Prospector™ Features

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Prospector™ Computer System Requirements

• Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP operating system
• Intel® Pentium™ 4, processors or higher.
• 512 MB of RAM minimum
• 90 MB of free hard disk space for full installation, including sample files, electronic documentation and online Help.
• CD-ROM drive (for installation only)
• Graphics card that can support 16.7 million colors; OpenGL® capable graphics card recommended

Recommended Upgrades

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System performance is key to getting the most out of Prospector™. Recommended upgrades to improve overall through include the following in order of importance:

• Additional memory. Adding more memory to a workstation can have an appreciable affect on the overall performance of the software. This is particularly true if you typically work on large data sets.
• Multi-processors. Prospector is a multi-threaded application. This means that compute intensive operations are executed concurrently with the interactive process. With a multi-processor system, the interactive response time of the system does not slow down while other compute intensive tasks are running as threads because the additional processor(s) take up the load.
• Fast CPU speeds. The faster the processor, the more throughput you can get with
  the system.
• A large 21" monitor is preferred for shop floor use.

• Spaceball® 4000

  Prospector supports unique input devices from 3dconnextion. 3dconnexion specializes in innovative products such as the SpaceBall® 4000. With the SpaceBall 4000, you can intuitively zoom, pan and rotate models, exploring and navigating your designs as naturally as if they were objects in the real world. To learn more, visit them on the web at http://www.3dconnexion.com.
• A wheel-style mouse such as this IntelliMouse™ Explorer from Microsoft® has the added advantage of letting you zoom in and out using the mouse wheel.