Autodesk Revit

Description

Requirement

Operating System*

Microsoft® Windows®7 32-bit

• Enterprise
• Ultimate
• Professional
• Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 (or later)

• Professional
• Home

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.

Autodesk® 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 software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
• /3GB RAM switch not recommended. Revit software and system stability can be affected by memory conflicts with video drivers when the /3GB switch is active.

Video Display

1,280 x 1,024 with true color

Video Adapter

Basic Graphics:
Display adapter capable of 24-bit color

Advanced Graphics:
DirectX® 10 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk.

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

Description

Requirement

Operating System*

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit

• Enterprise
• Ultimate
• Professional
• Home Premium

Browser

Internet Explorer 7.0 (or later)

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 software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.

Video Display

1,680 x 1,050 with true color

Video Adapter

DirectX® 10 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk.

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

Description

Requirement

Operating System*

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit

• Enterprise
• Ultimate
• Professional
• Home Premium

Browser

Internet Explorer 7.0 (or later)

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 software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.

Video Display

1,920 x 1,200 or higher with true color

Video Adapter

DirectX 10 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk.

Hard Disk

• 5 GB free disk space
• 10,000+ RPM (for Point Cloud interactions)

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

Description

Requirement

Operating System

• Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit

Web Server

Microsoft® Internet Information Server 7.0 (or later)

< 100 Concurrent Users
(multiple models)

Minimum

Value

Performance

CPU Type

4+ cores
2.6 GHz+

6+ cores
2.6 GHz+

6+ cores
3.0 GHz+

Memory

4 GB RAM

8 GB RAM

16 GB RAM

Hard Drive

7,200+ RPM

10,000+ RPM

15,000+ RPM

100 + Concurrent Users
(multiple models)

Minimum

Value

Performance

CPU Type

4+ cores
2.6 GHz+

6+ cores
2.6 GHz+

6+ cores
3.0 GHz+

Memory

8 GB RAM

16 GB RAM

32 GB RAM

Hard Drive

10,000+ RPM

15,00+ RPM

High-Speed RAID Array

100 + Concurrent Users
(multiple models)

VMware® and Hyper-V® Support (See Revit Server Administrator's Guide)

Description

Requirement

Citrix System

• XenApp® 6.0 or 6.5
• Citrix® License Manager
• Citrix® Profile Manager

Authentication

• Microsoft® Active Directory
  • Roaming Profiles supported

License Server

Dedicated Autodesk license server for session-specific licenses

Client OS

• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (or later)
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2
• Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit
• Microsoft Windows 7 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 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 LAN.