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AutoCAD Windows OS

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)

Pointing Device

MS-Mouse compliant

.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.

Specialized Toolsets (Windows Only)

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Disk Space: 20 GB
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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.
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AutoCAD Architecture

Disk Space: 20GB
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Disk Space: 12GB
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AutoCAD Mac OS

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)

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