Autodesk® Revit LT System Requirements

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Description Requirement
Operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 32-bit

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

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.
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 LT 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:

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

Support for Parallels® on a Mac® Computer

The following table describes requirements when using Revit LT 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 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 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 LT 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