System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Business, Professional, or Ultimate (64-bit) versions. (Microsoft Windows Home version, Mac OS, Linux, Unix, and other Operating Systems are not supported) International Language Operating Systems only supported on Windows 10 Ultimate.
Processor: Intel i5 at 2.8GHz, 9th Gen or better.
RAM: 16 gigabytes (GB)
Initial Workstation Hard disk space: 3 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) strongly recommended – Accumulative disk space: 40 to 100GB per year per estimator.
Graphics Card: 1 GB of Graphics Memory (Graphics acceleration requires Direct X 11).
Display: 1, (2 are recommended) – 1920 x 1080 HD Monitors.
Additional Software Recommendation: Microsoft Office 2019 or 365 Business Premium (This software is not included and must be licensed through Microsoft)

Recommended System Requirements:

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Business, Professional, or Ultimate (64-bit) versions (Microsoft Windows Home version, Mac OS, Linux, Unix, and other Operating Systems are not supported) International Language Operating Systems only supported on Windows 10 Ultimate.
Processor: Intel i7 at 3.4GHz, 10th Gen or better.
RAM: 16+ gigabytes (GB)
Initial Workstation Hard disk space: 3 GB Solid State Drive (SSD) strongly recommended – Accumulative disk space: 40 to 100GB per year per estimator.
Graphics Card: 2 GB of Graphics Memory (Graphics acceleration requires Direct X 11).
Display: (2) – 27-inch 1920 x 1080 HD Monitors or (1) – 4k 32-inch or larger monitor.
Additional Software Recommendation: Microsoft Office 2019 or 365 Business Premium (This software is not included and must be licensed through Microsoft)

Windows Server Minimum System Requirements

Operating System: Windows Server 2012 or newer. Local Network Windows OS Network Servers with SSD drives, or RAID arrays preferred. (Mac OS, Linux, Unix, and other Operating Systems are not supported)
Processor: 1.8GHz, or better.
RAM: Minimum 32 gigabyte (GB) 64+ gigabyte (GB) preferred.
Solid State Drive (SSD) strongly recommended – Initial Hard disk space: 6 GB
Accumulative disk space: 40GB to 100GB per year (This is per estimator with PDF On-Screen Drawings).
Network Speed: 1 Gb/s Ethernet Connection (1000Mb/s Transfer Rate)
Duct 4 Network Requirement: Must be on a Domain network setup (Not on a Domain Controller).

“Best Practices” for installing and utilizing QuoteSoft programs.

Below is our recommendation for the installation of QuoteSoft Duct or Pipe products.  QuoteSoft is desktop software – designed to be installed locally and networked to a local file server. You can install QuoteSoft in many types of Windows computing environments, but performance can be limited or intermittent:

During Takeoff – QuoteSoft will utilize 100% of any computer!

Recommended On-prem Installation:

  1. Installed entirely on a local computers C: drive.  (Or any local drive)
  2. Installing the program on a local C: drive and using a local network file server with a Gigabit connection.

Recommended Remote Desktop Access:

  1. Quotesoft recommends Splashtop, TeamViewer, GoToMyPC, LogMeIn or Citrix Remote PC for remote access. QuoteSoft requires DirectX and DirectDraw compatibility for remote desktop connections (standard Windows RDP does not support DirectX or DirectDraw).
  2. For remote setups, Quotesoft takeoff performance will be contingent on your internet speed. (Some customers work locally using remote desktops only to maintain/transfer jobs on the server.)

QuoteSoft does not recommend:

  1. Wi-Fi connection – there is too much data transferred.
  2. using a VPN connection – there is too much data transferred.
  3. using a “Cloud Server” – there is too much data transferred.
  4. using a “NAS” – there is too much latency in the data transferred.  (Network Attached Storage)

THE FASTER THE COMPUTER, NETWORK, AND SERVER, THE FASTER QUOTESOFT WILL OPERATE.

Additional Information

Quotesoft technical support may require access to your workstation or server using LogMeIn Rescue for technical support.

Quotesoft training support may require access to your workstation using Splashtop for trainings and training support.

If QuoteSoft is installed in a way that is not recommended; This can cause speed issues and program instability.  QuoteSoft was not designed for Wi-Fi, wide area networks, Cloud servers, VPN connections, or remote desktops. Use these at your own risk.  QuoteSoft support will assist with installing the software on your chosen environment, but we always recommend a local install or local network install for the best performance.