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created: '2026-04-05T05:56:10+00:00'
id: 61892592-8cd2-4cf5-b463-3d6f0b1eb391
keywords:
- inventor
- virtualization
- hardware
- hardwarelibrarydm.xml
- software
- refused
- run
- accelerated
- virtualized
- file
- program
- files
- autodesk
- configuration
- features
links: []
modified: '2026-04-05T05:56:10+00:00'
summary: To enable 3D hardware acceleration in Autodesk Inventor when running in a
  virtualized environment, edit the file `C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2022\Configuration\hardwarelibrarydm.xml`
  and increase the software graphics decoding limit from 10 to 50 sets. This adjustment
  overrides the default setting that restricts hardware acceleration.
tags: []
title: Inventor Virtualization
---

If Inventor refused to run 3D accelerated hardware when virtualized, there is a file in:

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2022\Configuration\hardwarelibrarydm.xml

The features are numbers in there-- limit of 10 sets software graphics decoding only.

Change them to 50 and it will allow hardware acceleration.

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