Product Design

Preferred Mac Laptop Specifications

16-inch MacBook Pro M3 Pro
12-Core CPU
18-Core GPU
18GB Unified Memory
512GB SSD Storage

Windows PC Laptop Option

15-inch (or larger) PC 2.8 GHz (or faster) 9th Generation Intel® Core™
16GB Memory minimum (32GB preferred)
512GB Solid State Drive (minimum)
8GB Video Memory (Suggested video card: NVIDIA Quadro K2000M)
Windows 11
Suggested PC laptops: Dell Precision 5540 Mobile Workstation, Dell Inspiron 15 7000series

Software

Adobe Creative Cloud (this will be provided by KCAI before the start of the semester)
Autodesk Fusion 360 (https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/students-teachers-educators)
Autodesk Revit w/ Enscape plugin (https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/revit, https://enscape3d.com/educational-license/)
Rhino 6 (https://www.rhino3d.com/edu)

Additional Requirements

1TB (or larger) external USB hard drive
External mouse (wired or Bluetooth) with scroll wheel

KCAI has a partnership with CDWG for discounted systems and peripherals: Click here to login in with SSO and shop
To purchase an Apple computer with the education discount, visit the Apple Education Store Online
B&H Photo is a good resource for cameras: bhphotovideo.com
Laptops should be ordered NO LATER than 8/1 to be in hand by the first day of class