Autodesk® Revit® System Requirements and Recommendations

Unless otherwise specified, the following requirements apply to the following:

For Revit LT, see these system requirements.

For technical support when installing, licensing, or configuring Revit, visit Autodesk Customer Service.

Minimum: Entry-level configuration

Description Requirement
Operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit

  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit

  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later)
CPU type Single- or Multi-Core Intel® Pentium®, Xeon®, or i-Series processor or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended.

Revit products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations.

Memory 4 GB RAM
  • Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 100 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics.
  • Models created in previous versions of Revit may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video display 1280 x 1024 with true color
Video adapter

Basic graphics:

  • Display adapter capable of 24-bit color

Advanced graphics:

Hard disk 5 GB free disk space
Pointing device MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
Media Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Connectivity Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

Value: Balanced price and performance

Description Requirement
Operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit

  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit

  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later)
CPU type Multi-Core Intel® Xeon®, or i-Series processor or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended.

Revit products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations.

Memory

8 GB RAM

  • Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 300 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics.
  • Models created in previous versions of Revit may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video display 1680 x 1050 with true color
Video adapter DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk at http://www.autodesk.com/revit-graphicshardware
Hard disk 5 GB free disk space
Pointing device MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
Media Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Connectivity Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

Performance: Large, complex models

Description Requirement
Operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit

  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit

  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later)
CPU type Multi-Core Intel® Xeon®, or i-Series processor or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended.

Revit products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations.

Memory

16 GB RAM

  • Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 700 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics.
  • Models created in previous versions of Revit may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video display 1920 x 1200 or higher with true color
Video adapter DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk at http://www.autodesk.com/revit-graphicshardware
Hard disk
  • 5 GB free disk space
  • 10,000+ RPM (for Point Cloud interactions) or Solid State Drive
Pointing device MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
Media Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Connectivity Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

Autodesk® Revit® Server

Autodesk® Revit® Server is an optional server application for Revit software. It allows multiple users to work on Revit projects simultaneously across a wide area network (WAN).

Autodesk® Revit® Server can be used with Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, Revit Structure, and Autodesk Revit.

Description Requirement
Operating system
  • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit
  • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2012 64-bit
  • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2012 R2 64-bit
Web Server Microsoft® Internet Information Server 7.0 (or later)
CPU type 4+ cores

2.6 GHz+

6+ cores

2.6 GHz+

6+ cores

3.0 GHz+

<100 Concurrent Users (multiple models) Minimum Value Performance
Memory 4 GB RAM 8 GB RAM 16 GB RAM
Hard drive 7200+ RPM 10,000+ RPM 15,000+ RPM
100+ Concurrent Users (multiple models) Minimum Value Performance
Memory 8 GB RAM 16 GB RAM 32 GB RAM
Hard drive 10,000+ RPM 15,000+ RPM High-speed RAID array
Virtualization VMware® and Hyper-V® Support (more information)

Autodesk® Revit® for Citrix®

The following table describes requirements when setting up any of these Citrix Ready™ Applications for use in a Citrix environment:

Description Requirement
Citrix system
  • XenApp® 6.0
  • XenApp 6.5 Feature Pack 2
  • Citrix® License Manager
  • Citrix® Profile Manager
Server OS As specified by XenApp® system requirements
Authentication

Microsoft® Active Directory

  • Roaming Profiles supported
Client OS
  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit
  • Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
  • Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit
Client browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 (or later)
User access

Client computers should be bound to the network domain. Each client computer should have either the full Citrix® or web client plug-in installed.

Users should use their domain logins to access both the Citrix web console and the local area network (LAN).

Note: Disclaimer: The Citrix application is network-based, and performance of Autodesk Revit for Citrix software products may vary with network performance. The software does not include the Citrix application, nor does Autodesk provide direct support for issues with the Citrix application. Users should contact Citrix directly with questions related to procurement and operation of the Citrix application.

Support for Parallels® on a Mac® Computer

The following table describes requirements when using the following Revit software on a Mac® computer using Parallels® Desktop, a system utility available from Parallels, Inc. that allows you to run applications in each operating system without restarting your computer.

For information about using Revit software with Boot Camp®, part of Mac OS® X that enables you to install and run Microsoft® Windows® (and Windows-based applications) on a Mac® computer, see this FAQ.

Description Requirement
Host operating system and hardware type
  • Mac OS® X 10.9.1 "Mavericks"
  • MacBook Pro® 10,1 (Early 2013) 13.3 or newer
Memory 16 GB
CPU type 2.7 GHz quad-core Intel® Core i7™ Recommended
Virtualization software Parallels® Desktop 9.0.24172 for Mac or newer
Virtual Machine operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit

  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit

  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1
Virtual Machine browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later)
Virtual Machine memory 8 GB RAM
  • Usually sufficient for a typical editing session for a single model up to approximately 100 MB on disk. This estimate is based on internal testing and customer reports. Individual models will vary in their use of computer resources and performance characteristics.
  • Models created in previous versions of Revit may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Virtual Machine video adapter 512 MB video memory minimum dedicated to the Microsoft® Windows® Virtual Machine.
Note: While at Retina® display resolutions on the Mac OS, turn off any Retina Resolutions options in Parallels Desktop to adjust for proper DPI within Windows and Revit software products.

Graphics: Parallels Desktop virtual display adapter without "Use Hardware Acceleration" option in Revit software products.

Video adapter NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M or newer

2880 x 1800 with 24-bit color (see the note for the Virtual Machine video adapter requirement)

Hard disk Minimum: 40 GB free disk space

Recommended: 100 GB free disk space

Pointing device MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
Media Download or installation from USB key
Connectivity Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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