System requirements

Version

Engineering Base 2019 R2

Date

May 2019

Processor

Third Generation of Intel® Core™ i5-3470 Processor (3.20 GHz, 6 MB Cache)

Dedicated Graphic Adapter recommended

RAM

4 GB (1600 MHz recommended)

Hard disk

Approximately 6 GB are needed for the installation of all software components

Our recommendation is to use at least 1 TB disk

Operating system

  • Windows 10 (x64)

  • Windows 8.x Pro and Enterprise (x64)

  • Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise (x64)

  • Windows Server 2016

  • Windows Server 2012  R2

  • Windows Server 2012

  • Windows Server 2008 Server R2  (x64, Small Business, Standard, Enterprise and Data Center)

Home Editions (Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7) are not supported!

Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or later

Components

  • The Windows Installer will be updated, if required.

  • Please install Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Visio before you install Engineering Base.

  • SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2016, SQL Server 2016 SP1 and SQL Server 2017 are supported to use with Engineering Base.

    • If a supported version of SQL Server is already installed on your system, a new instance for use with Engineering Base can be created during the Engineering Base setup.

    • If you have purchased Engineering Base including SQL Server licenses, setups are available for the installation of SQL Server for ist use with Engineering Base.

    • As from SQL Server 2016 SP1 SQL Management Studio will no longer be installed with SQL Server and has to be downloaded from Microsoft and installed separately.

  • Visio 2010 (x86), Visio 2013 (x86), Visio 2016 (x86) and Visio 365 (x86) (Online Plan 2) are supported to use with Engineering Base.

    • If a supported version of Visio is already installed on your system, it can directly be used with Engineering Base.

    • If you have purchased Engineering Base including licenses for Visio, setups are available for the installation of Visio for its use with Engineering Base.

  • Engineering Base will install the .Net Framework 4.5 if it does not exist.