System Requirements

Operating system, hardware, software and memory requirements.

Windows

Operating System
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Memory
8 GB of RAM (32 GB recommended)
15 GB or more of free hard disk space
Graphics Hardware
OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator compatible with OpenGL 3.2 or higher
OpenCL 2.1 required
True color (24-bit) support
Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers
1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience
2 GB or higher dedicated RAM
Only AMD and NVIDIA GPUs supported (Intel chipsets are not supported)
Video Recording
Any graphics card can be used when recording animated GIFs. MP4 video recording is only supported for NVIDIA GPUs, beginning with the Kepler generation and with a minimum graphics driver version of 378.66.
The minimum Kepler GPU supported is K420. Other supported generations include:
  • Maxwell 1 Generation
  • Maxwell 2 Generation
  • Maxwell (GM206)
  • Pascal
  • Volta (latest)
The newer the generation, the better the support.
For more details:

https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-video-codec-sdk#NVENCFeatures

https://developer.nvidia.com/video-encode-decode-gpu-support-matrix#Encoder

Linux

Operating System
RHEL/Oracle Linux 8.4 (64-bit)
SLES 15 SP3 (64-bit)
Memory
8 GB of RAM (32 GB recommended)
15 GB or more of free hard disk space
Graphics Hardware
OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator compatible with OpenGL 3.2 or higher
OpenCL 2.1 required
True color (24-bit) support
Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers
1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience
2 GB or higher dedicated RAM
Only AMD and NVIDIA GPUs supported (Intel chipsets are not supported)
Note: The canberra-gtk-module is required for installation on Linux.

Supported Compilers on Windows Platforms

TCC is the default compiler provided for Windows. Some use cases require the installation of a third-party compiler. The following are the supported compilers for the Functional Mock-Up Interface (FMI), Modelica components, and C-code generation.

Compiler FMI Export Modelica Support C-Code Generation
Microsoft® Visual Studio 2022; 2019: Community, Professional Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio 2017: Express, Community, Professional Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio C++ Build Tools 2022; 2019; 2017; 2015
Note: The option for Windows 10 SDK must be selected.
 Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio C++ 2015 (VC 14.0 Community and Professional) Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio C++ 2013 (VC EXPRESS/VC Pro 12.0) Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio C++ 2012 (VC EXPRESS/VC Pro 11.0) Yes No Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio C++ VC 10.0 (VC Pro 10.0) Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio C++ SDK 7.1 (VC EXPRESS 10.0) Yes No Yes
TCC (default provided with Activate installation) Yes Yes Yes

Supported Compilers on Linux Platforms

GCC is the default compiler provided for Linux. Some use cases require the installation of a third-party compiler. The following are the supported compilers for the Functional Mock-Up Interface (FMI), Modelica components, and C-code generation.

Compiler FMI Export Modelica Support C-Code Generation
GCC Yes Yes Yes

Required Development Tools for Linux Platforms

The installation of development tools is required for Linux platforms to compile C code. The proposed commands will ensure that the required development and build tools are installed for GCC and G++.

Linux Platform Installation Command
SUSE 15 SP 2 
zypper install -t pattern “devel_basis”
RHEL/Oracle Linux 8.3 
dnf group install "Development Tools"
or 
yum group install "Development Tools"

Supported Versions of Altair MotionSolve and Altair MotionView

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Supported Versions of Altair Flux

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