System requirements for Autodesk Inventor Products

This document provides the system requirements for Autodesk® Inventor™ products.

System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2014 products

For Inventor 2014 Windows users
For general part and assembly design (typically fewer than 1,000 parts):

• Windows® 7 (32-bit minimum, 64-bit recommended) or Windows® 8 64-bit[1] operating system
• Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD Athlon™ 64 with SSE2 technology, 3 GHz or greater, or AMD dual-core processor with SSE2, 2 GHz or greater recommended, or Intel® Xeon® E3 or Core i7 or equivalent with SSE2, 3.0 GHz or greater
• 4 GB RAM minimum for less than 500 part assemblies (8 GB recommended)[2]
• 15 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
• Microsoft® Direct3D 9® or compatible graphics card (Microsoft® Direct3D 11® or higher recommended)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6 or later (.NET Framework Version 4.5 web browser)
• Microsoft® Excel® 2003 or later software for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Microsoft-compliant mouse or pointing device
• DVD-ROM drive[3]

For complex models, complex mold assemblies, and large assemblies (typically more than 1,000 Parts):

• 64-bit Windows 7 or Windows 8[1]
• Xeon E3 or Core i7 or equivalent, 3.3 GHz or greater
• 16 GB RAM or greater[2]
• 15 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
• Direct3D 9 or compatible graphics card (Direct3D 11 or higher recommended)
• Internet Explorer 6 or later (.NET Framework Version 4.5 web browser)
• Excel 2003 or later for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
• Flash Player 10
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Microsoft-compliant mouse or pointing device
• DVD-ROM drive[3]

For Inventor 2014 Mac® users

On Boot Camp®:

You can install Autodesk Inventor Professional software on a Mac computer on a Windows partition. The system must use Apple Boot Camp to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the minimum system requirements.

• Mac OS® X 10.6 (10.8 or higher recommended)
• Boot Camp v2.0 or higher
• Windows 7 64-bit
• Intel® Core 2® Duo or greater processor with SSE2 technology, 3.0 GHz or greater
• 8 GB RAM or greater
• 64 GB free disk space on Windows OS partition (250 GB recommended)

Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop:

• Mac OS X 10.6 (10.8 or higher recommended)
• Parallels Desktop 8.0 or higher
• 64-bit Windows 7 or Windows 8
• Core 2 Duo or greater with SSE2 technology, 3.0 GHz or greater
• 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
• 500 GB free disk space or greater

System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2013 products

Please make sure that you are installing the appropriate version of Autodesk® Inventor® software for your operating system. Inventor provides separate installers for 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. Note that a 64-bit version of Inventor cannot be installed on a 32-bit system and vice versa.

For Autodesk Inventor LT 2013 Windows Users

• Recommended: Microsoft® Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise edition
• Supported: Microsoft® Windows XP® Professional (SP3) or Professional x64 Edition (SP2) (1, 2)
• Intel® Pentium® 4, 2 GHz or faster processor; Intel® Xeon®, Intel® Core™, AMD Athlon™ 64, or AMD Opteron™ or later processor (3)
• 1 GB RAM (4)
• Microsoft® Direct3D 10® (recommended) or Direct3D 9® capable graphics card (5)
• DVD-ROM drive (6)
• 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10 (7)
• Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.x through 8
• Microsoft® Excel 2003 through 2010 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
• Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0

For Autodesk Inventor 2013 Windows Users

Note: Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 is required to successfully install Autodesk Inventor.

For General Part and Assembly Design (Typically Fewer than 1,000 Parts)

• Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, or Enterprise edition (recommended), Windows XP Professional (SP3), or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2) (7, 8)
• Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz or faster; Intel Xeon, Intel Core, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron or later processor (9)
• 2 GB RAM (10)
• Microsoft Direct3D 10 (recommended) or Direct3D 9 capable graphics card (11)
• DVD-ROM drive (12)
• 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10 (13)
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Internet Explorer 6.x through 8
• Excel 2003 through 2010 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
• Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0

For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (Typically More than 1,000 Parts)

• Windows 7 64-bit (recommended) or Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2)
• Intel Pentium 4, 2 GHz or faster; Intel Xeon, Intel Core, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron or later processor (9)
• 8 GB RAM (10)
• Microsoft Direct3D 10 (recommended) or Direct3D 9 capable graphics card (11)
• DVD-ROM drive (13)
• Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
• 1,280 x 1,024 or higher screen resolution
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Adobe Flash Player 10 (13)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x through 8
• Microsoft Excel 2003 through 2010 for iFeatures, iParts, iAssemblies, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs
• Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0

For Autodesk Inventor 2013 Macintosh Users

Boot Camp

You can install Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software on a Mac® computer on a Windows partition. The system must use Apple Boot Camp® to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the minimum system requirements.

