What should be the system requirement for running Softwares like 3Ds-Max, V-Ray, Revit, Maya, Autocad smoothly?Artboard

*System requirements for Autodesk 3ds Max 2016

Software-

  1. Operating System - Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Professional operating system
  2. Browser - Autodesk recommends the latest version of the following web browsers for access to online supplemental content:
  • Apple® Safari®
  • Google Chrome™
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer®
  • Mozilla® Firefox®

Hardware -

  1. CPU - 64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor
  2. Graphics Hardware -Refer to 3ds Max Certified Hardware for a detailed list of recommended systems and graphics cards
  3. RAM- 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)
  4. Disk Space -6 GB of free disk space for install

Pointing Device - Three-button mouse

*Please make sure that your system fulfills these requirements before installing V-Ray.

  1. Processor - Intel® 64-bit or compatible processor with SSE2 support
  2. RAM - 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap minimum – recommended 8 GB or more RAM, 8 GB or more swap file
  3. Operating system - Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 Professional operating system
  4. 3ds Max - 3ds Max 2012/3ds Max Design 2012 or later, 64 bit versions only
  5. USB port- Required for hardware lock, preferably USB 2.0
  6. TCP/IP- Only IPv4 is supported. IPv6 is currently not supported.

Autodesk Revit 2016 System Requirements and Recommendations

Minimum: Entry-level configuration

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit

  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit

  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1

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.

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. I singoli modelli variano nell'uso delle risorse del computer e nelle caratteristiche delle prestazioni.
  • I modelli creati in versioni precedenti di Revit possono richiedere più memoria disponibile per il processo di aggiornamento una tantum.

Video display

1280 x 1024 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 at http://www.autodesk.com/revit-graphicshardware

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

Description

Requirement

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit

  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit

  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1

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

Video display

1680 x 1050 with true color

Video adapter

DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk at http://www.autodesk.com/revit-graphicshardware

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

Operating system

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit

  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit

  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1

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

Video display

1920 x 1200 or higher with true color

Video adapter

DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as recommended by Autodesk at http://www.autodesk.com/revit-graphicshardware

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

Collaboration for Revit®

Description

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

Autodesk® Revit® Server

Autodesk® Revit® Server is an optional server application for Revit software. It allows multiple users to work on Revit projects simultaneously across a wide area network (WAN).

Autodesk® Revit® Server can be used with Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, Revit Structure, and Autodesk Revit.

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

7200+ 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 (more information)

Autodesk® Revit® for Citrix®

The following table describes requirements when setting up any of these Citrix Ready™ Applications for use in a Citrix environment:

  • Autodesk Revit
  • Revit Architecture
  • Revit MEP
  • Revit Structure

Description

Requirement

Citrix system

  • XenApp® 6.5 Feature Pack 2 or XenDesktop® 6.5
  • 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 64-bit
  • Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

Browser client

Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 (o successivo)

Accesso utente

I computer client devono essere legati al dominio di rete. Ogni computer client deve avere installato il plug-in Citrix® completo o il web client.

Gli utenti devono utilizzare i loro login di dominio per accedere sia alla console web Citrix che alla rete locale (LAN).

Nota: Disclaimer: l'applicazione Citrix è basata sulla rete e le prestazioni di Autodesk Revit per i prodotti software Citrix possono variare in base alle prestazioni della rete. Il software non include l'applicazione Citrix, né Autodesk fornisce assistenza diretta per i problemi relativi all'applicazione Citrix. Gli utenti devono contattare direttamente Citrix per domande relative all'acquisto e al funzionamento dell'applicazione Citrix.

Supporto per VMware

®

La seguente tabella descrive i requisiti per l'impostazione di una delle seguenti applicazioni per l'uso in un ambiente VMware:

  • Autodesk Revit
  • Revit Architecture
  • Revit MEP
  • Revit Structure

Description

Requirement

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:Windows 8 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8
  • Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit:Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1

Host Server Recommendations

Performance

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

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.

Note: Disclaimer: The VMware application is network-based and performance of Autodesk Revit for VMware software products may vary with network performance. Il software non include l'applicazione VMware, né Autodesk fornisce supporto diretto per i problemi relativi all'applicazione VMware. Gli utenti devono contattare direttamente VMware per domande relative all'acquisto e al funzionamento dell'applicazione VMware.

Per ulteriori informazioni, vedere http://www.nvidia.com/revitappguide.

