System Requirements for a workstation

Hardware*

CPU

  • Intel Core i7
  • AMD Phenom II X4/ X6 at 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology

Memory

  • 16 GB RAM or higher

Free Disk Space

  • Win 64-bit system
  • 2GB of free disk space

Display

  • 1920 x 1080 resolution or higher
  • 32-bit color depth (True color)
  • 4K monitors are not actively supported

Video Card

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060’ or AMD Radeon RX 480 or better
  • DirectX 11 compatible video card
  • At least 4 GB of memory
  • At least a memory interface width of 192-bit (256-bit is recommended)

Software

Materialise Magics 26

  • is only supported on Windows 64-bit**:
    • Windows 11
    • Windows 10 version 21H1 or later
       
  • is recommended on:
    • Windows Pro edition
    • Windows Enterprise edition
       
  • is not supported on:
    • Windows 8.1 or earlier
    • Windows Server Editions
    • Virtualization systems such as VMWare

Materialise Magics does not run natively on Mac OS X, Linux, or any other operating system not listed above.

.NET 4.6 or later or a working internet connection during the installation is required.

*These hardware requirements are considered minimal for professional usage, but depending on the expected use cases (mainly influenced by project size, amount of triangles and number of parts) it is recommended to invest in appropriate hardware (more memory, larger disk size, ...). More info can also be found on: https://help.materialise.com/93151-tips-and-tricks/magics:-performance

**Materialise Software will discontinue supporting an operating system, or a specific version of an operating system, from the moment that the OS vendor discontinues support.