Operating Systems for STAR(T) Edition 2016

Recommended Operating Systems

• Windows 10 (64-bit version)
• Windows 8.1 (64-bit version)
• Windows 8 (64-bit version)
• Windows 7 (64-bit version)
• Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
• Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
• Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Notes on older systems

• Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is compatible but not tested by GRAPHISOFT
• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion are not compatible (ARCHICAD cannot be installed)
• Windows XP and Vista are not compatible (ARCHICAD cannot be installed)

 

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Hardware for STAR(T) Edition 2016

Recommended hardware

• Processor: 64-bit processor with four or more cores
• RAM: For complex, detailed models 16 GB or more may be required
• Hard disk: installing ARCHICAD on a SSD (or Fusion) drive is recommended; 5 GB free disk space is required for the installation, 10 GB or more is required per active project
• Graphics card: Dedicated OpenGL 2.0 compatible graphics card with on board memory of 1024 MB or more is recommended to fully exploit hardware acceleration capabilities. You can find a list of recommended graphics cards at: https://www.graphisoft.com/videocards
• Display: A resolution of 1440 x 900 or higher is recommended

You can find more details about recommended hardware on Help Center.

Minimum hardware

• Processor: 64-bit processor with two cores
• RAM: 4 GB
• Hard disk space: 5 GB or more is required for the installation
• Graphics card: OpenGL 2.0 compatible graphics card
• Display: A resolution of 1366 x 768 or higher

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Other Software

Java 8 or later is required. You can find details here: https://www.graphisoft.com/Java

Note: STAR(T) Edition 2016 installer will automatically install Java 8, if it is not present on your computer.

Optional Hardware Peripherals

All major plotters, printers and digitizers can be used with STAR(T) Edition.

Internet

Fast Internet access is needed to download updates for STAR(T) Edition.

Protection Key

You will need an STAR(T) Edition 2016 CodeMeter hardware key or CodeMeter Act software protection key to start STAR(T) Edition 2016.