Autodesk Revit 2017 System Requirements and Recommendations

Learn about the system requirements for different configurations of Autodesk Revit, as well as requirements for Collaboration for Revit®, Revit Server, Autodesk Revit for Citrix®, and support for Parallels Desktop® 10 for Mac®.

For Revit LT, see these system requirements.

For more detailed information and recommendations on improving software performance, see Improve Revit Performance.

For technical support when installing, licensing, or configuring Revit, visit Autodesk Customer Service.

Minimum: Entry-level configuration

Description	Requirement
Operating system	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Professional 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 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro
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 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 may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video display	1280 x 1024 with true color DPI display setting: 150% or less
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

Description	Requirement
Operating system	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Professional 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 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro
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 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 5 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

Description	Requirement
Operating system	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Professional 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 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro
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 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 5 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

Collaboration for Revit®

Description	Minimum	Value	Performance
Disk space	Three times (3X) the total disk space consumed by equivalent RVT files for all cloud workshared projects accessed by the server.
Connectivity	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 5 Mbps connection for each machine on burst transfers.	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 10 Mbps connection for each machine on burst transfers.	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 25 Mbps connection for each machine on burst transfers.

Revit® Server

Revit® Server is an optional server application for Autodesk Revit. It allows multiple users to work on Revit projects simultaneously across a wide area network (WAN).

Description	Requirement
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	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)

Revit® for Citrix®

The following table describes requirements when setting up Citrix Ready™ Autodesk Revit for use in a Citrix environment:

Description	Requirement
Citrix system	XenApp® 6.5 Feature Pack 2 or XenDesktop® 6.5 Citrix® License Manager Citrix® Profile Manager
Server OS	As specified by XenApp® system requirements
Authentication	Microsoft® Active Directory Roaming Profiles supported
Client OS	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit
Client browser	Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 (or later)
User access	Client computers should be bound to the network domain. Each client computer should have Citrix® Receiver 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 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.

Support for VMware^®

The following table describes requirements when setting up Autodesk Revit for use in a VMware environment:

Description	Requirement
VMware Software	VMware Horizon® 6.1 or later VMware vSphere® 6 or later
Virtual Machine Operating System	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, or Professional 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 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit: Windows 10 Enterprise, or Pro
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.

Note: Disclaimer: The VMware application is network-based and performance of Revit for VMware software products may vary with network performance. The software does not include the VMware application, nor does Autodesk provide direct support for issues with the VMware application. Users should contact VMware directly with questions related to procurement and operation of the VMware application.

For more information, see http://www.nvidia.com/revitappguide.

Support for Parallels Desktop® 11 for Mac®

The following table describes requirements when using Autodesk Revit 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	Mac® OS X® 10.11.3 "El Capitan" MacBook Pro® 10,1; iMac® 14,1 or newer
Memory	16 GB
CPU type	2.7 GHz quad-core Intel® Core™ i7 Recommended
Virtualization software	Parallels Desktop® 11 for Mac® or newer
Virtual Machine operating system	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Professional 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 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Pro
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 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 -- 2880 x 1800 with 24-bit color Intel® Iris Pro -- 1920 x 1080 with 32-bit color or newer (see the Virtual Machine Video Adapter note)
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