Technical requirements
It’s important to note that Autodesk’s Civil 3D can often be very taxing to your computer. There is a lot of processing that goes on with modeled design elements, even in the background, that enables the dynamic (connected) capabilities to occur throughout the BIM design life cycle. In turn, there are many technical requirements that need to be considered to allow Autodesk’s Civil 3D to operate at its full potential. Here, we’ll review the minimum requirements that Autodesk recommends, with a few of my suggestions added to increase efficiency and speed throughout the BIM design process:
- Operating system – 64-Bit Microsoft Windows 10
- Processor – 3+ GHz
- Memory – 16 GB RAM (I suggest going with either 64 GB or 128 GB)
- Graphics card – 4 GB (I suggest going with 8+ GB)
- Display resolution – 1980 x 1080 with True Color
- Disk space – 16 GB
- Pointing device – MS-Mouse compliant
