Autodesk Bim 360 System Requirements

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Findcurrent and previous version software and hardware requirements for operating systems, processors, memory, disk space, as well as recommendations for virtual machines and cloud computing services. For some products, you can see minimum or basic requirements, along with recommended components.

I received an email indicating my new Inventor Professional 2017 was available for download. Since my workstation is getting a bit old what are the system requirements for the 2017 version? I currently run Product Design Suite Ultimate 2016. It works fairly well, slows down a more than I like when rebuilding models with complex shapes that also have many fillets. Which is about half the time with the stuff I model.

Overview of my current system. It's an older HP XW 8600 Workstation using Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. It's been and still is a rock solid reliable workstation. Two 3.4 Ghz dual core Zeon CPU's, Quadro FX 1800 video card, 32 GB ECC type memory, 500 GB Western Digital Velocity Raptor 10K RPM hard drive. Would upgrading the video card alone help much or is the entire system just a little too old to efficiently run a current version of Inventor?

I may do like I have in the past. Which is you can find off lease HP or Dell Workstations that are a couple of years old. Select something that was high end when new and there is usually a lot of life still in it. They usually need a new hard drive and current video card. I've acquired 2 HP XW8600's that way. Been using them for at least 4 releases of Inventor.

Thanks, I wondered about that. I might try it and see what happens after I finish this project I am working on. Maybe a better video card might speed up regenerations and rebuilding of models and assemblies. Honestly, I am not familiar with Intel CPU's newer than what my system has. This system has been so reliable I haven't had to review/research computer hardware for several years.

Check the post on "How Fast is your PC", you will find the CPU core speed is critical. Inventor for modeling can only use a single core, so the faster the clock speed of the CPU, the quicker your machine will be.

After having taken part of the information about system requirements for using the 2018 version of Maya I would need to know if there is any kind of computer available which already includes all of this required prestanda or if one have to put together a hardware system like this of ones own?

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I followed the link you posted with the laptop-ad, and found it was a HP which made me glad since Ive had a HP-laptop (not for gaming though) the last six years. It has been reliable and thats why I would like to get another HP while purchasing a new one.

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The computer reaches the requirements to run both of the programs separately. But I think I will need to upgrade if I want to continue to use both Inventor and AutoCAD simultaneously each day. Right now it is freezing often and I have lost some work a couple times, so I would like to fix this problem.

In addition to the comments by the others, I question the practicality of running both programs at the same time. If you're going to be working on Inventor, do so; if you're working on AutoCAD, do that. As an example, I may be working on a piping design project, which means I could be working on piping models, structural models, flow sheet schematics, electrical schematics, or a number of other tasks. When I'm working on a piping model I don't also have the programs up for working on schematics.

Reason for Freezing / being slow - I usually notice it when I am saving my drawing, it takes a full minute or 2 to complete the save and sometimes closes without saving. But it does sometimes run slow even to do a little thing like add a leader note - so I guess it varies during the day. Don't get me wrong, I get my work done but its just frustrating.

As for having both of the programs open at once, you're right I try not to do it often. But we have a Plasma table, and often times when I change something in my drawing I have to change it in the DXF so I use it for that sometimes. I am also taking most old files and transferring them into Inventor from CAD just for upgrading them and stuff, so a lot of times it is easier to copy and paste the design into Inventor sketch. I know there is an import button for Cad to Inventor but that is SO slow and plus the layers aren't done in a good way it takes too much in and I don't need 95% of it.

Hi! 8GB RAM is the bare minimum. You can start up Inventor and create a few parts but sooner or later your machine will have to use SWAP memory (disk memory). You will not get the performance. You need to have at least 16GB RAM. The more the better.

In addition to what the others have written, there is also the possibility of other software interfering. Not so long ago, we had routine "time-outs" (not responding) for 20 or 30 seconds at a time, seemingly random. We finally tracked it down to a software auditing package, installed by IT. When we disabled it, Inventor was fine, no further issues.

These can be *really* difficult to track down. For instance, one of our "file under wtf..." problems: users were having severe delays in AutoCAD. After doing pretty much everything, including dumping multiple GB from temp and SCCM cache folders, unplugging the phone on the desk (physical handset phone, not a Skype headset type) solved the problem. The VOIP system in use wasn't playing nice.

I'm partially sighted and studying engineering. I would like to use AutoCAD and in the process of purchasing a laptop capable of running AutoCAD alongside my assistive tech which requires 4GB RAM to run smoothly. What are the true system requirements for CAD to run without freezing up the system? Is there any advice specific to assistive tech or visually impaired users? Is there a version which is more user friendly for continuously zooming in and out?

I would also like to know more about this. I've just been notified that I will have a student who is legally blind (however she used an iPad but no word yet on a laptop) who is enrolled in my beginners AutoCad class. I have no idea if AutoCad Architecture 2018 has any features to help in teaching this student.

I am not aware of any specific features for visually impaired which is why I'm planning on running assistive tech eg JAWS, ZoomText, alongside. Unfortunately these aren't optimised for design software, so it's a case of trial and error. They also need a lot of RAM to run so you will need a high spec desktop or laptop. I have tried to use photo editing, virtual labs, on standard laptops, but the constant panning, and zooming in and out causes eye strain and is rather frustrating so I'm not sure how your student will cope with an iPad. My setup consists of a 17 inch laptop connected to a 27 inch monitor to reduce the frequency of panning and zooming in and out. I also have an electronic magnifier that sits on the desk (it's called a CCTV, not to be confused with a security camera) to project any drawings, printed text onto the monitor or my laptop, depending on what I'm doing. I also have other magnification gadgets that can be connected to the laptop, monitor or a tablet. It's a case of suggesting all the available VI software and hardware to your student to find out what the preferred setup is. Not sure if you can customise the layout of the tools in AutoCad, but that may be helpful to your student if it's possible so that they can find all the tools they use most often easily without having to struggle searching as this can waste a ridiculous amount of time. Hopefully someone in the know will respond to our questions and shed some more light.

A big question that always comes up is what kind of hardware is required in the Computer Animation and Game Development Department. The ECC has their own set of requirements that you can see on the ECC Required Student Laptop page(opens in new window), but for CAGD majors, we recommend a little bit higher specifications for the programs that we teach our students. We hope that find some information here to gauge what kind of system that you are looking for.

**Another thing to note is that we recommend purchasing a laptop, as a lot of the projects in CAGD classes are group projects. With a laptop, our students can easily meet up with groupmates and work on projects together in a collaborative space.

For CAGD 110, Computer Assisted Art, and CAGD 117, Concept Design and Storyboarding, a drawing tablet is required for all CAGD students. If you are working specifically from your own workstation or laptop, any kind of drawing tablet that you would like to use will work for the curriculum.

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