardware acceleration for increased graphics performance requires a suitable graphics card:

• We do not recommend any particular graphics card.

• AUTODYN is not customized or optimized for any particular graphics card.

• However, utilization of hardware rendering is via OpenGL, so it is important to pick a card with good support for OpenGL.

To verify

• Users are encouraged to download the latest drivers directly from the graphics card manufacturer, if any performance issues arise.

System

Fortran

Windows 2000/XP

Compaq Visual Fortran 6.5/6.6

Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

RedHat 7.3

Intel Fortran 8.0

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