Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows Vista Business
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
Edgecam and Edgecam Part Modeler will install and run on the 'home' editions of these operating systems, including Windows XP Home Edition, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium. However this is not recommended and we cannot guarantee to fix any Edgecam or Edgecam Part Modeler issues specifically related to these operating systems.
Edgecam will install and run on 64-bit versions of these operating systems, where applicable (note however that Edgecam is a 32-bit application).
We recommend you install the latest service packs for the supported operating systems.
The Sentinel RMS license server (keyless network licensing) runs as a system service on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008. The Sentinel RMS license server must not be installed on a virtual server.
When running Simulator with limited user
Minimum Specifications
32 or 64 bit Intel Pentium 4 processor or equivalent (such as AMD Athlon), in Single, Dual or Quad core versions
1 GB RAM for Windows XP and 2 GB for Windows Vista
10 GB free disk space for the Edgecam Installation
Graphics card capable of 1280 x 1024 high colour setting
Minimum 64 MB memory for wireframe systems
Minimum 128 MB memory for solid model systems
For the latest information on recommended graphics cards please refer to the Support page of the Edgecam web site
17" Colour monitor (1280 x 1024 screen resolution)
Mouse including wheel (Intellimouse)
SpaceMouse/SpaceBall (optional)
Network card
Internet Explorer 6 or above
USB port for the Edgecam security key (unless using keyless licensing)
The Edgecam installer will install the following items if they are not already present on your system:
.NET Framework version 1.1 and .NET Framework version 2.0
Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005 (for Edgecam ToolStore)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Setup
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Setup