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.

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 2016 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)

Simulation System Requirements

Requirements for the new and faster simulation introduced in CIMCO Edit 2022.01.11.

	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