x64 for Autodesk Inventor - What to watch for???

June 26, 2008

We are looking at upgrading our engineering workstations (generally

Xeon 2.80GHz w/4Gb RAM upgrading to 6 or 8Gb with NVIDIA Quadro FX

4500 video) to Windows XP Pro x64. The main reason is to get better

performance from Autodesk Inventor 2009 (we're currently running

IV11). One issue we've already seen is that the add-ons we use in

Inventor (iProperty Wizard, etc) will not function under x64

Inventor. A big hit but we're seeing what we can do about that.

Our other question is we run a lot more then just Inventor. We run

the full Office suite of products, AutoCAD, Visio, FastLook, Adobe,

and several VB6 free standing apps to name a few. Does anyone know

what impact switching to x64 may cause for the other applications we

run (or know a website where this is posted)?

Any and all input is greatly appreciated!

Scott

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