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Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
Integrated BIM tools, including Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D
Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
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Oct 8, 2023
Products and versions covered
Operating System: (desktop workstations or laptops) | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit (Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions), Windows 8 / 8.1 64-bit (Basic, Pro, or Enterprise editions), Windows 10 64-bit (Home, Pro, Enterprise, or Education editions) Note: 32-bit (x86) versions of Windows are NOT supported. |
Network Card | Required for network installation with FlexLM licensing for all workstations or laptops. |
Minimum Workstation | Budget Workstation | High-End Workstation | |
Computer, CPU | Intel® Pentium or AMD®-based | Intel Core i5/i7 – Dual or Quad Core at high clock speed | Dual Intel Xeon® Quad-core CPUs at high clock speed (3.5+ GHz) or single Xeon 8-core CPU at high clock speed (2.8+ GHz) |
Memory, RAM | 2 GB | 8 GB | 32+ GB |
Graphics Card | 256 MB workstation video card | 1 GB dedicated video card | 2+ GB NVIDIA® Quadro K4000 or similar |
Hard Disk | 40 GB free space | 1 TB SATA 7200RPM and 256GB SSD for temp files | 2 TB SATA 7200RPM for file storage and 512GB SSD for temp files Note: High write speed is critical (at least 400MB/sec is good) |
Minimum Laptop | Budget Laptop | High-End Laptop | |
Computer, CPU | Intel Pentium or AMD-based | Intel Core i5 – Dual or Quad Core at high clock speed | Intel Core i7 – Dual or Quad Core at high clock speed |
Memory, RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB | 16+ GB |
Graphics Card | 256 MB workstation video card | 1 GB dedicated video card | 2+ GB NVIDIA or equivalent ATI |
Hard Disk | 40 GB free space | 1 TB SATA 7200RPM | 512 GB or 1 TB SSD Note: High write speed is critical (at least 400MB/sec is good) |
Network Card | Required for network installation with FlexLM licensing for all laptop levels (minimum through high-end). |
There are many types of hardware that will allow you to use Autodesk Nastran In-CAD. Proper choice of hardware however, can often make the difference between frustration and productivity. Here are a few suggestions:
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