Close. Posted by 3. With all that's going on my company (theres only 6 of us) is preparing for the possibility of remote work (which we are not set up to do right now, bandwidth to our office. Parallels Desktop® 9 for Mac software, a system utility available from Parallels, Inc. That allows you to run applications in each operating system without restarting your computer. Can I install Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk Revit MEP, Autodesk Revit Structure, or Autodesk Revit LT on a Mac computer?
What we want to know more about is;
-What works best on the MacBook Pro of Parallels or Bootcamp?
depends entirely on the project size and complexity.
with a fairly recent mbpro parallels 4 or 5 with winxp should work fine, provided you have at least 4 gb of ram.
however, once the project gets too big or too complex, revit will slow down significantly.
unfortunately, there is no golden rule as to where the magic barrier is where a revit project will not run smoothly under parallels any more (at least not to my knowledge).
my feeling is that one or more of the following will slow a revit project down under parallels once it gets big / complex (btw: the size of the rvt-file is not always a good indicator for complexity):
- lots of groups (xrefs seem to be a bit less memory-consuming)
- lots of copied views
- large amounts of detail elements
- large imported geometry / line work
- lots pattern-based surfaces
What we want to know more about is;
-What works best on the MacBook Pro of Parallels or Bootcamp?
depends entirely on the project size and complexity.
with a fairly recent mbpro parallels 4 or 5 with winxp should work fine, provided you have at least 4 gb of ram.
however, once the project gets too big or too complex, revit will slow down significantly.
unfortunately, there is no golden rule as to where the magic barrier is where a revit project will not run smoothly under parallels any more (at least not to my knowledge).
my feeling is that one or more of the following will slow a revit project down under parallels once it gets big / complex (btw: the size of the rvt-file is not always a good indicator for complexity):
- lots of groups (xrefs seem to be a bit less memory-consuming)
- lots of copied views
- large amounts of detail elements
- large imported geometry / line work
- lots pattern-based surfaces
- Parallels may be too demanding?
see answer above.
once you experience first signs of lagging, try allocating more memory to parallels (although i usually stick with the value recommended by parallels).
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Latest office for mac 2011 update. - Do you need a working windows license for Parallels? Fake camera mac.
of course - but you only need a separate license if you do not re-use your boot camp partition under parallels.
in my old setup i used the same licence under boot camp and parallels (winxp 32 bit + parallels 4).
this is how it worked for me:http://kb.parallels.com/eu/4672
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- In both cases is Windows XP or Windows 7 recommended to run Revit?
i have recently installed a new bootcamp partition on my mbpro that runs windows 7 pro 64 bit and i am re-using that partition under parallels 5.
C download mac. in my opinion, running windows 7 under parallels only makes sense if you have a lot of memory to spare - windows 7 is a very memory-hungry operating system. so, as i said: it depends on the availability of ram. here's what you can put inside a mbpro:http://forums.macnn.com/69/mac-notebooks/358184/a-guide-to-macbook-ram-upgrades/
mine's got 4 gb, so in my current setup i am not using revit under parallels unless it's an emergency.
under boot camp however, revit 2010 and windows 7 is a great combination - at least i haven't had any problems so far.
please keep in mind, that win7 is not officially supported for revit 2010:http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=13885436&linkID=9243099
my recommendations:
if you have a new macbook (age < 1 year), you could most probably use win7 64 bit & parallels 5 (plus boot camp as a fallback solution) - provided you have more than 4gb of ram.
if your macbook is a little older, go for the same setup, but with winxp.
you might want to buy more ram.
if there is no money to be spent, use bootcamp. depending on the age of your macbook either go for winxp or win7.
whatever you do - try to go for the 64 bit version of the operating system.
i hope this will help a bit. unfortunately, there's no book on running revit on a mac. all this is entirely based on my own personal experience in the last two years. all things considered, i have enjoyed every single day of working with revit on a mac!
