Autodesk® Revit® System Requirements and Recommendations

Unless otherwise specified, the following requirements apply to:

• Autodesk Revit
• Autodesk Revit Architecture
• Autodesk Revit MEP
• Autodesk Revit Structure

For technical support when installing, licensing, or configuring Revit, visit the Autodesk support page.

Minimum: Entry-level configuration

Description	Requirement
Operating system	Microsoft® Windows® 7 32-bit Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Home Premium
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 software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process. The /3GB RAM switch is not recommended where applicable. Revit software and system stability can be affected by memory conflicts with video drivers when the /3GB switch is active.
Video display	1280 x 1024 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 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

Value: Balanced price and performance

Description	Requirement
Operating system	Microsoft® Windows® 7 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
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 software products 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 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
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 software products 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)
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 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® Server 2012 64-bit
Web Server	Microsoft® Internet Information Server 7.0 (or later)
Host <75 Concurrent Users (multiple models)	Minimum	Value	Performance
CPU type	4+ cores 2.6 GHz+	6+ cores 2.6 GHz+	6+ cores 3.0 GHz+
Memory	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM
Hard drive	7,200+ RPM with 6Gbps link	10,000+ RPM	15,000+ RPM
Host 75+ Concurrent Users (multiple models)	Minimum	Value	Performance
CPU type	6+ cores 2.6 GHz+	8+ cores 2.6 GHz+	12+ cores 3.0 GHz+
Memory	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM	32 GB RAM
Hard drive	15,000+ RPM	15,000+ RPM	High-Speed RAID Array of 15,000+ RPM drives
Typical Accelerator	Minimum	Value	Performance
CPU type	2 cores 2.6 Ghz+	4 cores 2.6 Ghz+	4+ cores 2.6 Ghz+
Memory	4 GB RAM	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM
Hard drive	7,200 RPM	7,200 RPM	10,000 RPM
Virtualization	VMware® and Hyper-V® Support

Autodesk® Revit® for Citrix®

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

• Autodesk Revit
• Autodesk Revit Architecture
• Autodesk Revit MEP
• Autodesk Revit Structure

Description	Requirement
Citrix system	XenApp® 6.0 or 6.5 Citrix® License Manager Citrix® Profile Manager
Authentication	Microsoft® Active Directory Roaming Profiles supported
License server	Dedicated Autodesk license server for session-specific licenses
Client OS	Microsoft® Windows® 7 32-bit Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
Client browser	Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8
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 Citrix Ready™ Applications may vary with network performance. These Autodesk Revit software products do 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.