Tekla PowerFab: Minimum and Recommended Hardware Requirements
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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.
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
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 |