Supporto per Parallels Desktop® 10 per Mac®

La seguente tabella descrive i requisiti quando si utilizza il seguente software Revit su un computer Mac® utilizzando Parallels Desktop®, un'utilità di sistema disponibile presso Parallels, Inc. che consente di eseguire le applicazioni in ogni sistema operativo senza riavviare il computer.

  • Autodesk Revit
  • Revit Architecture
  • Revit MEP
  • Revit Structure

Per informazioni sull'uso del software Revit con Parallels Desktop® o con Boot Camp®, parte di Mac® OS X® che consente di installare ed eseguire Microsoft® Windows® (e applicazioni basate su Windows) su un computer Mac®, consultare questa FAQ.

Descrizione

Requisiti

Sistema operativo host e tipo di hardware

  • 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

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit

  • Windows 7 Enterprise
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit

  • Windows 8 Enterprise
  • Windows 8 Pro
  • Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit

  • Windows 8.1 Enterprise
  • Windows 8.1 Pro
  • Windows 8.1

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

Adattatore video della macchina virtuale

512 MB di memoria video minima dedicata alla macchina virtuale Microsoft® Windows®.

Nota: Mentre le risoluzioni del display Retina® sul Mac OS, disattiva qualsiasi opzione di risoluzioni Retina in Parallels Desktop per regolare i DPI adeguati all'interno dei prodotti software Windows e Revit.

Grafica: Adattatore display virtuale di Parallels Desktop senza opzione "Use Hardware Acceleration" nei prodotti software Revit.

Adattatore video

  • NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M -- 2880 x 1800 con colore a 24 bit
  • Intel® Iris Pro -- 1920 x 1080 con colore a 32 bit
  • o più recente (vedi la nota sull'adattatore video della macchina virtuale)

Spazio su disco

Minimo: 40 GB di spazio libero su disco

Raccomandato: 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

System requirements for Autodesk Maya 2016

Software

Operating System

  • Microsoft® Windows® 10 Professional, Windows® 8.1 Professional, and Windows® 7 (SP1) operating system
  • Apple® Mac OS® X 10.9.5, 10.10.x, and 10.11.3 operating systems
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6.5 WS operating system
  • CentOS 6.5 Linux operating system

Browser

Autodesk recommends the latest version of the following web browsers for access to online supplemental content:

  • Apple® Safari® web browser
  • Google Chrome™ web browser
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® web browser
  • Mozilla® Firefox® web browser

Hardware

CPU

64-bit Intel® or AMD® multi-core processor

Graphics Hardware

Refer to the Maya Certified Hardware page for a detailed list of recommended systems and graphics cards

RAM

4 GB of RAM (8GB recommended)

Disk Space

4 GB of free disk space for install

Pointing Device

Three-button mouse

System requirements for AutoCAD 2016

Operating System

  • Microsoft® Windows® 10 (requires AutoCAD 2016 SP1)
  • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1
  • Microsoft Windows 7

CPU Type

Minimum Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor

Memory

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2016:

  • 2 GB (3 GB recommended)

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2016:

  • 4 GB (8 GB recommended)

Display Resolution

1024x768 (1600x1050 or higher recommended) with True Color

Display Card

Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities. DirectX® 9 or DirectX 11 compliant card recommended.

Disk Space

Installation 6.0 GB

Pointing Device

MS-Mouse compliant device

Media (DVD)

Download and installation from DVD

Browser

Windows Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later)

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Version 4.5

Network

Deployment via Deployment Wizard.

The license server and all workstations that will run applications dependent on network licensing must run TCP/IP protocol.

Either Microsoft® or Novell TCP/IP protocol stacks are acceptable. Primary login on workstations may be Netware or Windows.

In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on the Windows Server® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2008 R2 Server editions.

Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 5.6.

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling

Memory

8 GB RAM or greater

Disk Space

6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements

Display Card

1600x1050 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

Note:

64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling.

VMware: Recommended Level Configuration

1

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:
Windows 8 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit:
Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1

Host Server Recommendation

Performance 2

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 2

Memory

16-32 GB RAM

vCPUs

8 vCPUs

Disk Space

Minimum 700 MB free disk space

Graphics Adapter

NVIDIA GRID K260Q (2 GB) or later

Virtual Machine Connectivity

Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

End User Access

Each client computer should have the VMware® Horizon Client installed.

1 Disclaimer: The VMware application is network-based and performance of AutoCAD 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. Gli utenti devono contattare direttamente VMware per domande relative all'acquisto e al funzionamento dell'applicazione VMware.