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System requirements for AutoCAD 2027 including Specialised Toolsets (Windows)

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Operating System

64-bit MicrosoftĀ® WindowsĀ® 11. See Autodesk’sĀ Product Support LifecycleĀ for support information.

Processor

Basic: 2.5-2.9 GHz processor with 8 logical cores (base)
Recommended: 3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo)

Memory

Basic: 16 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 “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 10

Microsoft Excel and Access Compatibility

Microsoft 365 Access Runtime (x64) or a supported version of Microsoft Office 2021 (x64) or higher with latest updates.
Installation of Access Runtime on systems with 32-bit Microsoft Office/365 applications is not supported.
Microsoft Office 2021 end date is in October 2026. For more updated information, refer toĀ End of support for Office 2021.

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.

Specialised Toolsets (Windows Only)

AutoCAD Map 3D

Disk Space: 20 GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB

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Disk Space: 20 GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB

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Disk Space: 20 GB
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
AutoCAD Raster Design

Disk Space: 1GB

System requirements for AutoCAD 2027 for Mac

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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