Revit and AutoCAD on Parallels

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Revit and AutoCAD on Parallels

I have become very frustrated trying to set up and run Revit and AutoCAD ( 2018) on my iMac ( Retina 5K, 27-inch, late 2015, 3,2 GHz intel Core i5, 8GB Memory) using Parallels.

Won't even mention all the kinks and problems during set-up and installation, now I should have those programs properly installed.

But both programs, especially Revit, run so sluggish that it is virtually impossible to draw anything. One simple command takes forever to happen, zooming in 3D makes the whole program freeze. Last time I got some kind of pop-up that told me that Revit needed more working memory capacity than what my computer had to offer.

Is there anybody who is successfully using Revit this way?

Should I try to use Bootcamp instead?

And how, is it necessary to first de-install Parallels?

It would be nice to have both systems running at the same time, but not like this...😕

Thanks for your input!

iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Posted on Jan 13, 2018 10:20 AM

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Loner T

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Jan 13, 2018 2:45 PM in response to katrilli

If you install Windows under Parallels, it is installed on a virtual disk, which Bootcamp/Windows has no access to. Either you can clone the virtual disk to a physical Bootcamp partition using tools like Winclone, or you can install a new copy of Windows under Bootcamp and then re-install all your applications.

I suggest you create a clean installation of Windows using Bootcamp. You may have to migrate licenses from the virtual hardware to the physical BC/Windows installation.

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