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System Requirements for Revit 2021

By Microsol Resources | BIM

In this article, we will take a look at the Revit 2021 requirements for both Windows and Mac computers.

Revit 2021 Minimum: Entry-Level Configuration
Operating System * 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows 11. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU Type Single- or 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 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 software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video Display Resolutions Minimum:
1280 x 1024 with true colorMaximum:
UltraHigh (4k) Definition Monitor
Video Adapter Basic Graphics:
Display adapter capable of 24-bit colorAdvanced Graphics:
DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 and a minimum of 4GB of video memory
Disk Space 30 GB free disk space
Media Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Pointing Device MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.8 or later.
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 10 (or higher)
Connectivity Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

 

Revit® 2021 Value: Balanced price and performance
Operating System ¹ 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows 11. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU Type Single- or 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

  • 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 software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video Display Resolutions Minimum:
1680 x 1050 with true colorMaximum:
Ultra-High (4k) Definition Monitor
Video Adapter DirectX 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 and a minimum of 4GB of video memory.
Disk Space 30 GB free disk space
Media Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Pointing Device MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.8 or later.
Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or higher
Connectivity Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

 

Revit® 2021 Performance: Large, complex models
Operating System * 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows 11. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU Type Single- or 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

  • 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 software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video Display Resolutions Minimum:
1920 x 1200 with true colorMaximum:
Ultra-High (4k) Definition Monitor
Video Adapter DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 and a minimum of 4GB of video memory
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
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.8 or later.
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 10 or higher
Connectivity Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

 

Revit 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.
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™ 2021
Operating System * 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 or Windows 11. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
CPU Type Single- or 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 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 software products may require more available memory for the one-time upgrade process.
Video Display Resolutions Minimum:
1280 x 1024 with true colorMaximum:
Ultra-High (4k) Definition Monitor
Video Adapter Basic Graphics:
Display adapter capable of 24-bit colorAdvanced Graphics:
DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 5 and a minimum of 4GB of video memory
Disk Space 30 GB free disk space
Media Download or installation from DVD9 or USB key
Pointing Device MS-Mouse or 3Dconnexion® compliant device
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.8 or later.
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 10 or higher
Connectivity Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download

 

Revit Server 2021
Operating System
  • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2019 64-bit
  • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2016 64-bit
  • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012 R2 64-bit
Web Server Microsoft® Internet Information Server 7.0 (or later)
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.8 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 (See Revit Server Administrator’s Guide)

 

Revit® 2021 – Citrix®: Minimum-Level Configuration²
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.

 

Revit® 2021/Revit® LT™ 2021 – VMware®: Recommended-Level Configuration³
VMware Software                                                     
  • VMware Horizon® 6.1 or later
  • VMware vSphere® 6 or later
Virtual Machine Operating System 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10
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.

 

Revit® 2021/Revit® LT™ 2021 – 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® 15 for Mac or newer
Virtual Machine Operating System¹ 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10
Microsoft Windows 11
Virtual Machine Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 10 or higher
.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.8 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 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

 

Do you have any questions?

Contact our support team at support@microsolresources.com and our team of AEC specialists will assist you.

 

INDUSTRIES: Architecture

Published on May 2, 2020 in .

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