System Requirements

 

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System recommendations and system requirements

Caneco BT system recommendations:

  • Operating system: Windows 10 (21H2 or later), Windows 11
  • Random Access Memory (RAM): 16 GB
  • Hard disk space: At least 50 GB or free space (SSD recommended)

System requirements for Caneco BIM and Caneco Implantation:

The system requirements are the same as for Autodesk Revit and Autodesk AutoCAD. Please refer to the Autodesk system requirements.

Caneco Electrical system requirements:

  • Operating system: Windows 10, Windows 11
  • Random Access Memory (RAM): 16 GB
  • Hard disk space: 10 GB or free space (SSD recommended)
  • Internet connection to download, activate and use the software optimally.

Proxy server and firewall

If your company has a proxy server or firewall such as Palo Alto, Sophos, etc., you may need to enable various ports or DNS addresses in the firewall used by the I.G.E. SAS software.

➔ If the download connection cannot start, please release the IP address and port.

➔ Customers establishing a connection to the company via a Proxy need the following 'activation' in the proxy:

SoftwareURLProtocolPortUsage
SoftKey Managementhttps://keys.alpi-caneco.comHTTPS443Crypted SHA256 Json file to ask token
Caneco (Installer)https://download4.alpi-software.comHTTPS443HTTPS link for setup download
AlpiUpdatehttps://download4.alpi-software.comHTTPS443HTTPS link for setup download
AlpiUpdatehttps://www2012.alpi.frHTTPS443Direct client data download
Auth0 (Only for Caneco Electrical)https://prod-ecad.eu.auth0.comHTTPS443Auth0 is an identity provider that allows authentication or password reset
Caneco Electrical*.alpi.fr domainHTTPS443URL to reach our servers

Note: In some firewalls, content filters need to be adjusted because DNS addresses are recognised as a 'threat' by the filter. This is why we recommend that you put them on the WHITE-LIST in your firewall settings.

Antivirus software

If you experience problems during installation or if certain parts of the programme are not installed correctly, this may be due to the antivirus software used. We recommend that you disable the antivirus software during installation. After installation, you can re-enable the disabled components.
Please consult our support team if you have any known problems before installation.

Installation recommendations

Preparation: Previous installations of Caneco BIM and Caneco Implantation

  • Please uninstall previous (old) versions of Caneco BIM, Caneco Implantation / Caneco Implantation + AutoCAD OEM from your PC before installation.
  •  If necessary, save your settings beforehand by copying the Base folder to a safe place.
  •  The Base folder can be found here: C:\Users\Public\Documents\ALPI\CANECO Implantation\ xxx\ENG\Caneco
  •  New versions of Caneco BIM / Caneco Implantation are compatible with the previous adaptations.

 

Preparation: Previous Caneco BT installations

  • Previous Caneco BT installations can remain installed. Parallel operation with the new version is possible. Note: For best performance, we recommend that you uninstall it before installing the new version.
  • New versions of Caneco BT are compatible with previous adaptations.

Installation requirements

Experience shows that an installation without administrator rights does not lead to success. Therefore, please give the user local administrator rights on his PC for the duration of the installation. After installation, you can restore the user's standard rights. Note: Installation with the right mouse button ‘Run as administrator’ is not possible as the wrong licence files would be transferred to the licence portal and the programs would not start correctly.

Folder authorisation

  • It is not always necessary to define folder authorisations. In some cases, however, they may be necessary. We recommend that you set authorisations
  • so that all the functions of the software solutions can be carried out.

The ‘User’ user must have at least modification rights in the following directories:

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\ALPI
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Alpi Shared
  • C:\Program Files\ALPI
  • C:\Program Files\Common Files \Alpi Shared
  • C:\ProgramData\ALPI

→ Set the user's authorisation status from ‘User’ to ‘Edit, Read and Write’ (or higher).

  • If you are using Autodesk AutoCAD with our solutions, it is helpful if the following folder also has edit rights for the
    • user. • C:\ProgramData\Autodesk

Running the installation programme and installing the products

Recommendations for using the installation programme

Before running your installation programme, it is important that your licence configuration is operational:

a- For all users with the ‘Caneco’ product package only, an e-mail containing their login and password has been sent to them.

b- For all users with the ‘Caneco’ product offer + the ‘Caneco Electrical’ product offer, please ensure that an ‘Caneco Electrical’ specific account has been created before the e-mail containing username and password is sent. specific ‘Caneco Electrical’ account.

