Learn about the system requirements for different configurations of the Autodesk® Revit® software, as well as requirements for Collaboration for Revit®, Revit Server, Autodesk Revit for Citrix®, and support for Parallels Desktop® 10 for Mac®.
Unless otherwise specified, the following requirements apply to the following software:
For Revit LT, see these system requirements.
For more detailed information and recommendations on improving software performance, see the Revit Model Performance Technical Note.
For technical support when installing, licensing, or configuring Revit, visit Autodesk Customer Service.
| Description | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit
|
| 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 software 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
DPI display setting: 150% or less |
| Video adapter |
Basic graphics:
Advanced graphics:
|
| 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 |
| Description | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit
|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Description | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system |
Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit
|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Description | Minimum | Value | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disk space | 20 GB of free disk space for Collaboration Cache | 30 GB of free disk space for Collaboration Cache | 30 GB of free disk space for Collaboration Cache |
| Connectivity | Symmetrical 2 Mbps connection for each machine | Symmetrical 5 Mbps connection for each machine | Symmetrical 8 Mbps connection for each machine |
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 |
|
||
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 setting up any of the following applications for use in a VMware environment:
| Description | Requirement |
|---|---|
| VMware Software |
|
| Virtual Machine Operating System |
|
| Host Server Recommendations | Performance |
| CPU | 3.0 GHz+ Intel® Xeon E5 or later; or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology |
| Memory | 384-512 GB |
| Networking | 10 Gb |
| Storage | ~750+ IOPS Per User |
| GPU | NVIDIA GRID K2 or later |
| Virtual Machine Settings | Performance |
| Memory | 16-32 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 8 vCPUs |
| Disk Space | Minimum 5 GB free disk space |
| Graphics Adapter | NVIDIA® GRID K260Q (2 GB) or later |
| Virtual Machine Connectivity | Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download. |
| User Access | Each client computer should have the VMware Horizon® Client installed. |
For more information, see http://www.nvidia.com/revitappguide.
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 Parallels Desktop® or 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 |
|
| Memory | 16 GB |
| CPU type | 2.7 GHz quad-core Intel® Core™ i7 Recommended |
| Virtualization software | Parallels Desktop® 10 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 |
|
| Disk space | Minimum: 40 GB free disk space
Recommended: 100 GB free disk space available |
| Media | Download or installation from USB key |
| Pointing device | MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device |
| Connectivity | Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download |