System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2015 products

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Oct 8, 2023


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Issue:

This article provides the system requirements for Autodesk® Inventor 2015 products.

Please make sure that you are installing the appropriate version of Autodesk Inventor software for your operating system. Inventor provides separate installers for 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. Note that a 64-bit version of Inventor cannot be installed on a 32-bit system and vice versa.

Solution:

System Requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2015 Windows
Operating SystemRecommended:
64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ¹ ²

Minimum:
32-bit Microsoft Windows 7 (SP1) ¹ ²
CPU TypeRecommended:
Intel® Xeon® E3 or Core i7 or equivalent, 3.0 GHz or greater ³

Minimum:
Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64, 3 GHz or faster or Intel® or AMD dual core 2 GHz or faster ³
MemoryRecommended:
12 GB RAM ⁴

Minimum:
8 GB RAM for less than 500 part assemblies⁴
Disk SpaceRecommended:
250 GB free disk space or more

Minimum:
100 GB free disk space
GraphicsRecommended:
Microsoft® Direct3D 11® capable graphics card or higher ⁵

Minimum:
Microsoft® Direct3D 10® capable graphics card or higher ⁵
Other
  • DVD-ROM ⁶
  • 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
  • Internet connection for Autodesk® 360 functionality, web downloads, and Subscription Aware access
  • Adobe® Flash® Player 10 ⁷
  • Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8 or higher
  • Microsoft® Excel (fully installed desktop application) 2007, 2010, 2013 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs. Office Online is not supported for use with Autodesk Inventor.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 SP1 ⁸
 
For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (typically more than 1,000 parts)
Operating SystemRecommended:
64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 ¹ ²
CPU TypeRecommended:
Intel® Xeon® E3 or Core i7 or equivalent, 3.30 GHz or greater ³
MemoryRecommended:
16 GB RAM or greater ⁴
GraphicsRecommended:
Microsoft® Direct3D 11® capable graphics card or higher ⁵
Other
  • DVD-ROM ⁶
  • 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
  • Internet connection for Autodesk® 360 functionality, web downloads, and Subscription Aware access
  • Adobe® Flash® Player 10 ⁷
  • Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 8 or higher
  • Microsoft® Excel (fully installed desktop application) 2007, 2010, 2013 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs. Office Online is not supported for use with Autodesk Inventor.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 SP1 ⁸

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.

For Autodesk Inventor 2015 Macintosh Users

Boot Camp

You can install Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software on a Mac® computer on a Windows partition. The system must use Apple Boot Camp® to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the minimum system requirements:

  • Recommended: Mac OS® X 10.8.x
  • Minimum: Mac OS® X 10.6.x
  • Intel® Core 2 Duo or greater, 3.0 GHz or greater
  • Microsoft® 64-bit Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows® 8 or Windows®8.1
  • Recommended: 16GB RAM or greater
  • Minimum: 8 GB RAM or greater
  • Minimum: 100 GB partition size
  • Recommended: 250 GB partition size or greater
Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop

Autodesk Inventor Professional can be used on the Mac via Parallels Desktop for Mac without having to boot directly into the Windows OS, so it is easy to switch between platforms. The system must meet the following requirements:

  • Recommended: Mac OS® X 10.8.x
  • Minimum: Mac OS® X 10.6.x
  • Parallels Desktop 9.0 or higher
  • Intel® Core 2 Duo or greater, 3.0 GHz or greater
  • Microsoft® 64-bit Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows® 8 or Windows®8.1
  • Recommended: 16 GB RAM or greater
  • Minimum: 8 GB RAM
  • Minimum: 100 GB partition size
  • Recommended: 250 GB partition size or greater
Notes
  1. Autodesk® Inventor® 2015 software application is provided both as 32-bit applications and as 64-bit applications for installation and use on the corresponding operating system only. Autodesk® Vault Explorer 2015 is a 32-bit application for installation and use on either a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
  2. Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Vault must both be the same language on a given computer. English versions of these applications will run on any language operating system. Other language versions of these applications will run on operating systems of that same language.
  3. Autodesk Inventor LT 2015 is optimized to take advantage of the SSE2 extended instruction sets supported on Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64, and AMD Opteron processors. Inventor LT 2015 will not install on computers that do not support SSE2. Several utilities are available on the Internet that report CPUID including supported instructions sets.
  4. Autodesk recommends settings which allow Microsoft Windows to manage virtual memory as needed. There should always be at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory (RAM).
  5. Please refer to the Autodesk published graphics card information.
  6. Autodesk Inventor LT 2015 is available only on DVD (or electronic download in some situations). DVD-ROM drive is not required if installing using software download methods.
  7. The multimedia learning components of the Inventor Help system, such as the UI Video Tour, Command Reference, and Show Me animations, require Adobe Flash Player 10. If it is not already installed, you can download it from the Adobe website.
  8. Provided by the Autodesk product installer.
  9. Windows XP® Professional 32-bit is not recommended for Autodesk® Inventor LT™ or Autodesk® Inventor

Products:

Inventor;

Versions:

2015;


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