Pointwise supports the most popular desktop workstations in use today by CAE engineers. The application supports each platform's native look-and-feel and provides 3D graphics through the OpenGL industry standard. Pointwise's native project file is based on HDF-5 and portable across all supported platforms.

Operating System	Hardware	Architecture
Microsoft Windows	Intel AMD	32-bit 64-bit	details
Linux	Intel AMD	32-bit 64-bit	details
Mac OS X	Intel PowerPC	32-bit	details

Support for 3D Mice - Two Handed Power

Pointwise supports the 3D mouse from 3Dconnexion as an optional image manipulation device. One hand pulls, pushes and twists the 3D mouse to manipulate the 3D model while the other hand navigates the GUI with a traditional mouse, increasing productivity by more than 20% and decreasing traditional mouse clicks by up to 50%. (See 3Dconnexion's web site for the details.)

Requirements for All Platforms

Minimum Requirements:

256 Mbytes RAM
100 Mbytes disk space
OpenGL capable color display
Ethernet card
1280x1024 screen resolution
3D hardware accelerated OpenGL graphics
24-bit RGB, double-buffered graphics

Up-to-date graphic accelerator driver software is essential for proper operation of Pointwise.

Microsoft Windows

Pointwise supports Windows on both AMD and Intel. Both 32-bit and 64-bit support are available for Windows.

Minimum Requirements
Operating Systems	Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Vista x64, Windows XP

Linux

Pointwise supports Linux on both AMD and Intel. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available for Linux.

Minimum Requirements
Operating Systems	RedHat Enterprise Linux 4
Architecture	x86 (for 32-bit Pointwise) x86_64 (for 64-bit Pointwise)
Library Packages	libstdc++-3.4.5-2 glibc-2.3.4-2.19 libgcc-3.4.5-2 libg2c.so.0 (32-bit only) libf2c 3.4.6 (32-bit only) xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.25.1

Mac OS X

Pointwise supports Mac on both PowerPC and Intel. Only a 32-bit version is available for Mac.

Minimum Requirements
Operating Systems	OS X 10.4 Tiger or higher Note: The end-of-life for 10.4 has been announced.
Architecture	PowerPC, Intel Mac