User's Manual

DOC-07000 Rev. A 3–7
Objet500 - Connex 3 User Guide
Workstation Requirements
Thefollowingtableslisttherequirementsforcomputercomponentsused
withObjet3Dprintersoftware.
Requirement
Computer Type
Server workstation:
Standard desktop computer (not a portable computer)
Mouse/Keyboard
Connection
Server workstation:
USB, PS/2, or RS-232 (wireless components unacceptable)
Processor Intel
®
Core™ i3 or better
Operating System
Windows
®
7 64-bit
1
Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise, Starter, Home Basic,
Home Premium editions
Graphics Card
2
Open GL
®
with 1 GB of memory or more
For dental applications:
• ATI™ Radeon™ HD 5970, with 2 GB of memory, or
• NVIDIA
®
GeForce
®
GTX 285, with 2 GB of memory
RAM 8 GB or more
1
CD Drive IDE CD ROM
Hard-Disk Drive 80 GB or larger
Network Card
LAN TCP/IP
(2 for server workstation; 1 for client workstation)
Video Card Server workstation: VGA connector
3
Monitor
Resolution: optimum for screen used
Color quality: 32 bit
Monitor Cable VGA connector
3
1. On64bitoperatingsystems,ObjetStudiorunsasa32bitapplication,butitcan
utilizeupto8GBofmemory.
2. ThefollowinggraphicscardsweretestedinObjetlabs:
NVIDIA
®
Quadro
®
Family—FX570,FX1700
NVIDIA
®
GeForce
®
Family—6200TurboCache,7300GT
Intel
®
ExpressChipset—82915G/82915GV/82910GL,Q965/Q963,Q35,
Q45/Q43,82852/82855
ATI
®
displayadapter—RadeonHD5670,RadeonE6760
3. TheKVMswitchrequiresVGAvideoconnections.Iftheserverworkstation
hasaDVIvideoconnector,aVGAadapterisneeded.Thecablefromthe
monitormusthaveaVGAconnector.
Note: You control both the built-in printer computer and the server workstation
with same keyboard-monitor-mouse set by using a KVM switchbox.