This article provides the system requirements for Autodesk® Revit® 2015 Products including: Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk Revit MEP, and Autodesk Revit Structure.
Solution:
For Autodesk Revit 2015, Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015, Autodesk Revit MEP 2015, and Autodesk Revit Structure 2015Minimum: Entry-Level Configuration
Value: Balanced price and performance
Performance: Large, complex models
Citrix®: Recommended-Level Configuration
Parallels Desktop® 9 for Mac: Recommended-Level Configuration
Autodesk® Revit® Server 2015
| Minimum: Entry-Level Configuration | |
|---|---|
| Operating System ¹ | Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Windows 8 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8 Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 |
| 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. Autodesk® Revit® software products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations. |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM
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| Video Display | 1,280 x 1,024 with true color |
| Video Adapter | Basic Graphics: Display adapter capable of 24-bit color Advanced Graphics: DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk. |
| Disk Space | 5 GB free disk space |
| Media | Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device |
| Browser | Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later) |
| Connectivity | Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download |
| Value: Balanced price and performance | |
|---|---|
| Operating System ¹ | Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Windows 8 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8 Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 |
| CPU Type | Multi-Core Intel® Xeon®, or i-Series processor or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended. Autodesk® Revit® software products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations. |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM
|
| Video Display | 1,680 x 1,050 with true color |
| Video Adapter | DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk. |
| Disk Space | 5 GB free disk space |
| Media | Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device |
| Browser | Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later) |
| Connectivity | Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download |
| Performance: Large, complex models | |
|---|---|
| Operating System ¹ | Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Windows 8 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8 Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 |
| CPU Type | Multi-Core Intel® Xeon®, or i-Series processor or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended. Autodesk® Revit® software products will use multiple cores for many tasks, using up to 16 cores for near-photorealistic rendering operations. |
| Memory | 16 GB RAM
|
| Video Display | 1,920 x 1,200 with true color |
| Video Adapter | DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk. |
| Disk Space | 5 GB free disk space 10,000+ RPM (for Point Cloud interactions) or Solid State Drive |
| Media | Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device |
| Browser | Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later) |
| Connectivity | Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download |
| Citrix®: Recommended-Level Configuration ² | |
|---|---|
| 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
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| Client OS | Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit |
| Client Browser | Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (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 LAN. |
| Parallels Desktop® 9 for Mac: Recommended-Level Configuration | |
|---|---|
| Host Operating System & 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 ¹ | Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Windows 8 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8 Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 |
| 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 Resolution 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 2,880 × 1,800 with 24-bit color (see Virtual Video Adapter note) |
| Disk Space | Minimum 40 GB free disk space; recommend 100 GB free disk space available |
| 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 |
| System requirements for Autodesk® Revit® Server 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 7,200+ 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 (See Revit Server Administrator’s Guide) | ||
¹ Refer to the attached document to learn more about using Autodesk Revit 2015, Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015, Autodesk Revit MEP 2015, or Autodesk Revit Structure 2015 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 or with Parallels Desktop, a system utility available from Parallels, Inc. that allows you to run applications in each operating system without restarting your computer.
² 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.
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