System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2018

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Oct 8, 2023


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Issue:

This article provides the system requirements for Autodesk® Inventor 2018.

Please make sure that you are installing the appropriate version of Autodesk Inventor software for your operating system. Inventor 2018 is only supported on 64-bit operating systems and cannot be installed on a 32-bit system.

Solution:

System Requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2018
Operating System ¹
  • 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10
  • 64-bit Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355
  • 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
CPU Type ²Recommended:
Intel® Xeon® E3 or Core i7 or equivalent, 3.0 GHz or greater

Minimum:
64-bit Intel or AMD, 2 GHz or faster
Memory ³Recommended:
20 GB RAM or more

Minimum:
8 GB RAM for less than 500 part assemblies
Disk SpaceInstaller plus full installation: 40 GB
GraphicsRecommended:
Microsoft Direct3D 11® or capable graphics card or higher

Minimum:
Microsoft Direct3D 10® capable graphics card or higher

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Display Resolution1280 x 1024 or higher.

Recommended scaling: 100%, 125%, 150% or 200%.
Other
  • DVD-ROM ⁴
  • Internet connection for Autodesk® 360 functionality, web downloads, and Subscription Aware access
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer® 11 or equivalent
  • Full local install of Microsoft® Excel 2010, 2013 or 2016 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread related commands, clearance/threaded hole creation, Global BOM, Parts Lists, Revision Tables, spreadsheet-driven designs and Studio animation of Positional Representations. Excel Starter®, Online Office 365® and OpenOffice® are not supported.
  • 64-bit Microsoft Office is required to export Access 2007, dBase IV, Text and CSV formats.
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 or later
 
For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (typically more than 1,000 parts)
CPU Type ²Recommended:
Intel Xeon E3 or Core i7 or equivalent, 3.30 GHz or greater
Memory ³Recommended:
24 GB RAM or greater
GraphicsRecommended:
Microsoft Direct3D 11 or capable graphics card or higher

See the Certified Hardware

Notes:
  1. 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.
  2. Autodesk Inventor is optimized to take advantage of the SSE2 extended instruction sets supported on Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64, and AMD Opteron processors. Inventor 2018 will not install on computers that do not support SSE2. Several utilities are available on the Internet that report CPUID including supported instructions sets.
  3. 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).
  4. DVD-ROM drive is not required if installing from USB or software download.
  5. 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.

Products:

Inventor;

Versions:

2018;


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