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Platforms and Licencing for FEKO

Platform OS
 Pricing Category
 GUI
 Notes
Intel /AMD (32-bit x86)
 Windows (2000, XP, Vista)
 Silver
 YES

Linux
 Silver
 YES
 GLIBC 2.3 or later





Intel / AMD (64-bit x86_64)
 Windows (XP 64-bit, Server 2003 64-bit)
 Gold
 YES

Linux (64-bit version)
 Gold
 YES
 GLIBC 2.3 or later





Intel (64-bit Itanium)
 HP-UX
 Platinum
 NO

Windows
 Platinum YES
 GUI 32-bit emulation

Linux
 Platinum YES
 GUI 32-bit emulation
HP PA-2.0
 64-bit HP-UX 11.00
 Platinum NO
SGI
 32-bit IRIX
 Platinum NO

64-bit IRIX
 Platinum NO
SUN Ultrasparc II (32-bit)
 Solaris, SunOS
 Platinum NO
SUN Ultrasparc III
 Solaris, SunOS
 Platinum NO


Licence options

Licence types

  • Pricing categories depend on platform and can be Silver, Gold or Platinum.
  • All licence categories are available as sequential (single CPU) or parallel (multiple CPU) licences.
  • GUI-only version (kernel included, but limited to 32 MByte) typically used as desktop interface in multi-user configuration.  Available on Silver and Gold licences.
  • Classroom Licence (kernel included, but limited to 512 MByte).
  • FEKO LITE (Limited, licenced, but FREE version of FEKO).
  • Floating licences are supported via single or redundant licence server configurations.
  • Dongle licencing is supported for multiple installations of a single licence. Note that dongle licencing is only supported for Windows and Linux on IA32, AMD64, EM64T, and IA64 platforms.
  • Educational licence options are available for academic institutions or the creators of teaching material.

 

Sequential vs parallel licencing

  • A sequential licence may run a simulation in parallel on all the cores of a single multi-core CPU.  E.g. 4 cores can simulate in parallel on a quad-core CPU.
  • A parallel licence may run a simulation in parallel on all the cores of the number of CPUs that the licence is valid for.  E.g. 8 cores can simulate in parallel on a parallel licence for 2 quad-core CPUs.


GUI licences

  • The Graphical User Interface (GUI) is available for Windows and Linux and part of Silver and Gold licences.
  • Two GUI-only licences are included per Platinum licence (as the FEKO GUI is not available on Platinum platforms).
  • Additional GUI-only licences can be purchased.


CAD import modules

  • Parasolid import/export is a standard component of CADFEKO.
  • The following CAD import modules may be licenced separately:
CAD Format 32-bit x86
 64-bit x86_64

Windows
 Linux
 Windows
 Linux
Parasolid
 √
 √ √ √
ACIS Exchange (SAT)
 √ √ √
IGES
 √ √ √
STEP
 √ √ √
Pro/Engineer
 √ √ √
Unigraphics
 √ √ √
CATIA v4
 √ √ √
CATIA v5
 √
√


Mesh import modules

The following mesh import modules are available on all versions of FEKO:

  • FEMAP neutral, NASTRAN, AutoCAD DXF, STL, PATRAN, ANSYS CDB, Concept, ABAQUS, NEC, GiD


Notes

Kernel 32-bit or 64-bit

  • 32-bit (Silver category) systems can only address 2 GBytes of RAM per process.
  • 64-bit (Gold and Platinum category) systems can address more than 2 GBytes of RAM per process and therefore have an advantage over 32-bit systems.


GUI 32-bit or 64-bit

  • 64-bit (Gold and Platinum category) systems use 64-bit versions of the GUI (CADFEKO, POSTFEKO, etc.) and therefore can render and mesh larger sized models than 32-bit (32-bit systems have been found to be limited to approximately 1 million elements).