Revit 2018

Autodesk Revit 2018 Minimum: Entry-Level Configuration
Operating System ¹	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit: Enterprise, or Pro
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.
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: DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk.
Disk Space	35 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

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Autodesk Revit 2018 Value: Balanced price and performance
Operating System ¹	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit: Enterprise, or Pro
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 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 DPI Display Setting: 150% or less
Video Adapter	DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 as recommended by Autodesk.
Disk Space	35 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

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Autodesk Revit 2018 Performance: Large, complex models
Operating System ¹	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit: Enterprise, or Pro
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 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 DPI Display Setting: 150% or less
Video Adapter	DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 as recommended by Autodesk.
Disk Space	35 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

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Autodesk A360 Collaboration for Revit
Disk Space	Three times (3X) the total disk space consumed by equivalent RVT files for all cloud workshared projects accessed by the user.
	Minimum	Value	Performance
Connectivity	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 5 Mbps connection for each machine on burst transfers.	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 10 Mbps for each machine on burst transfers.	Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 25 Mbps for each machine on burst transfers.

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Autodesk Revit LT 2018
Operating System ¹	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit: Enterprise, or Pro
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.
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 where applicable. 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 DPI Display Setting: 150% or less
Video Adapter	Basic Graphics: Display adapter capable of 24-bit color Advanced Graphics: DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk.
Disk Space	35 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

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Autodesk Revit Server 2018
Operating System	Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2 SP1 64-bit Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 64-bit Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 64-bit
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

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Autodesk Revit 2018 Citrix: Recommended-Level Configuration ²
Citrix System	XenApp® 6.5 Feature Pack 2 Citrix® License Manager Citrix® Profile Manager
Server OS	As specified by XenApp® system requirements
Authentication	Microsoft® Active Directory Roaming Profiles supported
Client OS	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit
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.

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Autodesk Revit 2018 Autodesk Revit LT 2018 VMware: Recommended-Level Configuration ³
VMware Software	VMware Horizon® 6.1 or later VMware vSphere® 6 or later
Virtual Machine Operating System	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Enterprise, or Pro Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit: Enterprise, or Pro
Host Server Recommendation	Performance ⁴
CPU	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 35 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.

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Autodesk Revit 2018 Autodesk Revit LT 2018 Parallels Desktop® 11 for Mac: Recommended-Level Configuration
Host Operating System & Hardware Type	Mac® OS X® 10.10.3 “El Capitan” 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® 11 for Mac or newer
Virtual Machine Operating System*	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit: Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit: Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1 Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit: Enterprise, or Pro
Virtual Machine Browser	Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later)
Virtual Machine Memory	8 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.
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: Parallels Desktop virtual display adapter without “Use Hardware Acceleration” option in Revit software products.
Video Adapter	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M – 2,880 × 1,800 with 24-bit color Intel® Iris Pro – 1,920 x 1080 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 USB key
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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Note: Not all Autodesk product offerings may be virtualized. You may virtualize a product only if the applicable terms and conditions governing your access to and use of that offering expressly permit virtualization. Where virtualization is authorized, all conditions and limitations specified in the applicable terms and conditions apply. Autodesk may make available information regarding use of products in virtualized environments. Such information is offered solely for your convenience, on an “as is” basis, and may contain errors, inaccuracies, or may be incomplete. Autodesk makes no representations, warranties or other promises related to use of any product in any virtualization environment or with any virtualization technology. If you are authorized to virtualize and elect to do so, you assume all risks associated with such use, including, but not limited to incompatibility between the product and third-party virtualization technology and/or your virtualization environment. Read our Terms of Use for more information.

¹ Learn more about using Autodesk Revit 2018 or Autodesk Revit LT 2018 software with Boot Camp, 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

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