System Requirements

Operating system, hardware, software and memory requirements.

Operating System

  • Windows 10/Windows 7 (x86_64 bit)
  • Linux RedHat/CentOS 7.4 and SUSE 12 SP3.

Hardware

  • OpenGL graphics card with at least 256 MB of onboard memory.
  • Integrated Intel graphics hardware is currently not supported.

Memory

  • 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended).
  • 10 GB or more of free hard disk space.

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 2019: Community, Professional Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio 2017: Express, Community, Professional Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft® Visual Studio C++ Build Tools 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) No No Yes

Supported Compilers on Linux Platforms

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

Supported Versions of Altair MotionSolve and Altair MotionView

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Supported Versions of Altair Flux

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