Tekla PowerFab: Minimum and Recommended Hardware Requirements

Tekla PowerFab
Tekla PowerFab GO
2022
Tekla PowerFab Tekla PowerFab GO
2021i
Tekla PowerFab Tekla PowerFab GO
2021
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2020i
Tekla PowerFab Tekla PowerFab GO
2020
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2019i
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2019
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minimum requirements
Server
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Tekla PowerFab Server

Minimum Server Specifications

  • Operating System: Windows Server 2012
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Server Disk Space: 10 GB

Recommended Server Specifications

  • Operating System: Windows Server 2012 / 2016/ 2019 / 2022
  • Memory: 32GB RAM
  • Server Disk Space: 100GB reserved for Tekla PowerFab (software and data), solid state drive (SSD)
  • Standard drives are acceptable, but SSD’s truly make a difference in response times.
  • No specific recommendation on processor. However, the preference is that the server NOT be cloud based or off-premise. 
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For Tekla PowerFab Office

Minimum Client Specifications

  • Operating System: Windows 10
  • Memory: 4 GB
  • Disk Space: 2 GB
  • Display Resolution: 1024×768

Recommended Client Specifications

  • Operating System: Windows  10
  • Memory: 16GB RAM
  • Disk Space: 4GB
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For Tekla Structures Modeler

Recommended hardware

The following table presents two different hardware configurations. The recommendation is mainly for desktop computers, but the same guidelines can also be applied when purchasing laptops.
 

  Recommendation Best Performance
Operating system Windows 10 (64-bit) Windows 10 (64-bit)
Memory 16+ GB
32+ GB
Hard Disk 240-480 GB, SSD 480+ GB, SSD
Processor Intel® Core™ i5 CPU 2+ GHz Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 3+ GHz
Graphics Card Two monitor support
e.g. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Two monitor support
e.g. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/1080
Monitor(s) Two 24”/27” 1920x1200 each 30” 2560x1600 or two 27” 2560x1440
Mouse 3-button wheel mouse, optical 3-button wheel mouse, cordless & optical + 3Dconnexion SpacePilot
Backup Equipment
External hard drive
External hard drive with scheduled
backups
Network adapter
(multi-user funct.)
100 Mbit/s 1 Gbit/s full-duplex
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