This article provides the system requirements for the Autodesk® Plant Design Suite 2016 products.
The system requirements below are specifically for Plant Design Suite users running products on the same system. Note that the system requirements for individual products may differ from those in this document. You can find details on those requirements by visiting the System Requirements page located at http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/system-requirements.
Autodesk® Plant Design Suite 2016 – All Editions | |
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64-bit | ✓ |
Memory | 4 GB minimum (8 GB recommended) |
Disk Space | 8 GB (Standard Edition) 30 GB (Premium Edition) 38 GB (Ultimate Edition) |
CPU Type | AMD Athlon® 64 or AMD Opteron® with SSE2 technology Intel® Xeon® or Intel Pentium® 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology |
Media (DVD) | Download via internet or installation from USB 2.0 key |
Connectivity | Internet connection for license registration, prerequisite component download, Maintenance Subscription-enabled features, and full user assistance documentation. |
Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant (three-button recommended). |
Products | Operating Systems | Virtualization | Internet Browser | |||
64-Bit | Microsoft® Windows® 7 | Microsoft® Windows® 8/8.1 | Citrix® XenApp™ | Citrix® XenDesktop™ | ||
Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later) | |
Autodesk AutoCAD P&ID 2016 | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | |
Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk® ReCap™ | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk® Showcase® 2016 | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) |
Products | Operating Systems | Virtualization | Internet Browser | |||
64-Bit | Microsoft Windows 7 | Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 | Citrix XenApp | Citrix XenDesktop | ||
Autodesk AutoCAD 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | |
Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk ReCap | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk Showcase 2016 | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2016 | ✓ | Professional SP1 Ultimate SP1 |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | ✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) |
Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | |
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2016 | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later), Google Chrome™, Mozilla® Firefox®, Apple® Safari® |
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Autodesk AutoCAD MEP 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) |
Products | Operating Systems | Virtualization | Internet Browser | |||
64-Bit | Microsoft Windows 7 | Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 | Citrix XenApp | Citrix XenDesktop | ||
Autodesk AutoCAD 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | |
Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk ReCap | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk Showcase 2016 | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2016 | ✓ | Professional SP1 Ultimate SP1 |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | ✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) |
Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | |
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2016 | ✓ | Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later), Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari |
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Autodesk AutoCAD MEP 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | ||
Autodesk Revit Structure 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional Ultimate |
Pro Enterprise |
✓ | Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) | |
Autodesk Inventor® with Routed Systems 2016 | ✓ | Home Premium Professional SP1 Ultimate SP1 |
Pro Enterprise |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0 (or later) |
Products | Suites | Windows Display Adapter with True Color | Advanced Graphics | ||
1,024 x 768 | 1,280 x 1,024 | 1,600 x 1,050 | |||
Autodesk AutoCAD 2016 | Standard Premium Ultimate |
✓ | ✓ | Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. | |
Autodesk AutoCAD P&ID 2016 | Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Autodesk AutoCAD Raster Design 2016 | Standard Premium Ultimate |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card. |
Autodesk ReCap | Standard Premium Ultimate |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | OpenGL 3.3 capable graphics device with 256 MB memory. |
Autodesk Showcase 2016 | Standard Premium Ultimate |
✓ | ✓ | Certified hardware-accelerated graphics card with a minimum of 512MB graphics memory (1GB recommended) and DirectX® 9 support. | |
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2016 | Premium | ✓ | ✓ | 1,280 x 800 VGA display with true color (1,920 x 1,080 monitor and 32-bit video display adapter recommended). Direct3D and OpenGL® capable graphics card with Shader Model 2 (minimum). | |
Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D 2016 | Premium Ultimate |
✓ | ✓ | ||
Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2016 | Premium Ultimate |
✓ | ✓ | Check details as recommended by Autodesk. | |
Autodesk MEP 2016 | Premium Ultimate |
✓ | ✓ | 1600×1050 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card. | |
Autodesk Revit Structure 2016 | Premium Ultimate |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk. |
Autodesk Navisworks Manage 2016 | Ultimate | ✓ | ✓ | 1,280 x 800 VGA display with true color (1,920 x 1,080 monitor and 32-bit video display adapter recommended). Direct3D and OpenGL® capable graphics card with Shader Model 2 (minimum). | |
Autodesk Inventor® with Routed Systems 2016 | Ultimate | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Direct3D® 10 or capable graphics card or higher. |
Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the qualified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).
The Citrix application is network-based, and performance of the different editions of the Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2016 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 contract Citrix directly with questions related to procurement and operation of the Citrix application. Citrix, XenApp and XenDesktop are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc.