CET Designer

 

System Recommendations

Comparison videoHighly graphical and rules-based, CET Designer® works best when the following system recommendations are met.
 
If you are planning to upgrade or buy new hardware and are unsure about our recommendations, please contact our Help Desk and we will be happy to assist you.
 
Watch the movie to the right and view the differences between a computer that meets the large drawing system recommendations and one that meets the minimum system recommendations. Note; You will only notice this difference if you have a very large drawing.  
Hardware comparison video 
 

Desktop system recommendations
  Small projects More information
 Large projects More information
Operating system
Windows XP Professional SP3 or later (32 bit recommended)
Windows 71 (32 or 64 bit editions)
Windows XP Professional SP3 or later (32 bit recommended)
Windows 71 (32 or 64 bit editions)
Processor
 Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon or better
RAM
 2 GB (3+ GB on Windows 7 and Vista) 3 to 4+ GB
Hard disk drive
7200 RPM drive recommended
 7200 RPM drive required, 10000 RPM recommended
Graphics Card
 Nvidia GeForce 8, or 9 series with at least 128 MB dedicated memory2,3 Nvidia GeForce 9800 series, or better, with at least 512 MB of memory4
Monitor
 1280 x 1024, 32 bit color  1600 x 1200 monitor preferred
Available disk space
 200 MB at install location and 600 MB at primary drive (c:) per unique CET Designer user of the computer  200 MB at install location and 1+ GB at primary drive (c:) per unique CET Designer user of the computer
Internet
 Broadband connection  Broadband connection
Mouse
 Mouse with a scroll wheel Mouse with a scroll wheel
 

 
 

Laptop system recommendations
  Small projectsMore information Large projectsMore information
Operating system
 Windows XP Professional SP3 or later (32 bit recommended), or  Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit editions)1 Windows XP Professional SP3 or later (32 bit recommended), or  Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit editions)1
Processor
 Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.50GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon or better
RAM
 2 GB (3+ GB on Vista) 3 to 4+ GB
Hard disk drive
 7200 RPM drive recommended 7200 RPM drive required
Graphics Card
 Nvidia GeForce 8, or 9 series with at least 128 MB dedicated memory2,3 Nvidia GeForce 9800 series, or better, with at least 512 MB of memory4
Monitor
 1280x1024, 32-bit color  Monitor: 1600 x 1200 display preferred
Available disk space
 200 MB at install location and 600 MB at primary drive (c:) per unique CET Designer user of the computer  200 MB at install location and 1+ GB at primary drive (c:) per unique CET Designer user of the computer
Internet
 Broadband connection  Broadband connection
Mouse
 Mouse with a scroll wheel Mouse with a scroll wheel

 

Supported operating systems

  • Windows XP Professional SP3
  • Windows 71
  • Windows Vista SP25

System administration

User requirements
Users will need to have the privilege level to install software on the local device. The software should be installed as the user who will be using it.
 
The installation of some Extensions may require administrative privileges. We therefore recommend that you run CET Designer as administrator.   
 

Firewall requirements
HTTP, port 80:

ftp.cet-extensions.net
mirror1.cet-extensions.net
www.cet-extensions.net
 
HTTPS, port 443:
lm.cet-extensions.net

Note, for Kitchen users to be able to contact the ordering system, following settings need to be done in the firewall: 
ip: 88.131.74.38
Port 20 and 21
FTP-Marbodal's server 
 
Known issues:
  • If you are using a fortigate firewall you need to add the IP address and URL for your sites to the filter area on the fortigate to be able to download extensions.
  • When installing a cloned or mirrored PC, you may experience  issues with your CET Designer licenses. Please contact CET Designer Help Desk for guidance before performing an operation like this.
 

More information Small project recommendations: Suitable only for small projects less than for example 25 workstations (also see the large drawing definition). Smal project recommendations are usually enough for kitchen drawings. 

More information Large project recommendations: The definition of a large project is based on the number of drawing objects (i.e. CET Designer smart objects, Project Symbols objects, imported AutoCAD drawings and the number of textures used). Taking this into account a large project could for example contain between 50 and 500 workstations with the above system recommendations. Kitchen drawings are usually not definied as large projects. 

1.)  Windows 7 has been tested in our lab environments. To ensure best performance, make sure that write-cache is enabled for your disks. Please contact CET Designer Help Desk for any help needed on improving performance under Windows 7.

2.)  Unless your graphics card supports at least OpenGL 2.0 or better, CET Designer may not be able to run on your computer at all.

3.)  Use of integrated graphics is not recommended. The usage of an integrated graphics card, or “graphics accelerator”, will significantly reduce performance and may cause program related issues.

4.)  For a more detailed look at technical details on graphics cards, system requirements and system recommendations, we have prepared this document (pdf). 

5.)  Windows Vista has been thoroughly tested in our lab environments, and we have concluded that in some cases users may experience problems running CET Designer on Vista. To ensure best performance, make sure that write-cache is enabled for your disks. Please contact CET Designer Help Desk for any help needed on improving performance under Windows Vista.

 

Last updated: 26-08-2010