Well, on V7.0 you can run as many instances as your computer can handle from one install (one exicutable). There is also very cool support for opening two jobs and copy/pasting tools, operations, geometry, solids and/or surfaces from one part file to another. You can even open a part copy the tool list, close the job, open another and then paste the tools form the first into the second.
I have run up to 6 executable at the same time but, it got real slow. I have a P4 3.3gig, 1500mb 3200DDR Ram, 10000MB swap space on a XP Pro box and a ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128mb graphics card.
I would say for the average user with an average machine, 3 would be max, along with other stuff like, IE and Outlook.
Hope this helps. |