The IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite, including IRONCAD, INOVATE, IRONCAD DRAFT, and IRONCAD COMPOSE, is a Windows-based design software. Version 2018 and newer supports only 64-bit versions of the Windows operating system. Previous versions support both 32 and 64-bit on supported operating system platforms.
Below is a table that cross-references releases of IronCAD products with compatible Windows platforms.
In addition, your PC will need the following to run IronCAD:
- 64-Bit Window Operating System
- A Pentium 4 CPU or higher (current AMD processors supported)
- 4GB Recommended (8 GB or more for large assembly work)
- Direct X and/or OpenGL compatible accelerated video graphics card (required for large assembly work)
- 2 GB of free disk space to install. More recommended for design data.
- Windows 10/11 – Recommended having all the latest Windows updates.
- See example of a certified machine configuration.
IRONCAD/INOVATE/COMPOSE/DRAFT
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| Product Version | Windows 11 | Windows 10 | Windows 8.1 | Windows 8 | Windows 7 | Windows Vista | Windows XP | |
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Note:
- Home editions of Windows are not supported.
- * – Windows 7 Support for Native Translator Stopped on Release of 2022.
Network License Manager
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| Product Version | Windows 11 | Windows 10 | Windows 8.1 | Windows 8 | Windows 7 | Windows Vista | Windows XP |
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| Product Version | 2022 | 2019 | 2016 | 2012 R2 | 2012 | 2008 R2 | 2008 | 2003 |
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Note: Only Microsoft Windows networks are supported.
Example certified machine configuration:
- HP Z240 Workstation
- CPU: E3-1240 V5 @3.50 GHZ
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- RAM: 16 GB
- Graphics Card: Nvidia Quadro K620 with 2 GB Memory
- Hard Disk: NVMe Samsung M2VPV128 SSD 128 GB