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