nanoCAD Platform Help

System Requirements

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 (64-bit);

Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit);

Microsoft Windows 11.

Note: It is recommended to use 64-bit operating systems, when working with large data sets, point clouds and 3D modeling.

Databases

To work with databases for point clouds it is necessary to install PostGis extension for PostgreSql.

Processor

Minimum requirements: 2 GHz.

Recommended: 3 GHz or higher.

RAM

Minimum requirements: 4 GB. To work with point clouds – 16 GB.

Recommended: 16 GB and more. To work with point clouds – 32 GB and higher

Monitor

Minimum required resolution: 1920 x 1080.

High resolution monitors: 3840 × 2160 (supported in Windows 10, 11).

Graphics

Minimum requirements: graphics processor with 1 GB video memory.

Recommended: graphics processor with 4 GB video memory (supports OpenGL 2.1 or DirectX 11).

Hard disk free space

7,0 GB and more (for program installation).

To work with large point clouds, it is necessary to take into account their volume and quantity when choosing a hard disk. Estimation of the amount of point cloud data can be carried out according to the following table:

Volume of points in a cloud

Size in megabytes per HDD

1 mln.

16.02

100 mln.

1611.56

1 bln.

16313.00

2.5 bln.

40782.50

It is recommended to store point clouds on SSD disks to speed up the work.

Network

TCP/IP protocol should be run on the license server and all work stations where the applications using network licensing will work.