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Download Instructions
Close all open applications.
Click Download Now. In Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, click Run, click Run again, and then Install. In Firefox®, click Save File; once file is saved, click the .exe icon in the dialog box.
Select Install.
Follow the Installation Wizard instructions to complete the installation.
System Requirements
For 32-Bit Autodesk Revit Structure 2012
Microsoft® Windows® 7 32-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium; Microsoft® Windows Vista® 32-bit (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Ultimate, Business, or Home Premium; or Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP2 or later) Professional or Home*
For Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit or Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual core processor, 3.0 GHz (or higher) with SSE2 technology
For Microsoft Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual core, 1.6 GHz (or higher) with SSE2 technology
4 GB RAM
5 GB free disk space
1,280 x 1,024 monitor with true color
Display adapter capable of 24-bit color for basic graphics; 256 MB DirectX® 10-capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 for advanced graphics. Find out more about recommended graphics hardware.
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 (or later)
Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
Download or installation from DVD9
Internet connectivity for license registration
For 64-Bit Autodesk Revit Structure 2012
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium edition, Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Ultimate, Business, or Home Premium edition, or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later)*
For Windows 7 64-bit or Windows Vista 64-bit: Intel® Core™ i5-2300 quad-core processor (2.8 GHz, 6 MB cache) or equivalent AMD® processor.
For Windows XP Professional x64: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual core, 1.6 GHz (or higher) with SSE2 technology
8 GB RAM
5 GB free disk space
1,680 x 1,050 monitor with true color
Display adapter capable of 24-bit color for basic graphics; 256 MB DirectX 10-capable graphics card with Shader Model 3 for advanced graphics. Find out more about recommended graphics hardware.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 (or later)
Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
Download or installation from DVD9
Internet connectivity for license registration
Performance Recommendations
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium
2 GB (or more) DirectX 10-capable graphics card with Shader Model 3. Find out more about recommended graphics hardware
Autodesk Revit Server 2012
Less than 100 Concurrent Users
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 R2 64-bit, or Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 64-bit
Processor with 4 or more cores and at least 2.6 GHz (6 or more cores and 3 GHz for maximum performance)
Microsoft® Internet Information Server 7.0 (or later)
4 GB RAM (16 GB for maximum performance)
7,200 or more RPM hard drive (15,000 or more RPM for maximum performance)
VMware® Support
100 or More Concurrent Users
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit, or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64-bit
Processor with 4 or more cores and at least 2.6 GHz (6 or more cores and 3 GHz for maximum performance)
Microsoft Internet Information Server 7.0 (or later)
8 GB RAM (32 GB RAM for maximum performance)
10,000 or more RPM hard drive (high-speed RAID array for maximum performance)
VMware® Support
Revit Structure for Citrix** 2012
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit, Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2), or Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later)
Citrix system with XenApp® 6.0, Citrix® License Manager, and Citrix® Profile Manager
Microsoft® Active Directory with support for roaming profiles
Dedicated Autodesk license server for session-specific licenses
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (or later)
Client computers should be bound to the network domain. Each client computer should install either the full or web online client plug-in.
Users should use their domain logins to access both the Citrix web console and the LAN.
* Learn more about using Autodesk® Revit® Structure software with Boot Camp®, part of Mac OS® X that enables you to install and run Microsoft Windows (and Windows-based applications) on a Mac® computer or with Parallels Desktop, a system utility available from Parallels, Inc. that allows you to run applications in each operating system without restarting your computer.
**Autodesk Revit Structure 2012 is a Citrix Ready™ Application. Disclaimer: The Citrix application is network-based and performance of Autodesk Citrix Ready Applications may vary with network performance. Autodesk Revit Structure software does not include the Citrix application, nor does Autodesk provide direct support for issues with the Citrix application. Users should contract Citrix directly with questions related to procurement and operation of the Citrix application.
PLEASE NOTE: Autodesk tests and supports Revit releases using hardware environments similar to those summarized in this document. Alternative hardware installation environments or software package interactions may cause undesirable behaviors in an installation of Revit. While Autodesk will make a reasonable effort to reproduce customer issues brought to the attention of Product Support, it is impossible for Autodesk to reproduce every customer computing environment for testing or support purposes.