Requirements

AVEVA E3D Design operates on:

• Windows® 11 21H2 (64-bit) (version 22000 or higher)

• Windows® 10 20H2 (64-bit) (version 19042 or higher)

• Windows® Server 2019 (version 1809 OS build 17763 or higher)

• Windows® Server 2022 (version 21H2 OS build 20348 or higher).

A minimum screen resolution of 1280x1024 is recommended, although most users use either two such screens or a wide-screen (1920x1200) display.

The user interface requires the use of the Arial Unicode MS font, which is supplied with Microsoft Office (version 2000 onwards) and is usually installed automatically. If this font is not installed, some of the text in the user interface may become illegible.

The layout of some GUI forms may also be adversely affected if the screen font size is not set to the smallest size, which is usually default. Refer to Font Size for further information.

If AVEVA E3D Design is installed with AVEVA Database Cache Service you must activate Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) as a prerequisite of the installation. Refer to the Database Cache Service Installation Guide for further information.

Graphics cards

AVEVA E3D Design requires 3D graphics hardware, capable of running DirectX 12, to ensure optimum performance for both design and drafting. DirectX 12 is included as an integral part of the Windows operating systems.

AVEVA strongly recommends that appropriate hardware is used for AVEVA E3D Design.

If appropriate graphics hardware is not detected on entry, AVEVA E3D Design may still be used but the following warning is displayed and certain graphical effects, including the use of laser data is limited.

Following extensive testing of current market Graphics Cards and AVEVA E3D Design, a recommended configuration is summarized in the table below.

AVEVA strongly recommends that clients should test their chosen card or laptop in their own environment before purchase.

Availability and support of graphics cards changes frequently; a full updated list of graphics cards that have been verified with AVEVA E3D Design is available via the IT Configuration area of the Knowledge and Support Center.

To ensure the optimal performance of the graphical memory, i.e. when utilizing laser data, it is recommended that the Physical Processor is altered (where employing a NVIDIA graphics card).

Using the NVIDIA Control Panel, setting a GPU allows an increase in PhysX processing and may improve overall performance.

PC Configuration

Server Configuration

Model Simplification 2.2.0

To run Model Simplification without native primitives, MultiCAD Import needs to be installed as part of E3D.