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# Recommended Development Environments

The following table lists the platforms and compilers recommended for developing plug-ins, converters, and other applications with FBX SDK:

Supported platform | Supported development environment or compiler
--- | ---
Windows XP (SP2 and above). Windows Vista. Windows 7. | Visual Studio 2005. Visual Studio 2008. Visual Studio 2010.
Linux | Any implementation that provides gcc version 4.0.2 and above.
Mac OS X | gcc 4.0.x on Intel x86.

Notes:

- If your platform or compiler is not listed above, you may not be able to compile programs that use FBX SDK.
- For information about which platforms can run applications developed with FBX SDK, see Platform Requirements.
- There are currently no plans to provide an iPhone/ARM architecture version of the FBX SDK.