Operating System

The 32-bit version of Autodesk® Showcase® 2012 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional operating system

• Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Business operating system (SP2 or higher)

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional operating system (SP3 or higher)

The 64-bit version of Showcase 2012 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional operating system

• Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Business x64 (SP2 or higher)

• Microsoft® Windows® XP x64 Edition (SP2 or higher)

Browser

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 internet browser or later

Hardware

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Showcase 2012 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon™ processor (or higher) with SSE3 instruction set support

• 2 GB RAM (4GB recommended)

• 20 GB free hard drive space

• Certified hardware-accelerated graphics card with a minimum of 512MB graphics memory (1GB recommended) and DirectX® 9 technology support.

• Three-button mouse

• DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD

• USB port for supported USB peripherals and installation from USB storage media

• Internet connection for network and internet-enabled Showcase features

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Showcase 2012 software requires a system with the following hardware:

• Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon™ processor (or higher) with SSE3 instruction set support

• 4 GB RAM

• 20 GB free hard drive space

• Certified hardware-accelerated graphics card with a minimum of 512MB graphics memory (1GB recommended) and DirectX® 9 support.

• Three-button mouse

• DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD

• USB port for supported USB peripherals and installation from USB storage media

• Internet connection for network and internet-enabled Showcase features

Note: The above minimum system requirements are based on general 3D visualization use of Showcase with scenes composed of less than 1,000 objects or 1,00,000 polygons. For more complex scenes the 64-bit version of Showcase is recommended on a 64-bit Windows Operating System with the following hardware:

• Multi-core or multi-processor Intel® Core™ 2 or Xeon™, AMD Opteron™ or Phenom™ processor (or higher) with SSE3 instruction set support

• 8GB RAM

• 30 GB free hard drive space

• Certified hardware-accelerated graphics card with 2GB graphics memory and DirectX® 9 support.

• Three-button mouse

• DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD

• USB port for supported USB peripherals and installation from USB storage media

• Internet connection for network and internet-enabled Showcase features

For the latest list of certified hardware, including graphics cards, to run Showcase 2012, refer to the Showcase 2012 qualification chart located at www.autodesk.com/showcase-hardware

Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the qualified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).