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Patran supports the following Microsoft Windows XP hardware and software.
For additional information on Patran on Windows support and limitations see
Installing on Microsoft Windows, 5.
Table 5‑12 Hardware Platforms | Intel Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon, EM64T, AMD Opteron |
Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP, XP SP2, SP3, XP-X64, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2003-X64, Vista, Vista-64, Windows 7, Windows 7-64 |
Compiler Versions | Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 SP1, 32-bit C++ compiler Version 14.00.50727.762 for 80x86
Intel Fortran for 32-bit applications Version 9.1, Build 20070109Z, Package ID W_FC_C_9.1.034 |
Other | 3 Button Mouse NTFS file System (for Unigraphics Part file access) Ethernet Card and Microsoft TCP/IP Service (see example below) |
Graphics Devices | |
Windows C++ and FORTRAN Compiler Requirements
Patran Thermal requires the following compilers. These are the only compilers supported for Patran Thermal. The minimum configurations described in
Patran Thermal Setup, 17 require approximately 300MB of disk space (including IE 6).
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 SP1
• INTEL Fortran, Version 9.1, build 034 or later build
Important: | Patran Thermal requires specific compiler modules and compiler installation steps. Follow the instructions in Patran Thermal Setup when installing these compilers. |
64 bit Patran Thermal Requirements
Patran Thermal for 64 bit Windows requires the following compilers.
• C/C++: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 SP1 (X64 Compilers and Tools feature must be selected during install)
• Intel Fortran Compiler for EM64T-based applications version 9.1 Build 20070109 Package ID: W_FC_C_9.1.034
Tested Systems
MSC has tested Patran on the following computer systems:
• Compaq Professional Workstation w4000, w6000, w8000, Compaq N800c, N800w Laptop
• Dell Workstation 410, 610, 220, 420, 470, 620, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 390, 450, 470, 530, 650, 670, 690, M50, M60, M70, M90, M4300 Laptops
• HP Visualize NT (p- and x-class), xw3100, xw4000, xw4100, xw4200, xw4300, xw4400, xw4550, xw4600, xw5000, xw6000, xw6200, xw6600, xw8000, xw8200, xw8400, xw8600, xw9300, xw9400, mw8240, nw8440, Z400, Z800, nw9440, 8510w, and 8710w Laptops
• IBM IntelliStation Z-Pro, M-Pro, E-Pro, A-Pro
• Sun Opteron W2100z, Ultra 20, 40.
Patran and MSC Nastran on Windows should run on any Intel-based PC that is compatible with Microsoft Windows. For the systems noted above, the amount of RAM ranged from 128MB to 2GB depending on the specific PC.
Important: | Patran does not support Microsoft Windows running on Intel Itanium or Itanium 2 workstations. |
Graphics Boards and OpenGL Acceleration
Any graphics board that has a driver for Windows 2000 or Windows XP, and 1280x1024 or greater resolution should function with Patran. Patran uses standard native OpenGL acceleration and should benefit from any OpenGL acceleration such a graphics card provides. MSC.Software recommends using a native OpenGL graphics card. MSC.Software has, however, tested the following specific graphics adapters to verify compatibility with Patran on Windows. We cannot guarantee the functionality of other graphics devices.
• 3D Labs Wildcat IV 7110, 7210, Realizm 100, 200, 500, 800
• ATI Fire GL E1/X1/Z1, FireGL V7600, V7700, 8700, 8800, Mobility Radeon FireGL T2-64, T2-128, X2-256, X3-256, V3100, V3350, V3600, V5000, V5100, V5200, V5600, V7100, V7200, V7300, V7350, Mobility V5600, 5700, 5725, FirePro V3700, V5700, V7750
• Hewlett-Packard FX5+, FX10+
• NVidia Quadro2 EX, Quadro4 700XGL/750XGL/900XGL/980XGL, Quadro4 500/700 GoGL (M50/M60 Laptop), 360m, 570m, 1500m, 1600m, 2500m, FX285, FX 370, FX330, FX350, FX360, FX500, FX540, FX550, FX560, FX570, FX600, FX1000, FX1100, FX1300, FX1400, FX1700, FX3000, FX3400, FX3450, FX3500, FX4000, FX4400, FX4500, FX4600, FX5500, FX5600, FX4800, FX5800, FX3700, FX3700m, FX2700m, FX770m, FX380, FX580, FX1800, FX3800
TCP/IP Requirements
You must have the Microsoft TCP/IP networking facility installed on Windows.
Patran also requires an ethernet card, even if the workstation is not connected to a network. FLEXlm uses the ethernet card to create a system ID.
NFS Mounted Database on Windows
Patran on Windows has been tested using a windows-based NFS package. A database is mounted from a SUN workstation to a windows workstation. No testing is done using windows workstations as NFS servers to UNIX-based workstations.