HiCAD

Please note

HiCAD 2015 is the first version that will only be available as a 64Bit Version. Starting from this version, no 32Bit versions of our CAD software will be available any more.

HiCAD Compatibility Matrix

Operating Systems

	HiCAD 2018	HiCAD 2017	HiCAD 2016	HiCAD 2015	HiCAD 2014
Windows 10, 64 Bit
Windows 8.1, 64 Bit
Winndows 8, 64 Bit
Windows 7, 64 Bit

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PDM Systems

	HiCAD 2018	HiCAD 2017	HiCAD 2016	HiCAD 2015	HiCAD 2014
HELiOS 2018
HELiOS 2017
HELiOS 2016
HELiOS 2015
HELiOS 2014

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Couplings

	HiCAD 2018	HiCAD 2017	HiCAD 2016	HiCAD 2015	HiCAD 2014
LogiKal 11
LogiKal 10
LogiKal 9
PartSolutions 10.0
PartSolutions 9.8
PartSolutions 9.7
PartSolutions 9.5
PartSolutions 9.0
PartSolutions 8.0
KISSsoft 03/2017- 03/2014
CADClick 3.0			_{as of SP2}

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Microsoft Office*

	HiCAD 2018	HiCAD 2017	HiCAD 2016	HiCAD 2015	HiCAD 2014
Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft Office 2013
Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Office 2007

* In conjunction with VBA limitations may occur here.

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Browser

	HiCAD 2018	HiCAD 2017	HiCAD 2016	HiCAD 2015	HiCAD 2014
Internet Explorer 9 - 11
Edge
Mozilla Firefox 31 - 57
Google Chrome 37 - 63

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System and hardware requirements

It is our aim to provide an unrivalled service to our clients. Workstations and monitors can be supplied together with our software as a turnkey system. This option ensures the optimum configuration for your ISD software. Our own technical teams are there to guide you through installation and implementation. We promise to achieve the best possible configuration with the hardware components of your choice.

Minimum Hardware Requirements
Computer	You can use any hardware provided with current drivers for the installed operating system. Please note, that for example the graphics drivers supports the complete open-GL command set. DVD drive
Processor (CPU)	Intel or AMD processor with SSE2 support
Main memory	4 GB RAM To achieve optimal performance for large assemblies, the system should possess significantly more main memory than is considered sufficient for HiCAD at first glance. This enables the hard disk accessing operations Buffer memory, Undo and Switch drawing to be performed up to 4 times faster
Hard disk	Approx. 5 GB free disk space
Graphics board	Fully OpenGL 2.0-capable graphics board with 128 MB RAM or more. You can use the OpenGLCapabilityTester to check whether the OpenGL capabilities of your computer are sufficient for HiCAD.
Screen resolution	Screen resolution 1280x1024
Operating system	see Compatibility Matrix
Other	For the output of reports, e.g. Sheet Metal cost calculations, you require Microsoft Office Version 2010 or higher.
Recommended Hardware Equipment
Computer	Fujitsu CELSIUS
Processor (CPU)	Intel® Core™ i7-7700-Processor, 8 MB, 3,6 GHz or Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1280v6, 8 MB, 3,9 GHz or equivalent processor
Main memory	4 x 8 GB, DDR4, 2.400 MHz (incl. ECC) Please note: If you are working with very large CAD models we recommend using computers with a large amount of RAM.
Hard disk	1 x 512 GB, SSD SATA III Premium bay, 2,5 Zoll
Graphics board	NVIDIA Quadro P1000 (4 GB) or AMD WX3100 (4 GB)
Screen resolution	Full HD (1920x1080)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows 10 (64 Bit)
Other	Microsoft Office Version 2010 or higher

Attention

To establish the connection to the Sentinel License Server the UDP Port 5093 for incoming and outgoing connections needs to be enabled for the Firewall of the License Server; for the Windows Firewall the Port is automatically enabled by activating the corresponding option in the installation program of the License Server.
For Network Licenses the operating systems listed on the System and Hardware Requirements: License Server page can be used.
Internet access is required for the computer/server on which the licenses are managed!
If you use a 64Bit version of HiCAD (2011) the Hardlock can no longer be used as selector of the license file due to missing driver support!
If you wish to use HELiOS you will also need one of the database systems listed on the System and Hardware Requirements: HELiOS Desktop page.

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