System Requirements

General Requirements

Operating System

  • 64 bit Windows 8 or 10

Minimum Memory

  • 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)

SINDA/FLUINT

Since SINDA/FLUINT allows user logic and generates a unique executable each time it is run, you MUST have a copy of the correct compiler.

Fortran Compiler

  • Intel® Visual Fortran Version 11.1.048 or newer, or Intel® Visual Fortran Composer XE for Windows or Parallel Studio XE for Windows
    Note: Only the Composer Edition of any version is required. The Professional or Cluster editions will also work, but those editions add features that are not required by SINDA/FLUINT.
  • Review Intel Visual Fortran System Requirements
  • Supporting Software
  • Known Issues
    • Intel Parallel Studio XE 2011: Updates 0 through 9 contained a bug that causes SINDA to fail.   Only updates 10-13 work with SINDA/FLUINT 6.0 or newer.
    • Intel Parallel Studio XE 2018:  The initial release of this version has issues with the Visual Studio shell not working. Recommend installing 2018 update 1 or newer.

Microsoft Visual Studio
The Intel compiler requires MS Visual Studio to be installed. Check the Intel system requirements to see which versions of Visual Studio are supported for a particular version of the Intel compiler.

  • Intel Parallel Studio XE versions 2017, 2018, early 2019: These installers provide an integrated shell version of Visual Studio which will suffice. For these Intel installations, if Visual Studio is not found on the computer, the installer will automatically install the shell version. No purchase of the Microsoft Visual Studio is required. If Visual Studio is already installed on the computer, Intel will integrate with it and not install the shell.
    • Shell installation supporting software requirements
      • Intel Parallel Studio XE 2017 (2013 shell) requires Microsoft SDK 8.1 to be installed
      • Intel Parallel Studio XE 2018 (2015 shell) requires Microsoft SDK 10 to be installed
      • Intel Parallel Studio XE 2019 inital release, update 1, and update 2 (2015 shell) requires Microsoft SDK 10 to be installed
  • Intel Parallel Studio XE version 2019 update 3 or newer: These installers do not provide an integrated Visual Studio shell. For these installations you must install MS Visual Studio.
    • MS Visual Studio Community, no cost
      • For classroom learning environments, academic research, or for contributing to open source projects, Visual Studio Community can be used at no cost.
      • For non-enterprise organizations, up to five users can use Visual Studio Community.
      • Enterprise organizations (>250 PCs or > US$1 million annual revenue), no use is permitted beyond the open source, academic, classroom training.
    • MS Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise, purchase required
      • For enterprise organizations which do not meet the Community requirements.
    • Visit Microsoft's website for free trial downloads
    • Visit Microsofts website for pricing details

Thermal Desktop®, RadCAD®, and FloCAD®

Required Software

  • SINDA/FLUINT, which is the solution engine, must be installed
  • CAD Package: AutoCAD® 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.  The standard version AutoCAD is required, AutoCAD LT is not compatible.
    Also see Autocad system requirements
  • Note: Thermal Desktop 6.0 is the last version that will support AutoCAD 2013 and 2014 

Hardware

  • Discrete graphics card with a minimum of 1 GB GPU Direct 11 compliant (4 GB GPU recommended), see Autodesk's website for certified graphics cards
  • Display resolution: 1280 x 800 minimum or finer with 100% font size recommended​

TD Direct®

Required Software

Training in April: Thermal Desktop, RadCAD, and TD Direct (deadline approaching)

Thermal Desktop, RadCAD, and TD Direct in-class training

Date: April 9-12, 2019, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., daily
Location: Lakewood, CO

Registration deadline: March 27, 2019

CRTech will be hosting introductory training for Thermal Desktop, RadCAD, and TD Direct. Lecture and hands-on tutorials introduce you to basic Thermal Desktop and RadCAD usage and provide practice building models and interpreting results. The class will also introduce you to the SpaceClaim CAD interface and advanced meshing tools in TD Direct. The specific location of the training will be provided upon registration.

Daily Schedule

Day 1 and 2: Introduction to Thermal Desktop and SINDA/FLUINT
Day 3: Introduction to RadCAD
Day 4: Introduction to TD Direct

To learn more about this class and to register, visit our Training Page.