• Mac OS® X 10.6.x
• Boot Camp V 2.0 or higher
• Intel-based Mac computer (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core™2 duo or Xeon processor)
• 3 GB RAM (4 GB for 32-bit Windows OS recommended, 8 GB or more for 64-bit Windows OS recommended)
• 20 GB disk space for Apple OS partition or Windows OS partition

Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop

Autodesk Inventor Professional can be used on the Mac via Parallels Desktop for Mac without having to boot directly into the Windows OS, so it is easy to switch between platforms. The system must meet the following requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.6.x
• Parallels Desktop 7.0 (7.15054 or higher)
• Intel based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core 2 duo or Xeon processor)
• Minimum 4 GB RAM (6 GB system memory for 32-bit Windows OS, 8 GB or more for 64-bit Windows OS recommended)
• Minimum 40 GB available disk space (100 GB recommended)

For more details, please read the Inventor for Mac FAQ.

Notes

1. Autodesk® Inventor LT™ 2013 software is provided both as 32-bit application and as 64-bit application for installation and use on the corresponding operating system only.
2. English versions of Inventor LT will run on any language operating system. Other language versions of Inventor LT will run on operating systems of that same language.
3. Inventor LT 2013 is optimized to take advantage of the SSE2 extended instruction sets supported on Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64, and AMD Opteron processors. Inventor LT 2013 will not install on computers that do not support SSE2. Several utilities are available on the Internet that report CPUID including supported instructions sets.
4. 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).
5. Please refer to the Autodesk published graphics card information.
6. Inventor LT 2013 is available only on DVD (or electronic download in some situations). DVD-ROM drive is not required if installing using software download methods.
7. Autodesk® Inventor® 2013 software application is provided both as 32-bit applications and as 64-bit applications for installation and use on the corresponding operating system only. Autodesk® Vault Explorer 2013 is a 32-bit application for installation and use on either a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
8. Inventor and 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.
9. Inventor 2013 has been optimized to take advantage of the SSE2 extended instruction sets supported on Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64, and AMD Opteron processors. Inventor 2013 will not install on computers that do not support SSE2. Several utilities are available on the Internet that report CPUID, including supported instructions sets.
10. Recommended minimum RAM for using Inventor Tooling is 3 GB. In addition, Autodesk recommends settings which allow Microsoft Windows to manage virtual memory, as needed. You should always have at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory (RAM).
11. Inventor 2013 is available only on DVD media (or electronic download in some situations). CD media is no longer available. A DVD-ROM drive is not required if installing via electronic download. However, you will need 15 GB of hard disk space to accommodate the installation files and temporary files created during the installation.
12. The multimedia learning components of the Inventor Help system, such as the UI Video Tour, Command Reference, and Show Me animations, require Flash Player 10. If it is not already installed, you can download it from the Adobe website.

System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2012 products

Whether your Windows operating system is the 32-bit or the 64-bit version, the version is automatically detected during installation. The appropriate version of Autodesk Inventor is installed. A 64-bit version of Autodesk Inventor cannot be installed on a 32-bit system and vice-versa.

Note: for disk space requirements, see the 2012 readme file.

Note: Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 is required to successfully install Autodesk Inventor.

For General Part and Assembly Design (Typically Fewer than 1,000 Parts)

NOTE: Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138 is required for installation on Vista operating systems. Please refer to http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS16323149 for complete information and access to Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138

For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (Typically More than 1,000 Parts)

NOTE: Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138 is required for installation on Vista operating systems. Please refer to http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS16323149 for complete information and access to Microsoft Vista Hotfix KB971138.

Boot Camp
You can install Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software on a Mac® computer on a Windows partition. The system must use Boot Camp® to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the minimum system requirements.

Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop
Autodesk Inventor Professional can be used on the Mac via Parallels Desktop for Mac without having to boot directly into the Windows OS, so it is easy to switch between platforms. The system must meet the following requirements:  

For more details, please read the Inventor for Mac FAQ.

