This article provides the system requirements for Autodesk® Revit® 2016 Products including: Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk Revit MEP, and Autodesk Revit Structure.
For Autodesk Revit 2016, Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016, Autodesk Revit MEP 2016, and Autodesk Revit Structure 2016
Minimum: Entry-Level Configuration
Value: Balanced price and performance
Performance: Large, complex models
Autodesk A360 Collaboration for Revit
Autodesk® Revit® Server 2016
Citrix®: Recommended-Level Configuration
Parallels Desktop® 10 for Mac: Recommended-Level Configuration
VMware®: Recommended-Level Configuration
| Minimum: Entry-Level Configuration | |
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| Operating System ¹ | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: |
| 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
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| Video Display | 1,280 x 1,024 with true color DPI Display Setting: 150% or less |
| Video Adapter | Basic Graphics: Display adapter capable of 24-bit color Advanced Graphics: |
| 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 | |
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| Operating System ¹ | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: |
| CPU Type | Multi-Core Intel® 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 | 8 GB RAM
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| Video Display | 1,680 x 1,050 with true color DPI Display Setting: 150% or less |
| Video Adapter | 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 |
| Performance: Large, complex models | |
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| Operating System ¹ | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: |
| CPU Type | Multi-Core Intel® 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 | 16 GB RAM
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| Video Display | 1,920 x 1,200 with true color DPI Display Setting: 150% or less |
| Video Adapter | DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 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 |
| Autodesk® A360 Collaboration for Revit® | |||
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| Minimum | Value | Performance | |
| Disk Space | 20 GB of free disk space for Collaboration Cache | 30 GB of free disk space for Collaboration Cache | 30 GB of free disk space for Collaboration Cache |
| Connectivity | Symmetrical 2 Mbps connection for each machine | Symmetrical 5 Mbps connection for each machine | Symmetrical 8 Mbps connection for each machine |
| System requirements for Autodesk® Revit® Server 2016 | |||
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| 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 | 7,200+ 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 (See Revit Server Administrator’s Guide) | ||
| Citrix®: Recommended-Level Configuration ² | |
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| Citrix System |
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| Server OS | As specified by XenApp® system requirements |
| Authentication | Microsoft® Active Directory
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| Client OS |
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| Client Browser | Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (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. |
| Parallels Desktop® 10 for Mac: Recommended-Level Configuration | |
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| Host Operating System & Hardware Type | Mac® OS X® 10.10.1 “Yosemite” 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® 10 for Mac or newer |
| Virtual Machine Operating System ¹ | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: |
| Virtual Machine Browser | Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later) |
| Virtual Machine Memory | 8 GB RAM
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| 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 Resolution options in Parallels Desktop to adjust for proper DPI within Windows and Revit software products. Graphics: |
| Video Adapter | NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M – 2,880 × 1,800 with 24-bit color (see Virtual Video Adapter note) Intel® Iris Pro – 1,920 × 1,080 with 32-bit color or newer (see Virtual Video Adapter note) |
| Disk Space | Minimum 40 GB free disk space; recommend 100 GB free disk space available |
| Media | Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device |
| Connectivity | Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download |
| VMWare®: Recommended-Level Configuration ³ | |
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| 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, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit: Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: |
| Host Server Recommendation | Performance ⁴ |
| CPU Type | 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 ⁴ |
| 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. |
¹ Learn more about using Autodesk Revit 2016, Autodesk Revit Architecture 2016, Autodesk Revit MEP 2016, Autodesk Revit Structure 2016, or Autodesk Revit LT 2016 software with Boot Camp® application program, part of Mac OS X that enables you to install and run Microsoft Windows (and Windows-based applications) on a Mac® computer or with Parallels Desktop, a system utility available from Parallels, Inc. that allows you to run applications in each operating system without restarting your computer.
² Disclaimer: The Citrix application is network-based and performance of Autodesk 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.
³ Disclaimer: The VMware application is network-based and performance of Autodesk 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.
⁴ Please see: http://www.nvidia.com/revitappguide