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System requirements
| Operating System | 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 or Windows 10 version 1809 or above. |
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| Processor | Basic: 2.5–2.9 GHz processor (base) ARM Processors are not supported. Recommended: 3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo). |
| Memory | Basic: 8 GB. Recommended: 32 GB. |
| Display Resolution | Conventional Displays: 1920 x 1080 with True Color. High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 (with "Recommended" display card). |
| Display Card | Basic: 2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant. Recommended: 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant. DirectX 12 with Feature Level 12_0 is required for Shaded(Fast) and Shaded with edges(Fast) visual styles. Please be sure to use the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer's website. |
| Disk Space | 20.0 GB (suggested SSD) |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
| .NET Framework | .NET Framework version 4.8 or later |
Additional Requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling
| Memory | 16 GB RAM or more. |
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| Disk Space | 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements. |
| Display Card | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter; 12 GB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; DirectX-capable workstation class graphics card. |
ODBC Drivers
| Microsoft® Access® Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (English) 16.00.4999.1000 |
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| Microsoft® Excel® Driver (*.xls, *xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (English) 16.00.4999.1000 |
| MySQL® ODBC 8.0 Driver | 8.00.31.00 |
| SQL Server® | 8.00.31.00 |
| Oracle® in OraClient21Home1 | 21.00.00.00 |