Notes

System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2011 products

For Windows Users
For General Part and Assembly Design (Typically Fewer than 1,000 Parts)

• Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate/Enterprise, or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2) (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate, or Microsoft® Windows XP Professional (SP3) or Professional x64 Edition (SP2) (See Notes 1,2)
• Intel® Pentium® 4, 2 GHz or faster, Intel® Xeon®, Intel® Core™, AMD Athlon™ 64, or AMD Opteron™, or later (See Note 3)
• 2 GB RAM or more (See Note 4)
• Microsoft® Direct3D 10® or Direct3D 9® capable graphics card (See Note 5)
• DVD-ROM drive (See Note 6)
• Microsoft® Mouse-compliant pointing device
• 1280 x 1024 or higher screen resolution
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Adobe Flash Player 10 (See Note 7)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.x through 8
• Microsoft® Excel 2003 through 2007 for iComponents, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs

For Complex Models, Complex Mold Assemblies, and Large Assemblies (Typically More than 1,000 Parts)

Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit (SP2), or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2)
AMD64 or Intel® 64 processor
6 GB RAM or more
CAD workstation-class graphics card

For Macintosh Users
Boot Camp
You can install Autodesk® Inventor® Professional software on a Mac® computer on a Windows partition. The system must use Boot Camp® to manage a dual OS configuration and meet the minimum system requirements.

• Mac OS® X 10.5.x
• Boot Camp V 2.0 or higher
• Intel-based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core™2 duo or Xeon processor)
• 3 GB RAM (Recommend 4 GB for 32-bit Windows OS, 8 GB or more for 64-bit Windows OS)
• 20 GB disk space for Apple OS partition or Windows OS partition

Mac Virtualization on Parallels Desktop
Autodesk Inventor Professional can be used on the Mac via Parallels Desktop for Mac without having to boot directly into the Windows OS, so it is easy to switch between platforms. The system must meet the following requirements: 

• Mac OS X 10.6.x
• Parallels Desktop 5.0 (5.0.9344 or higher)
• Intel based Mac (64-bit Windows Vista requires an Intel Core 2 duo or Xeon processor)
• Minimum 4 GB RAM (6 GB system memory for 32-bit Windows OS, 8 GB or more for 64-bit Windows OS recommended)
• Minimum 40 GB available disk space (100 GB recommended)

For more details, please read the Inventor for Mac FAQ.

Notes

1. Autodesk® Inventor® 2011 and AutoCAD® Mechanical 2011 software applications are each provided both as 32-bit applications and as 64-bit applications for installation and use on the corresponding operating system only. Autodesk® Vault Explorer 2011 is a 32-bit application for installation and use on either a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system.
2. 
   Autodesk Inventor/AutoCAD Mechanical design applications and Autodesk Vault must all 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.
3. 
   Autodesk Inventor 2011 has been optimized to take advantage of the SSE2 extended instruction sets supported on Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64, and AMD Opteron processors. Inventor 2011 will not install on computers that do not support SSE2. Several utilities are available on the Internet that report CPUID, including supported instructions sets.
4. 
   Recommended minimum RAM for using Inventor Tooling is 3 GB. In addition, Autodesk recommends settings which allow Microsoft Windows to manage virtual memory, as needed. You should always have at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory (RAM).  Please refer to the Autodesk published graphics card information.
5. 
   Inventor 2011 is available only on DVD media (or electronic download in some situations). CD media is no longer available. A DVD-ROM drive is not required if installing via electronic download. However, you will need 15 GB of hard disk space to accommodate the installation files and temporary files created during the installation.
6. 
   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.
   

System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2010 products

Recommended
For part and assembly design (less than 1,000 parts)

Microsoft Windows® Operating Systems

• Windows® Vista™ (SP1) (32-bit or 64- bit): Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate
  
• Windows® XP: Professional (SP2 and SP3), XP Professional x64 Edition SP2
  
• Microsoft® Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate/Enterprise.
  Note: Windows 7 support only for Inventor 2010 Sp1 and Inventor 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack or higher.

