AutoCAD
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Architects, engineers, and designers rely on Autodesk® AutoCAD® to work smarter. Subscribe to AutoCAD to access seamless workflows, specialized industry toolsets, and new automations to help you achieve the ultimate productivity in 2D and 3D design. Get powerhouse performance, visualize Xref changes, enhanced Blocks capabilities, and version control to take your designs to the next level. When you’re not in the office, stay connected to your work with the included AutoCAD web and mobile apps to design anytime, anywhere, on any device. Built for the way you work. Built for the future.
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Product Features
AutoCAD Features
DRAWING HISTORY
Compare past and present versions of a drawing and see the evolution of your work.
XREF COMPARE
See the changes made to your current drawing from changed external references (Xrefs).
BLOCKS PALETTE
View and access your blocks content from AutoCAD on desktop or within the AutoCAD web app.
PERFORMANCE
Experience faster save and install times. Leverage multicore processors for smoother orbit, pan, and zoom operations.
AUTOCAD ON ANY DEVICE
View, edit, and create drawings in AutoCAD on virtually any device–desktop, web, or mobile.
CLOUD STORAGE CONNECTIVITY
Access any DWG™ file in AutoCAD with Autodesk’s cloud, as well as with leading cloud storage providers.
QUICK MEASURE
Display all nearby measurements in a drawing simply by hovering your mouse.
DWG COMPARE
Compare two versions of a drawing without leaving your current window.
PURGE REDESIGN
Remove multiple unneeded objects at once with easy selection and object preview.
When you subscribe to AutoCAD, get access to AutoCAD 2D and 3D CAD software, plus industry-specific toolsets. Take advantage of new AutoCAD web and mobile apps, enabling workflows from anywhere.
| AutoCAD | AutoCAD Architecture |
| AutoCAD Electrical | AutoCAD Map 3D |
| AutoCAD Mechanical | AutoCAD MEP |
| AutoCAD Plant 3D | AutoCAD Raster Design |
| AutoCAD mobile app | AutoCAD web app |
| AutoCAD for Mac |
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Specifications
AutoCAD Specifications
PROCESSOR
Basic
- 5-2.9 GHz processor
Recommended
- 3+ GHz processor
Network
Deployment via Deployment Wizard.
The license server and all workstations that will run applications dependent on network licensing must run TCP/IP protocol.
Either Microsoft® or Novell TCP/IP protocol stacks are acceptable. Primary login on workstations may be Netware or Windows.
In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on the Windows Server® 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2019 editions.
HARDWARE
Memory
Basic
- 8 GB
Recommended
- 16 GB
Display resolution
Conventional Displays:
1920×1080 with True Color
High Resolution & 4K Displays:
Resolutions up to 3840×2160 supported on Windows 10, (with capable display card)
Disk space
7.0 GB
Pointing device
MS-Mouse compliant
Multiple processors
Supported by the application
DISPLAY CARD
Basic
- 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX11 compliant
Recommended
- 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX11 compliant
Plotter/Printer
Continued system printer and HDI support
Compiler
Visual Studio 2019 Pro 16.0
Installer
MSI 5.0
Builds
Locked—FLEXnet
Locking/License management
FLEXnet & Autodesk Licensing Service will be used for both the stand-alone and networked versions
Side-by-side install
Supported
Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling
- 16 GB RAM or more
- 6 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements
- 1920×1080 or greater True color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable
workstation class graphics card.
SOFTWARE
Languages
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Russian
*AutoCAD specialized toolsets may not support all above languages
File format changes
No
Save as support
AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2018.
EMR has the same formats as Commercial AutoCAD, with the exception of AutoCAD 2000/LT2000 Drawing
*AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP do not support Save As
DXF support
AutoCAD R12, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2018
API compatibility
ARX: No (source and binary)
LISP: Yes (source and binary)
.NET: No (source and binary)
Javascript: No (source and binary)
Script compatibility
Yes
Security (DWG)
Supports digital signatures.
Drawing size support
Full DWG compression
Object interoperability (non-AutoCAD object model)
New objects may require new enablers.
.NET Framework
.NET Framework Version 4.8 or later
Specialized Toolsets
| Toolset | Product Specific Requirements |
| Map 3D | · Disk Space: 16GB
· Memory: 16GB · Database & FDO Requirements (see below) |
| Electrical | · Disk Space: 12GB
· Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 |
| Plant 3D | Disk Space: 10GB |
| Architecture | Disk Space: 12GB |
| Mechanical | Disk Space: 7GB |
| MEP | Disk Space: 12GB |
Map 3D Additional Requirements
| FDO Provider Requirements | ||
| FDO Provider | Certified With | Notes |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard and Enterprise Editions
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard and Enterprise Editions Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard and Enterprise Editions Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard and Enterprise Editions |
Industry Models also support the versions of Microsoft SQL Server listed on the left. |
| Oracle 11g Release 2 | Oracle 11.2.0.4.0 Oracle Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions |
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left. |
| Oracle 12c Release 2 | Oracle 12.2.0.1.0 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition |
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left. |
| Oracle 18c | Oracle 18.3 Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2 |
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left. |
| Oracle 19c | Oracle 19.3 Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2 | Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left. |
| Raster | DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID®, ECW, PNG, ESRI® Grid, TIFF, JPEG, ESRI® ASCII | |
| Autodesk SDF | 3.0 | |
| ESRI ArcGIS | ArcGIS® 10.7.1
ArcGIS 10.6.1 |
This Provider requires ESRI licensed components to be installed on client system. |
| MySQL | 8.0 | |
| ODBC | The FDO ODBC provider has been tested with corresponding versions of ODBC drivers that are shipped with the relevant supported operating systems version. | |
| OGC WMS | WMS 1.3.0 | |
| OGC WMTS | WMTS 1.0.0 | |
| OGC WFS | WFS 2.0.0 | |
| SQLite | SQLite 3.27.2 | |
| PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL 9.5 + PostGIS 2.2 | |
| ODBC Drivers | Tested Versions |
| Microsoft® Access® Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2016(English) 16.00.4513.1000 |
| Microsoft® Excel® Driver (*.xls, *xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2016(English) 16.00.4513.1000 |
| MySQL® ODBC 8.0 Driver | 8.00.13.00 |
| SQL Server | 10.00. 18362.01 |
| Oracle® in OraClient19Home1 | 19.00.00.00 |
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