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 |
SUN |
SunOS 5.8+ |
Minimum Creator 3D |
200 |
LINUX
The RedHat operating system version 7.3 and above is supported. Dynaform must run under KDE environment. NVIDIA graphic cards are recommended.
PC/WINDOWS
DYNAFORM-PC is compatible with LS-DYNA/PC 970. It will run in Windows 98, 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: XGA(1024 x 768)
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: 256 megabytes
Recommended processor: Pentium 4