The IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite, including IRONCAD, INOVATE, IRONCAD DRAFT, and IRONCAD COMPOSE, is a Windows-based design software. Version 2018 and newer supports only 64-bit versions of the Windows operating system. Previous versions support both 32 and 64-bit on supported operating system platforms.
Below is a table that cross-references releases of IronCAD products with compatible Windows platforms.
In addition, your PC will need the following to run IronCAD:
- 64-Bit Window Operating System
- A Pentium 4 CPU or higher (current AMD processors supported)
- 4GB Recommended (8 GB or more for large assembly work)
- Direct X and/or OpenGL compatible accelerated video graphics card (required for large assembly work)
- 2 GB of free disk space to install. More recommended for design data.
- Windows 10/11 – Recommended having all the latest Windows updates.
- See example of a certified machine configurations.
IRONCAD/INOVATE/COMPOSE/DRAFT
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Note:
- Home editions of Windows are not supported.
- * – Windows 7 Support for Native Translator Stopped on Release of 2022.
- Windows 11 Build Numbers Supported Above for Each Release are as Follows:
- IronCAD 2022 – Windows 11 OS Build 22000.376
- IronCAD 2023 – Windows 11 OS Build 22623.1028
- IronCAD 2024 – Windows 11 OS Build 22631
- IronCAD 2025 – Windows 11 OS Build 26100.2605
Network License Manager
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| Product Version | Windows 11 | Windows 10 | Windows 8.1 | Windows 8 | Windows 7 | Windows Vista | Windows XP |
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| Product Version | 2022 | 2019 | 2016 | 2012 R2 | 2012 | 2008 R2 | 2008 | 2003 |
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Note: Only Microsoft Windows networks are supported.
Example certified machine configurations:
HP Z2 Tower G9 Workstation – 350 W
- Windows 11 Pro – HP recommends Windows 11 Pro for business
- Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Processor (2.1 GHz, up to 4.9 GHz w/Boost, 25 MB cache, 12 core, 65W) ECC + Intel® UHD Graphics 770
- 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-4800 UDIMM Memory Operating System Load to M.2
- 1 TB HP Z Turbo M.2 TLC SSD
- NVIDIA® T1000 Long Life (8 GB GDDR6, 4xMini DisplayPort, PCIe x16) Graphics
HP Z2 Tower G9 Workstation – 700 W
- Windows 11 Pro – HP recommends Windows 11 Pro for business
- Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Processor vPro® Enterprise (3.2 GHz, up to 6.0 GHz w/Boost, 32 MB cache, 24 core, 125W) + Intel® UHD Graphics 770
- 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR5-4800 UDIMM Memory Operating System Load to M.2
- 1 TB HP Z Turbo M.2 TLC SSD
- NVIDIA RTX™ A4000 (16 GB GDDR6 ECC, 4 x DisplayPort 1.4; FH) Blower Fan Graphics
ZBook Fury 16 G11 Notebook
- Windows 11 Pro – HP recommends Windows 11 Pro for business
- Intel® Core™ i7-13850HX 5.2 GHz
- 16” 1920×1200 400 nits Display
- 1 TM PCle® Gen4 NVMe™ TLC M.2 SSD
- NVIDIA RTX 2000 ADA 8GB
- 32GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (2x16GB)
ZBook Fury 16 G11 Notebook
- Windows 11 Pro – HP recommends Windows 11 Pro for business
- Intel® Core™ i9-14900HX 5.8 GHz
- 16” 1920×1200 400 nits Display
- 1 TM PCle® Gen4 NVMe™ TLC M.2 SSD
- NVIDIA RTX 5000 ADA 16GB
- 64GB DDR5-5600 MT/s (2x32GB)