REVIT / AUTOCAD SERVER REMOTE DESKTOP

[logicielsJ5LFD]

Hi,

We are looking to have a team with multiple Microsoft Surface, they will be using Autocad and Revit on remote desktop on a server not on the tablet.

they will be 5 to 10 in same time using this local remote server.

We are looking to know what would be the best specification needed without any lag for 10 person working on same PC,

All Microsoft surface will not have autodesk product installed they all use is ur local account logged to a local remote server that this one will have autodesk product,

We are looking to know what is the best performance needed for this,

how many ram memory, cpu ghz, best gpu needed if needed has they are all on remote desktop.

thanks you very much for your help!

[Simon_Weel]

Have a look at this article. Remote Desktop Services isn't mentioned, so I guess that's not possible?

[DarrenP]

system requirements are here: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirement...

you can't really guarantee that you won't experiance lag on anything you put together either a system in a cloud or a local system in your LAN

[logicielsJ5LFD]

Hi!

yes i fallow this article, why you think isnt possible ? they already work from home in remote desktop to one pc and work without problem, what we looking is remove all PC and give all Surface PRO so they can go on site easily and work at work on RDP to a server that have REVIT and been use by couple user,
Revit cant be lunch multiple time on one PC you think ?
thanks for your time

[logicielsJ5LFD]

Hi yes i saw this article,

what we looking to know is specification if is for 10 users on same PC, do we only check the hi performance specification and do x10 this ?
we saw some Lenovo PX station that we can add 4 graphic card but we dont find any help here to know if this will be useless has they will be on remote desktop,
thanks for your time!

[DarrenP]

cause its not hardware there are other factors that can affect performance

read these:

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Revit-Slow-Perform...

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Revit-2014-Perform...

what are you  running revit on now?

[logicielsJ5LFD]

for now they use ThinkStation P340 - Mini with quadro p620 16GB ram i5 for Autocad its ok no lag, but Revit is not handle it, PC wasnt bought for that back 3 years ago, they received budget to upgrade team,

At work, we are looking to have 5 desk for 10 user,
something like, 10 surface pro 5 dock station with 2 screen they will share desk,
looking to have a server so when they are here they can connect to a Pc that can handle 5 to 10 user on it with horizonVMware or just with Microsoft RDP, will all they local profile on it with each they own autocad licence on this pc,

[DarrenP · Accepted solution]

there is system requirement for VM Ware requirements in the link above see below

this should give you a starting point

Revit® 2024 Revit® LT™ 2024 VMware®: Recommended-Level Configuration³
VMware Software	VMware Horizon® 6.1 or later VMware vSphere® 6 or later
Virtual Machine Operating System	64-bit Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows 11
Host Server Recommendation	Performance4
CPU	3.0 GHz+ Intel® Xeon E5 or later; or AMD® equivalent.
Memory	384-512 GB
Networking	10 GB
Storage	~750+ IOPS Per User
GPU	NVIDIA® GRID (K260Q or later) or AMD MxGPU (Radeon Pro V340 or later)
Virtual Machine Settings	Performance4
Memory	16-32 GB RAM
vCPUs	8 vCPUs
Disk Space	30 GB free disk space
Virtual Machine Connectivity	Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component download.
User Access	Each client computer should have the VMware Horizon Client installed.

[logicielsJ5LFD]

thanks this is the information we was looking for many thanks! do you know if we can handle after with ur single user licence as they will be connected with each local account and they can connect with there Autodesk account ?
thanks again

[DarrenP]

each person will need to have their own Autodesk Account

[logicielsJ5LFD]

last question, do you know, we have a option to add more then one graphic card, having 2 or 3 graphic card will increase performance even if they are in RDP ? thanks!

[DarrenP]

this is something you need to ask your IT dept or your VM ware specialist