Requirements

System requirements for running a BIMserver

Updated for version 1.2

Introduction

The amount of required heap memory depends on the size of your models. A rule of thumb is that you need about 15 times the size of the largest (unzipped) IFC file you want to be able to upload. You can find more information [MemoryUsage here].

You can download a JRE or JDK [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html here].

For advanced queries you will need to use a JDK, for all other features a JRE will suffice.

WAR

• A JRE or JDK 6, update 4 or higher
• A Servlet Specification 3.0 or higher based Container with WebSocket support (Tomcat 7.0.27 or higher, Jetty 8 or higher)

JAR

• A JRE or JDK 6, update 4 or higher

Explanation:

• A JRE or JDK version 6 update 4 or higher is required because the BIMserver makes extensive use of JAXB 2.1.3, which only JREs and JDKs after update 4 have a reference implementation of
• (BIMserver 1.1 only) In the Servlet Specification 2.5, a methed called getContextPath was added to the ServletContext class, the BIMserver uses this method, so therefore your servlet container must at least support version 2.5 of the servlet specification
• The BIMserver makes use of WebSockets, which are not a standard yet, but they are implemented in Jetty 8 and Tomcat 7 (you will need to have 7.0.27 at least)