System requirements for Revit 2020 products

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Nov 19, 2024


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Revit 2020:


 

Revit 2020

Minimum: Entry-Level Configuration

Operating System ¹

Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit

  • Windows 10 Enterprise

  • Windows 10 Pro

  • Windows 11

Microsoft Windows 11

 

Note: Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Professional are supported but not recommended.

 

CPU Type

Single- or MultiCore Intel, Xeon, or i-Series processor or AMD equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended.

 

Revit software products use multiple cores for many tasks.

Memory

8 GB RAM

  • 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 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 Resolutions

Minimum:

1280 x 1024 with true color

Maximum:

UltraHigh (4k) Definition Monitor

Video Adapter

Basic Graphics:

Display adapter capable of 24-bit color

Advanced Graphics:

DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3

Disk Space

30 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® 10 (or higher)

Connectivity

Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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Revit 2020

Value: Balanced price and performance

Operating System ¹

Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit

  • Windows 10 Enterprise

  • Windows 10 Pro

Microsoft Windows 11

 

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 use multiple cores for many tasks.

Memory

16 GB RAM

 

  • 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 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 Resolutions

Minimum:

1680 x 1050 with true color

Maximum:

Ultra-High (4k) Definition Monitor

Video Adapter

DirectX 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5

Disk Space

30 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 10 or higher

Connectivity

Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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Revit 2020

Performance: Large, complex models

Operating System ¹

Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit

  • Windows 10 Enterprise

  • Windows 10 Pro

Microsoft Windows 11

 

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 use multiple cores for many tasks. 

Memory

32 GB RAM

  • 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 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 Resolutions

Minimum:

1920 x 1200 with true color

Maximum:

Ultra-High (4k) Definition Monitor

Video Adapter

DirectX 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5

Disk Space

  • 30 GB free disk space

  • 10,000+ RPM HardDrive (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 10 or higher

Connectivity

Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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Cloud Worksharing

Disk Space

Three times (3X) the total disk space consumed by equivalent RVT files for all cloud workshared projects accessed by the user.

 

4+ cores

2.6 GHz+

6+ cores

2.6 GHz+

6+ cores

3.0 GHz+

 

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 connection for each machine on burst transfers.

Internet connection able to deliver symmetrical 25 Mbps connection for each machine on burst transfers.

 

Revit LT 2020

Operating System ¹

Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit

  • Windows 10 Enterprise

  • Windows 10 Pro

Microsoft Windows 11

Note: Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Enterprise, Ultimate, and Professional are supported but not recommended.

 

CPU Type

Single- or Multi-Core Intel® Xeon®, or i-Series processor or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating recommended.

Memory

8 GB RAM

  • 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 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 Resolutions

Minimum:

1280 x 1024 with true color

Maximum:

Ultra-High (4k) Definition Monitor

Video Adapter

Basic Graphics:

Display adapter capable of 24-bit color

Advanced Graphics:

DirectX 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5

Disk Space

30 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 10 or higher

Connectivity

Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

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Revit Server 2020

Operating System

  • 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

8 GB RAM

16 GB RAM

32 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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Revit 2020

Citrix: Minimum-Level Configuration ²

Citrix System

  • XenApp® 6.5 Feature Pack 2 or higher

  • 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 10 64-bit

  • Microsoft Windows 11

Client Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher

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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Revit 2020

Revit LT 2020

VMware: Recommended-Level Configuration ³

VMware Software

  • VMware Horizon® 6.1 or later

  • VMware vSphere® 6 or later

Virtual Machine Operating System

Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit

  • Windows 10 Enterprise

  • Windows 10 Pro

Microsoft Windows 11

Host Server Recommendation

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 (K260Q or later) or AMD MxGPU (Radeon Pro V340 or later)

Virtual Machine Settings

Performance 

Memory

16-32 GB RAM

vCPUs

8 vCPUs

Disk Space

30 GB free disk space

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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Revit 2020

Revit LT 2020

Parallels Desktop® 11 for Mac: Recommended-Level Configuration

Host Operating System

macOS 10.13 (“High Sierra”) or newer

Memory

16 GB

CPU Type

2.7 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7™ or newer

Virtualization Software

Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac or newer

Virtual Machine Operating System*

Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit

  • Windows 10 Enterprise

  • Windows 10 Pro

Microsoft Windows 11

Virtual Machine Browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher

Virtual Machine Memory

8 GB RAM

  • 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 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 macOS, 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.

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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¹ Learn more about using Revit or Revit LT software with Bootcamp, part of macOS 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 applications to run in each operating system without restarting the 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. 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. Contact VMware directly with questions related to procurement and operation of the VMware application.

Products:

Revit; Revit LT;

Versions:

2020;


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