System Recommendations
Highly graphical and rules-based, CET Designer® works best when the following system recommendations are met.
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Operating system
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Windows XP Professional SP3 or later (32 bit recommended)
Windows 71 (32 or 64 bit editions)
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Windows XP Professional SP3 or later (32 bit recommended)
Windows 71 (32 or 64 bit editions)
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Processor
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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 |
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RAM
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2 GB (3+ GB on Windows 7 and Vista) | 3 to 4+ GB |
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Hard disk drive
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7200 RPM drive recommended
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7200 RPM drive required, 10000 RPM recommended |
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Graphics Card
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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 |
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Monitor
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1280 x 1024, 32 bit color | 1600 x 1200 monitor preferred |
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Available disk space
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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 |
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Internet
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Broadband connection | Broadband connection |
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Mouse
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Mouse with a scroll wheel | Mouse with a scroll wheel |
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Small projects![]() |
Large projects![]() |
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Operating system
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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 |
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Processor
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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 |
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RAM
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2 GB (3+ GB on Vista) | 3 to 4+ GB |
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Hard disk drive
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7200 RPM drive recommended | 7200 RPM drive required |
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Graphics Card
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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 |
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Monitor
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1280x1024, 32-bit color | Monitor: 1600 x 1200 display preferred |
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Available disk space
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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 |
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Internet
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Broadband connection | Broadband connection |
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Mouse
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Mouse with a scroll wheel | Mouse with a scroll wheel |
Supported operating systems
System administration
Firewall requirements
ftp.cet-extensions.net
mirror1.cet-extensions.net
www.cet-extensions.net
HTTPS, port 443:
lm.cet-extensions.net
- 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.
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.
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

