DeskArtes Industrial Design System

Supported hardware / operating system configurations

The machine models and graphics types listed in this document are the ones that have been tested by DeskArtes or its partners to be suitable for DeskArtes IDS use. The list is not complete and also many other machine or graphics types will probably work ok with DA IDS.

To make the list to cover larger set of all the possible hardware/OS combinations you can send information of the combinations working well with DeskArtes IDS to email address support@deskartes.fi. The information will be then added to the list.

PC (Intel x86) / Windows

Operating system	Tested machines	Tested graphics
Windows NT 4.0	Dell Dimension T550 Digital Personal Workstation HP Vectra GL Intergraph TDZ-325 Compaq Professional Workstation SP700	Nvidia Riva TNT, TNT2 Nvidia Geforce, Geforce2 3Dfx Voodoo3 Matrox Millennium, G400 Intergraph RealZM Z13 Diamond FireGL 1000 ATI Expression+ DEC PowerStorm 600/Wildcat 4000
Windows 2000 Professional	Dell Dimension T550	Nvidia Riva TNT, TNT2 Nvidia Geforce, Geforce2 3Dfx Voodoo3 Matrox Millennium, G400 ATI Expression+
Windows XP Home	Acer Aspire 1452LCi	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
Windows XP Professional	Unique Pentium3	Nvidia Riva TNT Nvidia Geforce4 ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (driver version 6.14.01.6255)

Notes on operating systems:

Windows Vista

Deskartes IDS is currently not supported on either 32-bit or 64-bit versions of Windows Vista.

Windows XP (64-bit)

Deskartes IDS is not currently supported on 64-bit version of Windows XP.

Windows XP (32-bit)

There has been problems running background commands on some Deskartes IDS installations on 32-bit version of Windows XP. In this case for example the image conversion commands from the File Window middle list menu fail, with the error message like "[1] + Done(134) ? 2816 Abort Rgb2Bmp" in the IDS startup window. Currently there is no solution known to this problem.

Windows 2000

With some graphics adapters there has been problems in window refreshing when running Deskartes IDS on Windows 2000. Usually those problems can however be fixed by decreasing the hardware acceleration of the graphics adapter or changing its color depth. In most cases the 24-bit or 32-bit true color has worked best.

Notes on graphics adapters:

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

With older driver the default hardware acceleration settings of the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro cause drawing errors in DeskArtes IDS. Disabling the acceleration for OpenGL antialiasing partly fixes the problem, but that also slows down the graphics speed substantially. The problem can be fixed by upgrading the driver from ATI web-site (to version 6.14.01.6255).

Intel 855G/865G (Extreme Graphics)

DeskArtes IDS with the Exceed 5.1.3 cannot be run on machines having Intel 855G/865G graphics adapter. The 3D Extensions of the Exceed version 5.1.3, which is included in the DeskArtes IDS installation media, cannot provide OpenGL functionality with this graphics. As result of this only the "wireframe" and "box" drawing modes are available in IDS.

There is currently no solution known to this problem with the Exceed 5.1.3. The problem can however be fixed by running Exceed 6 with the runtime support for Exceed 5 programs.

General requirements for PC platform:

Minimum Pentium 200 MHz processor.

About 250 MB of free disk space for the programs.

Minimum of 128 MB RAM, 256 MB recommended.

Swap space twice the amount of main memory (RAM) recommended.

Graphics adapter must support at least 16-bit colors for 1024x768 screen resolution.

Graphics adapter with OpenGL support at hardware level recommended.

3-button mouse (or 2-buttons + wheel) recommended.

Portable machines

The portable PCs have special technology compared to the desktop machines, because in them the power saving is very important design criteria. Unfortunately these special constructions often cause problems that do not exist on the desktop machines. Also not all the portable machines support Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000, which are needed to run DeskArtes IDS.

Therefore we recommend that a specific portable model is tested with DeskArtes IDS Series, before purchasing it for DeskArtes use, if possible.

The following portable models have been tested by DeskArtes or its partners and found to be suitable for DeskArtes IDS use.

Manufacturer	Model	Graphics	Operating system
Dell	Inspiron 3800M	ATI Rage Mobility	Windows NT 4.0
Fujitsu	Lifebook C5110	ATI Rage Mobility-P	Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0
ARC	Radiance MCL10	NVidia GeForce4 GO	Windows 2000 Professional
Acer	Aspire 1452LCi	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200	Windows XP Home, Windows 2000 Professional
Acer	Aspire 5512WLMI	ATI Mobility Radeon X700	Windows XP Home

With the following portable models there has been problems running DeskArtes IDS and therefore they are NOT recommended.

Manufacturer	Model	Graphics	Operating system
Fujitsu-Siemens	Lifebook E4010	Intel 855GM	Windows 2000 SP4

Apple Macintosh / Mac OS X

Operating system	Tested hardware	Graphics
Mac OS X 10.3.3	Apple eMac	ATI Radeon 7200 32 MB DDR SDRAM
Mac OS X 10.3.5	Apple PowerMac G5	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR SDRAM

Apple Macintosh portable machines

Operating system	Tested hardware	Graphics
Mac OS X 10.3.4	Apple Powerbook G4 17"	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 64 MB DDR SDRAM

General requirements for Apple Mac OS X platform:

About 150 MB of free disk space for the programs.

Minimum of 384 MB RAM, 512 MB recommended.

Graphics adapter supporting OpenGL hardware acceleration with Apple X11.

3-button or wheel mouse recommended.

Notes on Apple Mac OS X operating system versions:

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard):

Due to the problems found with the new Apple X11 version included in this Mac OS X version, the Deskartes IDS is currently not supported on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger):

Don't forget to update the X11 package if updating the operating system! E.g., the X11 package for Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther")
won't work with Mac OS X 10.4 ("Tiger").

The X11 installation package found in the IDS package only works with MacOS X up to version 10.3. To install X11 in later
MacOS X versions you need to locate it on the MacOS installation media.

sgi

Operating system	Tested hardware	Graphics
Irix 5.1, 5.2, 5.3	Indy PC, Indy SC Indigo2	Indy 8-bit, 24-bit XGE, XL, XZ, Extreme Solid Impact, High Impact, Maximum Impact
Irix 6.0, 6.1, 6.2	Indy R5000, Indigo2 R10000	Indy 8-bit, 24-bit XGE, XL, XZ, Extreme Solid Impact, High Impact, Maximum Impact
Irix 6.3, 6.5	O2	O2 CRM

General requirements for sgi Irix platforms:

About 150 MB of free disk space for the programs.

Minimum of 64 MB RAM, 128 MB recommended.

X Window System server with 8-bit PseudoColor or 24-bit TrueColor default visual.

Graphics adapter with OpenGL support at hardware level recommended.

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