Platform Support
Platforms, operating systems, and processors supported by Altair HyperWorks 2023 products, which includes 2023 solver packages.
Platforms | Altair HyperWorks 2023 | |||
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OS | Version | Architecture | GUI Products | Solvers |
Windows | 10 | x86_64 | YES | YES |
Windows | 11 | x86_64 | YES | YES |
Linux | RHEL / Oracle Linux 8.4 SLES 15 SP3 |
x86_64 | YES | YES |
- Windows Ultra High Definition (UHD/HiDPI) support requires Windows 10 Update 1709 or higher
- RHEL= Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- SLES = SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Linux
- Altair HyperWorks products may install and run on other non-supported Linux distributions not mentioned or referred to in this documentation, but Altair does not test, certify, verify or warrant the reliability of the products on these platforms.
- Ultra High Definition (UHD)
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- UHD resolution support (2160p) is only available for Windows 10
(1709 or higher).
- Using Windows 200% scaling for 2160p is recommended.
- Our recommended HD setting is 1080p for FHD and our Ultra HD setting is 2160p.
- Java based tools within our products may still show some scaling issues under Ultra HD resolution.
- UHD resolution support (2160p) is only available for Windows 10
(1709 or higher).
Refer to the Hardware Recommendations and Certifications topic for details.
Platforms Added in Altair HyperWorks 2023
- Windows 11 (64-bit).
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4/Oracle Linux 8.4
Platforms Dropped in Altair HyperWorks 2023
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3/CentOS 8.3
Minimum Operating System Requirements
System/Hardware Information | Linux | Windows | ||
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Operating Systems |
RHEL 8.4 (64-bit) Oracle Linux 8.4 (64-bit) SLES 15 SP3 (64-bit) |
10
(64-bit) 11 (64-bit) |
||
Memory | 16 GB (higher recommended) | 16 GB (higher recommended) | ||
Complete Install Disk Space ~8 GB temporary disk space required for full Altair HyperWorks 2023 installation |
Applications 72 GB |
Help 12 GB |
Applications 110 GB |
Help 12 GB |
Graphics Hardware 2 | OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator
compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or higher Vulkan 1.2 or higher OpenCL 2.1 required True color (24-bit) support Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers 1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience 4 GB or higher dedicated RAM Only dedicated NVIDIA GPUs are supported (AMD, Intel® Arc™ and Integrated onboard Intel chipsets are not supported) |
OpenGL 3D graphics accelerator
compatible with OpenGL 3.3 or higher Vulkan 1.2 or higher OpenCL 2.1 required True color (24-bit) support Install/update to most recent OpenGL patches/drivers 1920x1080 screen resolution or higher for optimal user experience 4 GB or higher dedicated RAM Only dedicated AMD, Intel® Arc™ and NVIDIA GPUs are supported (Integrated onboard Intel chipsets are not supported) |
System Requirements for Running the ultraFluidX Solver
HyperMesh CFD runs on the options listed in the Platform Support section. However, to run the ultraFluidX solver, additional requirements need to be met.
ultraFluidX requires a 64-bit Linux operating system and is certified for RHEL/CentOS 6.8 (64-bit). Due to common forward compatibility of GCC and GLIBC, ultraFluidX may also run smoothly on other Linux operating systems like RHEL/CentOS 7.x, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04 or SLES 12.
ultraFluidX requires at least one NVIDIA GPU device with compute capability 3.5 or higher and NVIDIA drivers version 450.80.02 or higher, and it is strongly recommended to use a minimum of four GPUs based on the NVIDIA Ampere Architecture, for example, NVIDIA A100, to allow for overnight simulations of typical passenger-car setups on a single machine.
Linux System Requirements
Run the HyperWorks compatibility tool to validate your Linux compatibility with Altair HyperWorks products located under the <INSTALL_PATH>/altair/hwdesktop/utility/HWCompatibilityTool/ folder.