Processor

• Intel® Pentium® 4 - 2 GHz or faster, Intel® Core™, AMD® Athlon™ 64, AMD® Opteron™ or later

RAM

• 2 or more GB

Graphics Card

• Direct3D 10, Direct3D 9 or OpenGL  capable

Recommended
For large assembly design (more than 1,000 parts)

Microsoft Windows® Operating Systems

• Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2)
  
• Windows® Vista™ 64-bit (SP1)

Processor

• AMD64 or Intel® 64 processor
   

RAM

• 6 or more GB
   

Graphics Card

• CAD workstation-capable
   

Other Requirements:

• 9 GB Free disk space (for installation)
• DVD-ROM drive
• Microsoft Mouse compliant pointing device
• 1280 x 1024 or higher screen resolution
• Internet connection for Web downloads and Subscription Aware access
• Adobe Flash Player 10. Note: The multimedia learning components of the Inventor Help system, such as the Ribbon Introduction, Command Locator, and Show Me animations require Adobe Flash Player 10 be installed. If it is not already installed, you can download it from http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x through 7.x
• Microsoft Excel 2003 through 2007 for iComponents, thread customization, and spreadsheet-driven designs

Notes:

• Autodesk Inventor 2010 and AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 applications are each provided both as 32-bit applications and as 64-bit applications for installation and use on the corresponding operating system only.
  AutodeskVault Explorer 2010 is a 32-bit application for installation and use on either a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system. (Both) The 32-bit and 64-bit versions of these applications are all provided together on the installation media.
• Autodesk Inventor 2010/AutoCAD Mechanical design applications and Autodesk Vault must all be the same language on a given computer. English versions of these applications run on any language operating system. Other language versions of these applications run on operating systems of that same language.
• Autodesk Inventor 2010 has been optimized to take advantage of the SSE2 extended instruction sets supported on Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron processors. Autodesk Inventor will not install on computers that do not support SSE2. Several utilities are available on the internet that report CPUID including supported instructions sets.
• 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).
• Please refer to the Autodesk published graphics card information on the certified graphic hardware page.
  OpenGL graphics hardware acceleration is available only in legacy feature support mode by Microsoft for Windows XP Professional only. Direct 3D is not recommended for use with Windows XP 32-bit with the 3GB memory switch on.
• Autodesk Inventor 2010 is available only on DVD media (or electronic download in some situations). CD media is no longer available. DVD-ROM drive is not required if installing using electronic download, however to accommodate the installation files you will require 9 GB of hard disk space and an additional 16GB of space for temporary files created during the installation.

The preceding requirements are recommended for effective use of Autodesk
Inventor 2010 software. For further details, please refer to the Readme document

See also
System requirements for Inventor™ and AutoCAD® Mechanical

System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2009 products

Autodesk® Inventor™ 2009 System Requirements
Includes Autodesk® Vault client

Part and assembly design (less than 1,000 parts)

• Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel Xeon™, or AMD Athlon™ processor, 2GHz or higher
• 1 GB or more RAM
• 3.5 GB free disk space
• 128 MB OpenGL-capable graphics card

Autodesk® Inventor™ 2009 Preferred System Requirements
Includes Autodesk Vault client

Large assembly design (more than 1,000 parts)

• Intel Pentium 4, Intel Xeon, or AMD Opteron™ processor, 3 GHz or higher
• 3 GB or more RAM
• 3.5 GB free disk space
• 128 MB or more OpenGL-capable workstation class graphics card

Autodesk® Inventor™ 2009 Supported Operating Systems

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP3 for 32 bit and SP2 for 64 bit)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (SP4)
• Microsoft Vista (SP1) , all flavors.

To find the Autodesk products supported on Windows 7, see TS14053691.
See also the operating system compatibility table for Inventor at TS14034959.

Autodesk Inventor 2009 - Other Requirements

• Autodesk Inventor software is shipped in DVD format only. Upon receipt of the product, if you would like CD format, please fill out the business reply card and send back to us for fulfillment.
• Please refer to the Autodesk published graphics card recommendations at http://www.autodesk.com/inventor-graphic-cards.
• Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware access.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or later.
• Microsoft Excel 2000 or later for iParts, iFeatures, thread customization and spread-sheet-driven designs.
• NetMeeting™ 3.01 or later for web collaboration.
• We recommend settings that allow Microsoft Windows to manage virtual memory, as needed. There always should be at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory.
  .
  Note: The preceding requirements are recommended for effective use of Autodesk Inventor® 2009 software. The following minimum system requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2009 can be used for educational purposes or small assembly design: Intel Pentium, Xeon, or AMD Athlon with 256 MB RAM and 850 MB available hard disk space for Autodesk Inventor 2009 and an additional 700 MB available hard disk space for Autodesk Inventor® Professional 2009. Installation of the Content Center requires an additional 1.5+ GB of hard disk space and can be centralized on a server location for access by users.

See also
System requirements for Inventor™ and AutoCAD® Mechanical