What are the system requirements?
Component |
Minimum |
Recommended |
RAM |
1 GB |
4 GB or more (ideally at least 1 GB per processor core) |
Processor |
P4 3GHz or Intel Xeon; AMD64 or Intel 64 |
Dual (or more) 64bit Intel? Xeon or AMD Opteron processor |
Graphics |
NVIDIA GeForce or ATI Radeon with a minimum of 128 MB RAM |
NVIDIA GeForce/Quadro FX with 256MB or more, or ATI Radeon/FireGL with 256MB or more |
Hard Disk Space |
1 GB1 |
1 GB for the software and 500 GB or more for simulation data files |
What operating systems is EDEM compatible with?
Windows and Linux versions are both available:
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 - 32 bit
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 - 64 bit
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 - 64 bit
I have a problem with my EDEM simulation, what should I do?
Please login and complete a support request. Include full details of the problem. If you do not know your login ID, e-mail your request to support@dem-solutions.com.
Can I use my existing CAD geometries?
Yes, EDEM can import from a wide range of file types, including:
- IGES (.igs, .iges)
- STEP (.stp, .step)
- Pro/E (.prt, .asm, .g) (Windows only)
- FLUENT Mesh (.msh)
- STL (.stl)
- ACIS (.sat)
- Parasolid (.x_t, .xmt_txt, .x_b)
- Catia (.CATPart, .CATProduct, .model)
- AutoCAD (.dxf, .dwg)
- Various (.vda)
Does the software require extensive training?
EDEM is an intuitive and easy to use software package, however some DEM knowledge or training is recommended. Support for EDEM's Extended API requires training.
