System requirements

Requirements for running

The following runtime system configurations are supported by 3Di Viewer “Rei”.

Recommended Hardware

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6GHz or above
  • Graphics board: NVIDIA GeForce8000 series or above
  • Memory: 2GB or more
  • HDD: 3GB or more free space

Operating System

  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista

Additional required software and files

  • Microsoft .NET Framework: 2.0 SP2 or later; 3.5 recommended
  • MSVC runtime (file MSVCRT711.DLL)
    This file, MSVCRT711.DLL, should be automatically installed if you have Microsoft Visual C++ installed. You can also install the file manually by downloading from Microsoft: MSVC runtime.
  • Microsoft DirectX 9c latest runtime
    Please install the runtimes from DirectX November 2008 or later. You can download the November 2008 runtimes from Microsoft: November 2008 DX runtime.

Other operating systems

Mac and Linux versions are not currently available but should be technically possible to implement. The underlying 3D rendering library, Irrlicht.NETCP, is a cross-platform solution and can render using either Direct3D or OpenGL. If you are interested in contributing to this development, we would be interested in hearing from you!

Web browser

  • Internet Explorer 7.0
  • Firefox 3.0
  • Firefox 3.5

Requirements for developing

The following list describes the development tools necessary to do development on 3Di Viewer “Rei”. To install the development tools, just download the installer, double click on the file, and install with default options. If you want to continue using the compilers longer than the trial period you need to register your copies. This is free of charge and the compilers will prompt you once the trial period expires.

Required SDK

Standard developers kit for DirectX (November 2008)

This can be downloaded from Microsoft: November 2008 DX SDK.

Required tool

The source code is stored in git repositories, and to download the latest version you need a git client program. msysgit is a console based git client program that can be downloaded here: msysgit

Required compiler (main viewer and Internet Explorer ActiveX control)

The main viewer can be compiled with Visual C# express edition. It can be downloaded free of charge here: Visual C# 2008

Required compiler (support libraries and Firefox plugin)

To compile the main viewer, all of the support libraries, and the Firefox plugin, in addition to Visual C# 2008, you also need Visual C++ 2008. The express edition can be downloaded free of charge here: Visual C++ 2008 express

Next steps

After preparing your development environment, you are ready to download and compile the source code.

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