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The AEC Collection provides designers, engineers, and contractors a set of BIM and CAD tools supported by a cloud-based common data environment that facilitates project delivery from early-stage design through to construction.
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The AEC Collection provides designers, engineers, and contractors a set of BIM and CAD tools that support projects from early-stage design through to construction.
Work efficiently with a powerful blend of parametric, direct, freeform, and rules-based design capabilities
Lumion is the worldās fastest 3D rendering software for architects. In seconds, you can visualize CAD models in a video or image with real-life environments and striking artistic flair.
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System requirements for AutoCAD including Specialized Toolsets (Windows)
Operating System
64-bit MicrosoftĀ® WindowsĀ® 11 and Windows 10
Processor
Basic: 2.5-2.9 GHz processor with 8 logical cores (base)
Recommended: 3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo)
Memory
Basic: 8 GB
Recommended: 32Ā GB
Display Resolution
Conventional Displays: 1920 x 1080 with True Color
High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 (with “Recommended” display card)
Display Card
Basic: 2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
Recommended: 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant
DirectX 12 with Feature Level 12_0 is required for or “Fast” visual styles to be enabled. Please be sure to use the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer’s website.
Note: AutoCAD uses your computer’s display card for a variety of essential graphics operations including but not limited to view manipulation, line smoothing, and text/linetype generation. Ā It is recommended that you have a display card with dedicated VRAM to support these operations at optimal speeds.
Disk space
10.0 GB (suggested SSD)
Network
Pointing Device
.NET Framework
.NET 8
Additional Requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling
Memory
32 GB RAM or more
Disk Space
6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
Display Card
3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter; 12GB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; DirectX-capable workstation class graphics card.
AutoCAD Map 3D
Disk Space: 20 GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
Database & FDO Requirements (see below)
AutoCAD Electrical
Disk Space: 20 GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
Microsoft Access 365 Runtime (x64) or later, unless Microsoft Office 2016 (x64) or later is already installed.
Installation on systems with 32-bit Microsoft Office/365 applications is not supported.
Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable (x64) end date is October 2025.
AutoCAD Architecture
Disk Space: 20GB Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB |
AutoCAD MEP
Disk Space: 21GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
AutoCAD Plant 3D
Disk Space: 12GB
Memory (recommended for 3D modeling): 32GB
AutoCAD Mechanical
Disk Space: 12GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
Disk Space: 1GB
System Requirements
Operating System
AppleĀ® macOSĀ® Sequoia v15
Apple macOS Sonoma v14
Apple macOS Ventura v13
Model
Apple MacĀ® computers compatible with macOS Ventura or above
Apple Mac models supporting Metal Graphics Engine
CPU Type
64-bit Intel CPU
Apple M series CPU
Memory
Basic: 8 GB
Recommended: 16 GB or higher
Display Resolution
Basic: 1280 x 800 display
High Resolution: 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display
Disk space
8 GB free disk space for download and installation
Pointing Device
Apple-compliant Mouse, Apple-compliant Trackpad, Microsoft-compliant mouse
Display Card
Recommended: Mac native installed graphics cards
Disk Format
APFS, APFS(Encrypted), Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)