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Additional requirements

To use some SoftExpert Suite functionalities, specific requirements must be installed on the workstation. See below the functionalities and requirements that must be installed on the workstation:

The requirements mentioned in this section are applicable from version 2.1.0 of SoftExpert Suite to its latest version.

Java

▪Used in SoftExpert Project to view and edit projects with Gantt chart.

Java versions certified for the workstations:

Version
Java JRE / JDK 1.8

.NET Framework

▪Used in SoftExpert Document to view PDF files, DWG files, and images when SoftExpert PDFView or SoftExpert Viewer are enabled in the general parameters.

▪Used in SoftExpert Document to print all the documents in the copy protocol when the copy distribution option is enabled for the document category.

▪Used in SoftExpert Capture in the process of scanning and capturing documents.

▪Used in SoftExpert PDM to view PDF files, DWG files, and images.

Version of the .NET Framework released for the workstations:

Version
.NET 3.5 SP11
.NET 4.52 or higher

1 - To use the SoftExpert viewer for DWG files.

2 - Mandatory to view electronic files, except for the browser native viewer and HTML5 PDF Viewer.

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio)

▪Used in SoftExpert Document to view/edit files when the respective viewers (DocView, ExcelView, and VisioView) are enabled in the general parameters.

▪Used in SoftExpert Document to print all the documents in the copy protocol when the copy distribution option is enabled for the document category.

▪Used in SoftExpert PDM to view electronic files.

Microsoft Office versions certified for the workstations:

Version
Microsoft Office 2013
Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Visio 2013
Microsoft Office 2019

OpenOffice/LibreOffice

▪Used in SoftExpert Document to view/edit electronic files.

OpenOffice versions certified for the workstations:

Version
LibreOffice 5.2
LibreOffice 6

If OpenOffice/Libreoffice is used to edit the electronic files, there may be a quality loss when converting the files. To avoid that, we recommend using Microsoft Office to edit the files.

Other requirements

Third-party software versions certified for the workstations:

Type	Version
PDF file reader	Adobe Acrobat Reader X (10.1) for Windows
	Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4 for Windows
	Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4.2 for Linux
	Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.7 for Linux
	Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2017.x
File decompressor	Zip files decompressor
Connector and viewer of complex files	AutoCAD 2008
	AutoCAD 2009
	AutoCAD 2010
	AutoCAD 2011
	AutoCAD 2012
	AutoCAD 2013
	AutoCAD 2015

Plugins and additional tools

VectorDraw File Converter

▪Used in SoftExpert Document to view DWG files when SoftExpert Viewer (DWG viewer) is enabled in the general parameters.

▪Used in SoftExpert Document for DWG handling when the category is configured with a complex file container (only for the AutoCAD connector).

▪Used in SoftExpert PDM for DWG handling, when the item type is configured with a complex file container (only for the AutoCAD connector).

SoftExpert provides an MSI to install the VectorDrawFile Converter on the workstation. This MSI (vdFileConverter4.msi) can be found, compressed, within the SoftExpert Suite server directory, or downloaded via the SoftExpert Suite URL:

▪SoftExpert Suite server: <sesuite_directory>\web\wwwroot\generic\app\viewer\

▪SoftExpert Suite URL: https://<sesuite_domain>/se/generic/app/viewer/fc_lite.zip

Decompress it and run the installation. Remember that before executing the MSI, it is necessary to uninstall the SoftExpert Viewer.

Viewers

To use SoftExpert Viewer to view DWG files, it is necessary to install the VectorDraw component on the workstation (client machine). The system will detect when the component is not installed or is outdated and will try to install the latest version. If the user does not have permission on the client machine, the application will return an error; in that case, the network administrator must execute the MSI.