SpatialAnalyzer is capable of running on most any modern computing platform with a full Windows operating system. To run on a Mac a Windows environment must be installed such as using Boot Camp or something similar.
A basic computer configuration that supports SA would include:
Windows 10™ (64-bit) or later
8 GB RAM
5 GB free disk space for installation (more for your data files)
1600 x 900 screen resolution
Basic support for your instrument drivers.
The system outlined below will provide a good base platform for using the most advanced features of SA. With this equipment, measurement data may be gathered with high data rates (1 kHz sampling rates) into complex models containing numerous CAD surfaces.
3.5 GHz or faster eight-core or more 64-bit processor
Windows 10™ (64-bit)
64 GB system RAM or more
1920x1080 or higher screen resolution
Hardware-accelerated graphics card supporting OpenGL®, and ideally an NVIDIA card that offers CUDA processing.
500 GB of free hard disk space
Examples of machines with these configurations are available at www.dell.com:
Low end: Dell Latitude Laptop
High end: Dell Precision (Laptop or Workstation)
Certain operations such as working with very large CAD models or extensive point cloud measurement require considerable system resources. These situations could benefit from a system such as the following:
Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 8 Gb of graphics memory
Intel Xeon W-10855M CPU @ 2.80GHz (12 CPUs), 2.8GHz
64 Gb ram (consider starting here as a minimum) and go higher to 128 if permissible.
1TB Standard hard drive (a solid state drive would also greatly improve speeds)
NVIDIA CUDA has been integrated to accelerate certain functions within SA, such as USMN (large network alignment). You can get a significant benefit from an NVIDIA graphics card that supports CUDA parallel computing for these operations.
Graphic Performance can be greatly impacted by basic computer settings. If you have any issue with lagging graphical display please read this article: https://kinematics.my.site.com/SA/s/article/Troubleshooting-Graphical-Issues