APPENDIX A

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

UNIX

PLATFORM

OS VERSION

GRAPHICS CARD

DISK SPACE MB

HP HP-UX 11+ Minimum CRX 8 Plane

200

IBM AIX 4.2+ Minimum 24 Plane Graphics

200

SGI IRIX 6.5+ All Graphics Boards Supported

200

DEC OSF1 v.3+ Minimum PXG 8 Plane

200

SUN Solaris 2.6 Minimum Creator 3D

200

2

LINUX

The RedHat operating system version 7.3 and above is supported.

2

PC/WINDOWS

DYNAFORM-PC is compatible with LS-DYNA/PC 960. It will run in Windows 98 or NT 4.X, 2000, and XP environments. It is not recommended for use with earlier versions of Windows. The following are minimum requirements for proper operation of DYNAFORM-PC in a Windows environment:

Minimum Graphics Requirement:                                 800 x 600 (requires small fonts)

Graphics Card:                                                               OpenGL based (Nvidia chip set recommended)

Minimum Memory Requirement:

Small models (10,000-20,000 elements):         256 megabytes RAM

Medium models (20,000-50,000 elements):     384 megabytes RAM

Large models (50,000-100,000 elements):       512 megabytes RAM

Huge models (100,000-200,000 elements):      768+megabytes RAM

Minimum Loadspace requirement:                     100 megabytes

Recommended processor:                                             Pentium 4