Starter: Hardware and software requirements

GENIUS TOOLS Starter (GTS) works on all computers that fulfill the requirements for Creo 7.0 to Creo 11.0.

The following requirements are the same for installation computers, installation computers and satellites.

 

GENIUS TOOLS Starter

Version

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

Operating system

64-bit only

Windows 10 / 8.1 / 7

64-bit only

Windows 11 / 10

.NET Framework

4.8

Delivered with Windows 10 -1903 (+8.1; +7)

(May have to be installed separately on WIN7/8.1)

4.8

Delivered with Windows 10 -1903

Instal­lation com­puter: 4.8

.NET

-

8.0 (is included in the GTS software setup )

Minimum screen resolution

X=1280

Y=1024

Flexnet

INNEO Licence Manager 1.0 M050 (Flexnet) and later

Caddepot directory

(Central storage location with UNC access)

circa 1 to 5 GB for each operating environment

Cadpool directory

(Storage location on the application computer)

Sufficient storage space to set up at least one operating environment

Data synchronization using GENIUS TOOLS Starter Service

Windows computer, where the Caddepot directory is located and where a service can be installed.  

Operating satellites using GENIUS TOOLS Starter Service

Communication port for REST API on installation computer and satellites. Standard: 8092

Satellites need the same storage space as the installation computer.

Required access rights

Caddepot

Read access: All users need read access to the Caddepot for synchronization to work.

Write access: For some functions users need write access to individual directories of an operating environment in the Caddepot.

GENIUS TOOLS Starter App feedback on the last synchronization
…\ serveronly\_SyncResults\

Central user configuration files
…\userdata

Common databases for GENIUS TOOLS for Creo name generation (has to be configured manually)
...\serveronly\gt_numgen
Warning: This functionality cannot be used offline.

Cadpool

Read / write access: The user needs full write access to the local Cadpool for synchronization to work.

Client computers

Write access: Write access needs to be granted to the following Creo installation directories

if more than the standard key (e.g. parametric.psf) or the synchronization of the start key is to be used: to the directory that contains Creo startkeys,

if the Creo configuration files config.sup, config.pro, creo_parametric_admin_customization.ui need to be adapted: to the directory ..\CommonFiles\text

Please note: If Creo is installed into the Windows default program directory, you should not make any changes with GENIUS TOOLS Starter App. Install Creo into another directory, for example C:\ptc.