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This page provides information about the system requirements of Enscape for SketchUp.

Windows OS


Enscape uses ray tracing for its real-time rendering, and almost all the calculations that Enscape performs are being handled on the graphics card (GPU). For this reason, your computer must at least meet the minimum recommended system 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/BIM Software


The Enscape for Windows plug-in is provided for the following host applications:

  • Revit 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
  • SketchUp 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
  • Rhino 7.0 and 8.3 (or later)
  • Archicad 25, 26, 27 and 28
  • Vectorworks 2023 (Service Pack 1 or later), 2024 and 2025

Enscape is not provided as a plugin for Revit LT because Revit only allows the addition of third-party plugins in the the full version of the software. This is a limitation set by Autodesk.

On Windows, the Enscape plugin will be installed for all of the above listed host applications by default unless otherwise specified by the user during the installation process. This means you do not require a dedicated installer specific to each individual host application, and you can specify which CAD or CAD’s you want to install Enscape for during the installation procedure.

We recommend updating your CAD application listed above to the latest software release/update version available from the manufacturer to have all fixes and improvements available.

System Requirements


Enscape performs its renders using your graphics card (GPU), but the GPU has to have dedicated VRAM, and not shared VRAM as found with Intel Integrated Graphics chips. If your systems 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.

Real-time rendering performance is affected by the project size, and therefore the following table provides the minimum GPU specifications that we recommend where large CAD/BIM projects are regularly being worked on. Where VR is listed, the GPU’s clock speed (processor) has more relevance than the amount of VRAM, although you should always try to use a GPU with as much VRAM as possible.

Windows OS

Minimum Requirements

Recommended Requirements

VR Requirements

Operating System

Windows 10 or higher

Windows 10 or higher

Windows 10 or higher

Graphics Card

Intel Arc A310, NVIDIA or AMD dedicated GPU with 4GB VRAM that supports Vulkan 1.1

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900 series / Quadro M series and newer

AMD Radeon RX 400 series / equivalent Radeon Pro series and newer

The latest available drivers or at least our recommended drivers

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or AMD RX 6800

The latest available drivers or at least our recommended drivers

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti or AMD RX7900 XT

The latest available drivers or at least our recommended drivers

VRAM

4GB VRAM

8GB VRAM

12GB VRAM

VR Headsets


Meta Quest 3

HTC Vive Pro 2

Refer to the hardware requirements in our Virtual Reality Headset guide

Additional Software Requirements

The Enscape installer will check for the presence of additional software required to run Enscape. If that software is not present the installer will prompt you to download and install whatever is missing from your system.

For deploying Enscape via Command Line, here’s a list of that required software:

Machines Without Dedicated GPUs

  • Intel : Laptops: 13th Gen with UHD Graphics 64EU iGPU and above | Desktops: 13th Gen with UHD 730 iGPU and above

  • AMD : Ryzen 6000 series with Radeon 660M and above | Ryzen 7000 series with Radeon 740M and above

  • VR functionality and Hardware Ray Tracing is not supported for machines without dedicated GPUs.

Unsupported Hardware

Radeon 6000 mobile 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.

Only docking stations that support accelerated graphics will work with Enscape.

Known Issues:

  • DLSS and Hardware Accelerated Ray Tracing is not supported on the NVIDIA GTX 1660 product line and although the GTX 1660 cards can run RTX features, you will likely experience many performance issues. Therefore, it will be disabled in version 4.0 and above. Users with previous versions of Enscape can still use it (performance issues may occur). The same applies to NVIDIA T1000 and T2000 graphics cards. In this scenario we highly recommend disabling RTX for these GPU’s.
  • There are conflicts with two other Revit plugins: Colorizer and Techviz. To avoid incompatibilities, please uninstall them before using Enscape.

Windows 11 is supported by Enscape. Please let us know if you experience any issues when running Enscape under this operating system by submitting feedback via the Enscape Support Dialog.

For the minimum recommended GPU’s listed above, some performance gains are possible if you experience poor performance.


macOS


Enscape and its rendering engine strongly relies on the performance of the graphics processing unit (GPU) of the Apple Silicon chipset and Unified Memory of the Mac. To optimize this, your computer must at least meet the minimum recommended system requirements set out below.

Furthermore, we do recommend that you use Enscape in a multi-monitor setup to be able to fully facilitate the workflow between the CAD application and Enscape.


Required CAD/BIM Software


The Enscape for Mac plug-in is provided for the following host applications:

  • SketchUp 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025*
  • Archicad 26, 27 and 28
  • Vectorworks 2023 (Service Pack 6), 2024 and 2025
  • Rhino 7.0 and 8.3 (or later)


On macOS, the Enscape plugin will be installed for all of the above listed host applications by default unless otherwise specified by the user during the installation process
This means you do not require a dedicated installer specific to each individual host application, and you can specify which CAD or CADs you want to install Enscape for during the installation procedure.

We recommend updating your CAD application listed above to the latest software release/update version available from the manufacturer to have all fixes and improvements available.

* Be advised that SketchUp versions prior to 2024 do not officially support macOS 14 Sonoma at this time. Technical issues might ensue from using SketchUp and Enscape. Please use at your own discretion.


System Requirements


Enscape performs its renders using your graphics card (GPU).
A good CPU can speed up Enscape’s loading times.

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.

Real-time rendering performance is affected by the project size, and therefore the following table provides the minimum GPU specifications that we recommend where large CAD/BIM projects are regularly being worked on.


MacBook Pro (M4 Pro/Max, 2024, 48 GB of Unified Memory)


macOS

Minimum Requirements

Recommended Requirements

VR Requirements

Operating System

Monterey 12.6 and higher

Not currently supported

Supported Hardware:

Apple M1

MacBook Air (2020)

MacBook Pro (2021)

iMac (2021)

Mac mini (2020)

MacBook Pro (M1 Pro/Max, 2021, 32 GB of Unified Memory)

Mac Studio (M1 Max/Ultra, 2022, 32 GB of Unified Memory)

N/A

Apple M2

MacBook Air (2022/2023)

MacBook Pro (2022)

Mac mini (2022)

MacBook Pro (M2 Pro/Max, 2023, 32 GB of Unified Memory)

Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, 2023, 64 GB of Unified Memory)

Mac Studio (M2 Max/Ultra, 2023, 32 GB of Unified Memory)

Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2022, 32 GB of Unified Memory)

N/A

Apple M3

MacBook Air (2024)

MacBook Pro (2023)

iMac (2023)

MacBook Pro (M3 Pro/Max, 2023, 36 GB of Unified Memory)

iMac (M3, 2023, 24 GB of Unified Memory)

N/A

Apple M4

Mac mini (2024)

iMac (2024)

MacBook Pro (2024)

Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024, 48 GB of Unified Memory)

iMac (M4, 2024, 24 GB of Unified Memory)

MacBook Pro (M4 Pro/Max, 2024, 48 GB of Unified Memory)


Unsupported Hardware:

Macs with Intel CPU and Intel or AMD GPU


For the minimum recommended GPUs listed above, some performance gains are possible if you experience poor performance.


Apple Silicon M1, M2, M3 & M4


Recommended Graphics Drivers


Driver updates are supplied by Apple exclusively via updates to the operating system macOS itself. We therefore encourage you to update macOS to the latest version your software situation allows.

System Support


If you run into trouble, let us know by using Enscape’s Feedback function or contact us here. There are plenty of different system configurations and we are working every day to support more of them.