Autodesk® Product Design Suite 2015
32-Bit OS:
Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise¹
64-bit OS:
Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise
Supported OS
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 Pro, Enterprise
¹ Exceptions: Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design, Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage,
Autodesk Navisworks® Simulate, and Autodesk® ReCap™ are not supported on a 32-
bit operating system.
Minimum
Dual-core x86 or x64 processor
CPU Type
Recommended
Quad-core x64 processor or better
Minimum
8 GB RAM
Memory
Exceptions
16GB RAM for large assemblies up to 50,000 components
Minimum
Microsoft® Direct3D 10® capable graphics card or higher (256 MB) or equivalent
Graphics Recommended
Hardware Microsoft® Direct3D 10® capable graphics card or higher (512 MB) or equivalent
Exceptions
OpenGL 3.0 or higher is required for Autodesk® ReCap®
Display
1280 x 1024
Resolution
Hard Disk 60 GB of free space on system drive
Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 9
Third-Party Microsoft® Excel 2007, 2010, or 2013
Software Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 SP1
Pointing Device MS Mouse compliant
Media USB 3.0
Network Internet connection
Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2015
32-Bit OS¹:
Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium², Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise
Microsoft® Windows® 8/8.1, Pro, Enterprise²
64-bit OS:
Supported OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium², Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise
Microsoft Windows 8, Pro, Enterprise
¹Autodesk Showcase® 2015, Autodesk ReCap™ 2015, AutoCAD® Structural Detailing
2015, Autodesk Navisworks® Simulate 2015, Autodesk 3ds Max® 2015, and Autodesk
Revit® 2015 not supported in 32-Bit.
Autodesk® Product Design Suite 2015
²Autodesk Recap 2015, Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 not supported on Microsoft Windows 7
Home Premium
32-Bit OS:
Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon™ Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or Higher with SSE2
technology
CPU Type
64-Bit OS:
AMD Athlon™ 64 or AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology
Intel Xeon® or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
Minimum
2 GB RAM (32-Bit OS: 3 GB Recommended; 64-Bit OS: 8 GB Recommended)
Exceptions:
AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2015, Autodesk ReCap 2015, Autodesk 3ds Max
Memory
2015, Autodesk Showcase 2015, Autodesk Revit 2015¹
4 GB RAM (8 GB Recommended)
¹Autodesk Revit 2015 software is only available as part of the Autodesk Building Design
Suite 2015 Premium and Ultimate Editions, and the Autodesk Infrastructure Design
Suite 2015 Ultimate Edition.
Minimum
Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 (1600x1050 Recommended) with True
Color capabilities
Exceptions:
3D Modeling in AutoCAD 2015, AutoCAD Architecture 2015, AutoCAD MEP 2015,
AutoCAD Raster Design 2015, AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2015
1280 x 1024 True color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or
greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card.
Autodesk Showcase® 2015
Certified hardware-accelerated graphics card with a minimum of 512MB graphics
memory (1GB recommended) and DirectX® 9 support.
Video Autodesk ReCap 2015
Windows display adapter capable of 1600x1050 with True Color capabilities. OpenGL®
3.3 capable graphics device with 256 MB memory
Autodesk 3ds Max 2015
Refer to the Recommended Hardware wizard for a detailed list of recommended
systems and graphics cards
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2015
1,280 x 800 VGA display with true color (1,920 x 1,080 monitor and 32-bit video display
adapter recommended). Direct3D and OpenGL capable graphics card with Shader
Model 2 (minimum)
Autodesk Revit 2015
Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 (1600x1050 Recommended) with True
Color capabilities. DirectX® 11 capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 as
recommended by Autodesk.
Hard Disk 35 GB
Minimum
Pointing Device
MS-Mouse compliant (Three-button recommended)
Media Download via internet or installation from USB 2.0 key
Autodesk® Product Design Suite 2015
Internet connection for license registration, prerequisite component download,
Connectivity
Subscription-enabled features, and full user assistance documentation.
Minimum
Software
Microsoft Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later)
Minimum
Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1
Citrix® XenDesktop™ 5.6
Exceptions:
Virtualization
AutoCAD Structural Detailing 2015, Autodesk Showcase 2015, AutoCAD Raster
Design 2015, Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2015, Autodesk ReCap 2015
Not Supported
Autodesk Navisworks Simulate 2015
Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1 not supported.