Run the ‘Caneco’ installation programme

Run the Caneco installation programme (it is best to place the tool on your desktop). The experience shows that it is necessary to assign local administrator rights to the user for the duration of the installation, as described in the installation conditions.

a- Fill in the information for the installation utility

 

Create the users as described in step 2 (page 3) (if they have not yet been created) and send them an e-mail notification using the ‘E-mail’ button (white letter).

The password contained therein must be used.

➔ Don’t forget that the e-mail may be in the spam folder.

  •  With the 'Proxy Administration’ option, company-specific proxy settings can be defined for the installation

b- Caneco Installation Utility

Note: The list of products displayed in the image above is dependent on the commercial offer.

  • Please select the software to be installed. Several choices are available.

Note: In Administrator mode, the ‘Caneco Electrical’ setup will be copied locally to your computer and will not be installed automatically via the installation programme of the ‘Caneco’ offer.

  • Before installation, select the ‘Silent installation’ option so that the download and installation of the selected software solutions takes place in the background.
  •  Select ‘Delete configurations after installation’ to delete cached configurations saved during the installation of your workstation. 
  • The installation files are saved in C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\CanecoOne and can also be deleted later to free up storage space again.

 

ETAP 2024 System Requirements

Operating System (64-bit)

  • Microsoft Windows® 11 (Professional)
  • Microsoft Windows® 10 (Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise)
  • Microsoft® Server 2019 or 2022 (Standard)

PC Hardware

  • Configuration 64-bit hardware
  • USB Type-A port (for security key only. Not required with network licensing)
  • Ethernet port or WiFi w/ network access (for network licensing & software download)

Recommended Hard Disk Space

Expected Network Size500 - 1000 Bus10,000 up to 20,000 Bus20,000 Bus and higher
Hard Disk

Installation only: 30 GB

Installation + Projects: 100 GB

Installation only: 30 GB

Installation + Projects: 100 GB

Solid State Disk (SSD): 200 MB or better read/write speed

Installation only: 30 GB

Installation + Projects: 100 GB

NVMe m.2: 5 GB or better read/write speed

Recommended Display & Graphics

  • Video card with hardware support for Direct2D
  • Minimum: 21" monitors or higher with 1920 X 1080 resolution
  • Recommended: 27" Dual monitors (4k or higher)

Minimum CPU & RAM

Power Simulator Subscription Package

Expected Network Size500 - 1000 Bus10,000 up to 20,000 Bus20,000 Bus and higher
Processor

Intel Core i5 or better

3.0 GHz or better

Intel Core i7 or better

3.0 GHz or better

Intel Core i7 or better

3.0 GHz or better

Memory16 GB RAM32 GB RAM32 GB RAM / 64 GB RAM

Software Requirements

  • Microsoft® Edge or Google Chrome

Third-Party Packages

ETAP installs the following Packages:

  • Intel® Fortran Compiler runtime 2022.2.0.9553 (x64) 
  • Microsoft ASP .NET Core 6.0.22 Shared Framework (x64)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework v4.8
  • Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server 
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express LocalDB (x64)
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable (x86 & x64)
  • Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 6.0.22 (x64)
  • OpenSSL 3.0.13 (optional)
  • SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework CR13 SP26
  • SQLite 3.32.3
  • SQLite ODBC Driver 0.9998
  •  

Third-Party Packages distributed but not installed

  • Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016
  • Microsoft SQL Server Compact 4.0 SP1 x64
  • MongoDB 64 bit 6.0
  • Python 3.11.4

 

Recommended system configuration

See Electrical or See Electrical Expert standalone :

  • Microsoft  Windows 10  (64 bits only).
  • Microsoft Windows 10  Pro (64 bits only).
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 class, > 3 GHz or equivalent.
  • RAM: 4 GB.
  • 500 MB of free disk space required for the installation.
  • Graphic Card: 1280 x 1024.

See Electrical Expert Multi-User Mode (Concurrent Engineering module):

There are different requirements for the Server and for the Client.

Server (See Electrical Expert with Concurrent Engineering)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bits) or newer.
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (PROFESSIONAL version strongly recommended; it is also possible to run on EXPRESS EDITION version, but with some limitations).
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 class, >3 GHz or equivalent
  • RAM: 12 GB (+ 1 Gb per client).
  • 200 GB of free disk space required for the installation.
  • LAN (Network Card): 1 GB.