This is the newest of the Windows documents. Where the older whitepaper and In Depth guide name different minimum platforms, the requirements on this page are the ones to follow.
Supported platforms
Seavus Project Viewer is tested and certified to work on the following Microsoft Windows platforms.
| Platform | Editions |
|---|---|
| Windows 7 | Home Basic, Home Premium, Enterprise, Ultimate |
| Windows Server 2008 | Standard, Enterprise |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | Standard, Enterprise |
| Windows 8 | Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise |
| Windows 8.1 | Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
| Windows 2012 | No editions listed |
| Windows 2012 R2 | No editions listed |
| Windows 10 | No editions listed |
| Windows Server 2016 | No editions listed |
Windows 11 is supported by the current release. The matrix above is the original certification, written while Windows 10 was the current platform, so it stops there; it is not the list of everything the viewer runs on. Where the two appear to disagree, the newer Windows release named on the Windows product page is the one to follow.
Beside the 32-bit operating systems from Microsoft, the 64-bit versions are supported through the built-in Windows on Windows64 (WOW64) compatibility layer of the operating system.
Hardware requirements
- An Intel Core processor family, or an AMD processor from the Athlon, A-Series or Sempron families
- A minimum of 512 MB of RAM, with more recommended
- 80 MB of disk space
- A Super VGA display, with the screen resolution set to at least 800 × 600
License metering
The viewer has a built-in license metering module that helps an organization avoid an unintentional violation of the license agreement. Seavus Project Viewer can be licensed as single-user or multi-user software, and depending on the license, the module makes sure that no more than the licensed number of users are using the product concurrently.
Single-user license
A single-user license is identified by a combination of a license key and a signature obtained through the activation process. An organization may purchase a certain number of single-user licenses, and the activation server enables the purchased key on multiple computers, up to the number of licenses bought.
The signature obtained during activation binds the license to the hardware of the computer. Changing the hardware, or moving the license to a different computer, requires reactivating the old license, as described in the "How to activate the product?" section of the help within the application.
Multi-user license
The multi-user version is also known as the concurrent license. To use it, the organization runs a licensing server from Seavus. The server is licensed through a multi-user license and activated first, before any Seavus Project Viewer application can run. The multi-user license is bought for a number of users who can run the product at the same time.
In this model no installation is required on the user's machine: the application runs from a network share appointed by the administrator, so the user is spared the details of setting up a connection to the licensing server.
Once started, the application contacts the licensing server for permission to run. If the metering in the server finds that the maximum number of concurrently running users has not been reached, the user is permitted to run the application and view project files.
If the limit has been reached, a warning message appears and the application closes itself. When another user closes the application, the metering system returns that license to the unused pool, and it can be used again.