Technical Requirements:
Expert Designer XM
Processor: Intel® or AMD® processor 3.0 GHz or greater
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (SP2 or greater)
Prerequisite Application: Oracle Client 9.2.0.1.0 with Oracle ODBC Patch 9.2.0.64 or Oracle Client 10.2.0.1.0
Web Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater with 128-bit cipher strength
RAM: 512 MB minimum, 1 GB RAM recommended. More memory typically results in better performance with large models.
Hard Disk: 2 GB free disk space
Display: Graphics Card supported by DirectX 9.0. See graphics card manufacturer for latest information on DirectX drivers. If no graphics card supported by DirectX can be found, MicroStation will attempt to use software emulation under Windows XP SP2. At least 128 MB of video RAM is recommended. For optimal performance, graphics display color depth should be set to 24-bit or higher. When using a color depth setting of 16-bit, some inconsistencies will be noted.
Expert Designer 4.2
Processor: Intel® Pentium® or AMD AthlonTM
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (SP2 or greater)
Prerequisite Application: Oracle Client 9.2.0.1.0 with Oracle ODBC Patch 9.2.0.64 or Oracle Client 10.2.0.1.0
Web Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater with 128-bit cipher strength
RAM: 256 GB RAM, 512 GB recommended
Hard Disk: 1 GB free disk space
Video: Graphics Card and monitor that supports 1024 x 768 resolution or better
Expert Designer operates on an Oracle 8i, 9i, or 10g database (office mode) and Oracle 8i Lite, 9i Lite, or 10g (field mode). The power of this database solution allows design data to be replicated between network and field operations.
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