System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements:
• Operating System: 64-bit Microsoft® Windows™10, in English.
• Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200, or equivalent/better performance.
• RAM: 16 GB DDR4-1866.
• Storage: HDD with 100 GB free.
• Graphics: Compatible with Microsoft® DirectX® 9 with WDDM driver.
• Monitor: 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz.
• Human Interface: Scrolling mouse and US keyboard.
Recommended System Requirements:
• Operating System: 64-bit Microsoft® Windows™10, in English.
• Processor: Intel Core i5-11500, AMD Ryzen 5 5600, Intel Xeon W-2235, or equivalent/better performance.
• RAM: 32 GB DDR4-3200, or higher.
• Storage: SSD or NVMe M.2 with at least 100 GB free.
• Graphics: Dedicated graphics card optimized for shaders, such as NVIDIA RTX A500, NVIDIA Quadro P5200, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, AMD Radeon Pro 5500M, AMD RX Vega 64, or equivalent/better performance.
• Monitor: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz, or higher.
• Human Interface: Scrolling mouse and US keyboard.
What our team uses (as of 2/29/2024)
• Operating System: 64-bit Microsoft® Windows™10 Enterprise version 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046, in English.
• Processor: Intel Core i7-13700H (13th Generation)
• RAM: 32 GB DDR5-5200 MHz
• Storage: 500 GB NVMe M.2 SSD
• Graphics: NVIDIA RTX A500 4GB
Internet Connection is required for the annual one-time license activation, for the use of Open Street Map, and for all cloud-based calculations.
TRACE 3D Plus was tested in the 64-bit Microsoft® Windows™10 English environment with Microsoft® SQL Server® 2014 removed. Apple® macOS to Windows 10 dual boot environments were not tested. Unix/Linux environments are not supported.
Default folders
The following are the default folder locations:
Application Installation - C:\Program Files\Trane\TRACE 3D Plus
Project files – C:\ProgramData\Trane\TRACE 3D Plus
Library Data – C:\Program Data\Trane\TRACE 3D Plus
User Preferences - Pref – C:\Program Data\Trane\TRACE 3D Plus