System Requirements
System Requirements
Overview
Enscape uses ray tracing for its real-time rendering, and almost all the calculations that Enscape performs are being handled on the graphics card. For this reason, your computer should at least meet the minimum requirements set out below.
Furthermore, although not a requirement, we do recommend that you use Enscape with dual monitors, as Enscape is optimized to work on a dual monitor setup.
Required CAD Software
The Enscape plug-in is provided for the following software:
- Revit (2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021)
- SketchUp Make & Pro (2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021)
- Rhino (6.0 and 7.0)
- ArchiCAD (21, 22, 23, and 24)
- Vectorworks (2020 (Service Pack 3), 2021)
*Revit LT is not supported
The Enscape installer provides the plugin for all of the above CAD’s, you do not need a dedicated installer specific to your CAD, and you can specify which CAD’s you want to install Enscape for during the installation procedure.
Note: There are conflicts with two other Revit plugins: Colorizer and Techviz. To avoid incompatibilities, please uninstall them before using Enscape.
System Requirements
Enscape performs its renders using your graphics card (GPU), but the graphics card has to have dedicated VRAM, and not shared VRAM as found with Intel Integrated Graphics chips. If your CPU and RAM are capable of handling Revit, for instance, and you have a capable GPU, Enscape should work. A good CPU can speed up Enscape’s loading times. The system requirements to run Enscape, as well as the Standalone Executable files that can be exported from Enscape, are identical.
It is also recommended that your internet connection is fast and stable, and that you should use a direct cable connection and avoid using a Wi-fi connection where possible, as this can slow down the Asset Library loading times.
| Minimum Requirements | Recommended Requirements | VR Recommended Requirements | |
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| Operating System | Windows 7 64 Bit or higher. On MacOS, Windows installed via Bootcamp |
Windows 7 64 Bit or higher. On MacOS, Windows installed via Bootcamp |
Windows 7 64 Bit or higher. On MacOS, Windows installed via Bootcamp |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA or AMD GPU with 2GB VRAM Supports OpenGL 4.4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660/Quadro K2000 and newer AMD Radeon R9 270/FirePro W5100 and newer The latest available drivers or at least our recommended drivers |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD equivalent with 4GB VRAM The latest available drivers or at least our recommended drivers |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/Quadro RTX 5000 or AMD equivalent with 8GB VRAM The latest available drivers or at least our recommended drivers |
| VRAM | 2GB VRAM | 4GB VRAM | 8GB VRAM |
| VR Headsets | Windows Mixed Reality Devices HTC Vive and HTC Vive Pro Oculus Rift and Rift S Refer to the hardware requirements in our Virtual Reality Headset guide |
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| Additional Required Software | The Enscape installer will check for the presence of additional software that is required to run Enscape. If that software is not present the installer will prompt you to download and install this. For deploying Enscape via Command Line, the following is a list of that required software: |
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| Unsupported Hardware | Radeon 6000 mobile GPU’s Intel Integrated Graphics onboard GPU’s SLI Note: you may still experience a performance boost by using SLI AFR mode, which is a setting that can be selected in your NVIDIA driver properties. In cases where you have multiple GPU’s, Enscape will only utilize one of those GPU’s. NVIDIA Quadro GPU’s are no longer being supported in conjunction with Windows 7 Operating System and it is recommended to update to Windows 10 so you have access to the latest drivers. |
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| Known Issues: | If using Revit, there are known conflicts with two other Revit plugins: Colorizer and Techviz. To avoid incompatibilities, please uninstall them before using Enscape. | ||
For the minimum recommended GPU’s, some performance gains are possible if you experience poor performance.
NVIDIA
AMD
Recommended Graphics Drivers
Enscape should work if your GPU is capable of running the minimum recommended drivers listed below, although we always advise that you should be running the latest available drivers for your GPU:
NVIDIA
- Official link for downloading NVIDIA drivers: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
- If you don’t want to miss an update for your NVIDIA graphics card, we recommend installing the NVIDIA GeForce Experience; this way you will always be up to date.
Enscape v3.0:
- Quadro: R460 U3 (461.40) – https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/170131/en-us
- GeForce: 461.40 – https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/170801/en-us
Enscape v2.9:
- Quadro: R450 U4 (452.39) – https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/164732/en-us
- GeForce: 457.09 – https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/166374/en-us
AMD
- Official link for downloading AMD drivers: https://support.amd.com/en-us
- If you don’t want to miss an update for your AMD graphics card, we recommend installing the AMD Driver Autodetect, this way you will always be up to date.
Enscape v3.0:
- Professional (RadeonPro/FirePro): 20.Q4.1 – https://www.amd.com/en/support/professional-graphics/radeon-pro/radeon-pro-wx-x100-series/radeon-pro-wx-7100
- Gaming: Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.10.1 Optional – https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-rx-vega-series/radeon-rx-vega-series/radeon-rx-vega-64
Enscape v2.9:
- Professional (RadeonPro/FirePro): 20.Q3.1 – https://www.amd.com/en/support/professional-graphics/radeon-pro/radeon-pro-wx-x100-series/radeon-pro-wx-7100
- Gaming: Adrenalin 2020 Edition 20.10.1 Optional – https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-rx-vega-series/radeon-rx-vega-series/radeon-rx-vega-64
System Support
If you run into trouble, let us know by using Enscape’s Feedback function or send us an email. There are plenty of different system configurations and we are working every day to support more of them.
