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.
Description | Requirement |
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Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit
|
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
|
Video display | 1280 x 1024 with true color |
Video adapter |
Basic graphics:
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 |
Description | Requirement |
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Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit
|
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
|
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 |
Description | Requirement |
---|---|
Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit
|
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
|
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 |
|
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 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 | ||
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Operating system |
|
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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) |
The following table describes requirements when setting up any of these Citrix Ready™ Applications for use in a Citrix environment:
Description | Requirement |
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Citrix system |
|
Server OS | As specified by XenApp® system requirements |
Authentication |
Microsoft® Active Directory
|
Client OS |
|
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). |
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 |
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Host operating system and hardware type |
|
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
Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit
|
Virtual Machine browser | Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later) |
Virtual Machine memory | 8 GB RAM
|
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 |