System Requirements

ROCKY has been designed to be used in conjunction with common design tools, such as Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD, and as a result, ROCKY will have similar system requirements. Please see below for minimum system requirements and optional recommendations. 

Minimum Requirements:

• 64-bit* Windows Operating System (Windows Server, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7)
• A video card that supports OpenGL graphics
• 4 GB of free disk space
• 4 GB of RAM
• Two-button mouse with center wheel
• Screen resolution of 1280 x 1024

* 32-bit version of ROCKY available on request

 
Recommended:

• 8 GB of free disk space
• 8 GB of RAM
• Quad-core or better processor (Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, or Intel Xeon processor)
• Autodesk Inventor or other CAD software
• Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet software
• AVI-compatible media player

Simulation Processing Speeds

The amount of time it takes for ROCKY to process a simulation depends upon many factors, including but not limited to:

• the processing speed of the computer ROCKY is running on
• the number, size, and complexity of the particles being simulated
• the length of the chute geometries
• the size of the boundary triangles
• the simulation time (in seconds)
• whether the simulation files are being saved over a network

Because of all the factors involved, predicting how long a simulation might take to process isn't an exact science. You can, however, get a rough idea by using the data GDI has gathered in the ROCKY CPU Processing Speed Tests document.