System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

Helius PFA Solver

• Windows® 11 (64-bit): Professional, Enterprise

Advanced Material Exchange User Interface

• Windows® 11 (64-bit): Professional, Enterprise

Composite Material Manager User Interface

• Windows® 11 (64-bit): Professional, Enterprise

Supported FEA Platforms

• ANSYS 2024R2, 2025R1, 2025R2
• Autodesk Inventor Nastran 2027

Minimum System Requirements

• 64-bit processor
• Windows® 11
• 2 GHz CPU speed
• 8 GB main memory (RAM)
• 12 GB of free hard disk space

Windows 10 support

Helius PFA is no longer supported on Windows 10 and we no longer will investigate or resolve Window 10 specific problems (Autodesk Windows 10 policy). To allow companies to transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11, Helius PFA 2027 can still be installed on Windows 10.

Compatibility Information

Autodesk Helius PFA is only compatible with ANSYS and Autodesk Inventor Nastran.