**Introduction to Autodesk® CFD 2021** Autodesk® CFD software can turn your 3D CAD workstation into a fully interactive flow test bench, thermal test bench and wind tunnel. It turns your 3D assemblies into associated zero-cost prototypes that can reveal important engineering information that cannot be obtained from physical tests. After changing the model design, you can see this change in Autodesk® CFD. Automate this process by applying settings directly in the CAD model and associating the CAD model design with the design in Autodesk® CFD analysis. **Installation System Requirements for Autodesk® CFD 2021** Before starting the installation, please confirm the following: - Whether your system meets the recommended hardware and software requirements. - You have the system settings required to install and run Autodesk® CFD 2021. **Compatible Operating Systems** - Windows® 10 x64 - Windows® 8.1 for x64 **Recommended Hardware** There are a large number of computing options nowadays, and it may be difficult to choose a system that can provide the best performance and capacity at a reasonable price. Instead of recommending the "minimum" computing specifications for running Autodesk® CFD, we will list the specifications of the computers used by Autodesk® application engineers. **Recommended Desktop Computer** - Model: Dell T5600 with Intel Xeon E3 - 1241 v3 @3.5 GHz (8 cores)* - Memory: 32 GB - Graphics Card: Nvidia Quadro 4000 - Hard Disk: 1 TB HDD *If higher speed is required, add a second E3 - 1241 (16 cores in total). **Recommended Portable Computer** - Model: Dell M4700 with Intel i7 - 4710MQ @ 2.5 GHz (4 cores) - Memory: 16 GB - Graphics Card: Nvidia Quadro K2000M - Hard Disk: 256 GB SSD **Other System Guidelines** - **Display**    - 1280 x 1024 or higher screen resolution, 24 - bit color setting    - 512 MB DRAM or larger, OpenGL - supported graphics card (recommended configuration)    - 256 MB circuit board memory (minimum configuration) - **Media Reader**    - DVD - ROM drive³ - **Fixed - point Device**    - Fixed - point device compatible with Microsoft mouse - **Web Browser**    - Windows Internet Explorer® 8 or later - **Internet Connection**    - For Web download and Subscription Aware access **Notes** - Autodesk® recommends a supported 64 - bit operating system, a supported 64 - bit processor and at least 12 GB of memory. - Autodesk® recommends letting Microsoft Windows manage virtual memory when necessary. The hard disk must reserve at least twice the available space as the system memory (RAM). - If installing via electronic download, a DVD - ROM drive is not required.