![]() If you consider that other applications are also running on the computer besides CAD (think office applications, rendering tools, analysis modules, etc.), we can see that the best processor/core combination will have the highest base frequency and the highest boost frequency. The key parameters to know are the base frequency (speed that all the cores can achieve) and boost frequency (maximum speed for a single core). We are starting to see the early stages of multi-core support in CAD tools, but nothing that calls for radical changes in processor selection yet - especially since most high-frequency processors have six or more cores anyway. ![]() CAD applications tend to mainly run on a primary core, so it is still better to have fewer, faster cores than more, slower cores. The first thing to consider for most CAD programs (think AutoCAD, BricsCAD, Civil 3D, Revit, SolidWorks, etc.) is that processor selection is about frequency (clock rate) more than anything else. I’ll start the discussion assuming a desktop machine, and then provide some guidance on laptops to wrap things up. In this edition of the CAD Manager’s Newsletter, I’ll update my minimum recommendations for the current landscape, and explain how I arrived at them in a way that your boss and IT department can easily understand. Same as it ever was, right? But some other factors have changed, and with more of us working from home now, the question of “What is the best (or minimum) workstation for CAD?” has become tougher to answer. What are the minimum requirements that will address everyone’s needs?Įvery time I update my workstation recommendations, I find the same two things are still true: Users want more and management wants to pay less. ![]() ![]() Your boss wants to spend as little as possible. Minimum CAD Workstation Specs for 2021 27 Jan, 2021 By: Robert Green CAD Manager Column: You want to equip your CAD users with the right hardware to help them do their best work. ![]()
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