Advance Steel 2025 System Requirements

Learn about the system requirements for configuring Advance Steel.

Note: When installing the software using the Autodesk® Desktop App, make sure that at least 9 GB of free space are available on the drive you specify in the Autodesk® Desktop App content path.

Requirement Area	Basic Requirement	Recommended Requirement
Operating System	64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11or Windows 10 version 1809 or above. See Autodesk's Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
Browser	Chrome	Chrome
Processor	2.5-2.9 GHz process or with 8 logical cores (base) ARM Processors are not supported.	3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo)
Memory	8 GB	32 GB
Display Resolution	Conventional Displays:1920 x 1080 with True Color	Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 (with "Recommended" display card)
Display Card	2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant	8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant. DirectX 12 with Feature Level 12_0 is required for Shaded(Fast) and Shaded with edges(Fast) visual styles. Please be sure to use the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer's website. Note: The software uses your computer's display card for a variety of essential graphics operations including but not limited to view manipulation, line smoothing, and text/linetype generation . It's recommended that you have a display card with dedicated VRAM to support these operations at optimal speeds.
Disk Space	10 GB (suggested SSD) 1 GB additional free disk space is recommended for disk cache. Note: The system temporary folder requires up to 12 GB of additional free space during download installation.	16 GB 1 GB additional free disk space is recommended for disk cache. Note: The system temporary folder requires up to 12 GB of additional free space during download installation.
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant	MS-Mouse compliant
Network	See Autodesk Network License Manager for Windows
Media	Install Now (WI) Download / Browser (DLM)	Install Now (WI) Download / Browser (DLM)
.NET Framework	.NET 8	.NET 8

Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling
Memory	32 GB RAM
Disk Space	6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
Display Card	3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter; 12GB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; DirectX-capable workstation class graphics card.