General System Requirements

Before you install or use any CIMCO product, we recommend that you verify that your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements detailed below.

Specific system requirements for CIMCO Machine Simulation can be found further down.

Server Installation

Minimum Recommended
CPU Intel Core i5 or AMD FX @ 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 or AMD A-Series @ 3.5 GHz
Intel Xeon E or AMD Epyc @ 3.5 GHz
4 logical processors 8-12 logical processors
Memory 4 GB RAM 16 GB RAM
Hard drive HDD 512 GB (7200 rpm) in RAID1 SSD 512 GB in RAID1
2 GB of disk space for the installation of the full suite.
Allocate enough space for database growth.
Operating system Windows® Server 2016 Windows® Server 2016 or newer
(Only 64 bit version is supported)
Additional Software Microsoft® Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable
Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5
(All required redistributables are included within the installer)

Scalability on the CPU requirements:

CNC Machines 20 100 200 325 1000
Logical Processors 4 8 12 16 32

Requirements when connecting to external database:

Database supported Minimum version
Microsoft SQL Server SQL Server 2012 or newer

Client Installation

Minimum Recommended
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon @ 1.6 GHz Intel Core i3 or AMD Phenom II @ 2.5 GHz
Memory 2 GB RAM 4 GB RAM
Hard drive At least 2 GB of free space
Operating system Windows® 8 minimum
(Only 64 bit version is supported)
Additional Software Microsoft® Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable
Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.5
(All required redistributables are included within the installer)

Machine Simulation System Requirements

Minimum Recommended
CPU 2.3GHz, Quad core 3.2GHz, Quad core (or better)
GPU 2GB, Dedicated GPU, OpenGL 3.3 4GB, Dedicated GPU, OpenGL 3.3 (or better)
Memory 4GB 16GB (or more)
Operating system Windows 8, 64bit Windows 10, 64bit

System Requirements for new simulation

Requirements for the new and faster simulation introduced in CIMCO Edit 2022.01.11. This feature is currently in beta.

Minimum Recommended
CPU 2.3GHz, Dual core Recommended: 3.2GHz, Octa core (or better)
GPU 2GB, Dedicated GPU, OpenGL 4.3 4GB, Dedicated GPU, OpenGL 4.3 (or better)
Nvdia RTX 2060 or better.
Memory 8GB 16GB (or more)
Operating system Windows 8, 64bit Windows 10, 64bit