System requirements for AutoCAD 2016

 Microsoft® Windows® 10 (requires AutoCAD 2016 SP1)

Operating
 Microsoft Windows 8/8.1
System
 Microsoft Windows 7

CPU Type Minimum Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2016:

 2 GB (3 GB recommended)
Memory
For 64-bit AutoCAD 2016:

 4 GB (8 GB recommended)

Display
1024x768 (1600x1050 or higher recommended) with True Color
Resolution

Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities. DirectX® 9 or DirectX
Display Card
11 compliant card recommended.

Disk Space Installation 6.0 GB

Pointing
MS-Mouse compliant device
Device

Media (DVD) Download and installation from DVD

Browser Windows Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later)

.NET
.NET Framework Version 4.5
Framework

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
Network
may be Netware or Windows.

In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on the
Windows Server® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 2008 R2 Server editions.

Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 5.6.

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling

Memory 8 GB RAM or greater

Disk Space 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements

Display 1600x1050 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or
Card greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with Large Datasets, Point Clouds and
Note:
3D Modeling.
VMware: Recommended Level Configuration 1

VMware Horizon 6.1 or later

VMware Software
VMware vSphere 6 or later

Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 64-bit:

Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium

Virtual Machine Operating Microsoft® Windows® 8 64-bit:

System Windows 8 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8

Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 64-bit:

Windows 8.1 Enterprise, Pro, or Windows 8.1

Host Server Recommendation Performance 2

CPU 3.0 GHz+ Intel® Xeon E5 or later; or AMD® equivalent with SSE2 technology

Memory 384-512 GB

Networking 10 Gb

Storage ~750+ IOPS Per User

GPU NVIDIA GRID K2 or later

Virtual Machine Settings Performance 2

Memory 16-32 GB RAM

vCPUs 8 vCPUs

Disk Space Minimum 700 MB free disk space

Graphics Adapter NVIDIA GRID K260Q (2 GB) or later

Internet connection for license registration and prerequisite component

Virtual Machine Connectivity
download

End User Access Each client computer should have the VMware® Horizon Client installed.

System requirements for AutoCAD 2018

 Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)

Operating
 Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (32-bit & 64-bit)
System
 Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only) (version 1607 and up recommended)

32-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) processor

CPU Type
64-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor

32-bit: 2 GB (4 GB recommended)
Memory
64-bit: 4 GB (8 GB recommended)

Conventional Displays:
1360 x 768 (1920 x 1080 recommended) with True Color
Display
Resolution High Resolution & 4K Displays:
Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display
card)
System requirements for AutoCAD 2018

Windows display adapter capable of 1360 x 768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX® 9 ¹.
DirectX 11 compliant card recommended.
Display Card
¹ DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS

Disk Space Installation 4.0 GB

Browser Windows Internet Explorer® 11 or later

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
Network
may be Netware or Windows.

In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on the
Windows Server® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 2008 R2 Server editions.

Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6.

Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant

Digitizer WINTAB support

Media (DVD) Download or installation from DVD

ToolClips Media
Adobe Flash Player v10 or up
Player

.NET
.NET Framework Version 4.6
Framework

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling

Memory 8 GB RAM or more

Disk Space 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements

1920 x 1080 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader
Display Card
3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

System requirements for AutoCAD 2017

 Microsoft® Windows® 10 (desktop OS)

Operating
 Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355
System
 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

CPU Type 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2017:

Memory  2 GB (3 GB recommended)

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2017:

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling

 4 GB (8 GB recommended)

1360x768 (1600x1050 or higher recommended) with True Color.

125% Desktop Scaling (120 DPI) or less recommended.

For AutoCAD 2017.1 Update:

Display
Conventional Displays:
Resolution
1360x768 (1920x1080 recommended) with True Color

High Resolution & 4K Displays:

Resolutions up to 3840x2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display
card)

Windows display adapter capable of 1360x768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX® 9 ¹.
DirectX 11 compliant card recommended.

For AutoCAD 2017.1 Update:

Windows display adapter capable of 1920x1080 with True Color capabilities and DirectX 9 ¹.
Display Card
DirectX 11 compliant card recommended.

High Resolution & 4K Displays:

Windows display adapter capable of resolutions up to 3840x2160 and manufacturer-
recommended for high resolution applications with True Color capabilities and DirectX 9 ¹. DirectX
11 compliant card recommended.

Disk Space Installation 6.0 GB

Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant

Digitizer WINTAB support

Media (DVD) Download and installation from DVD

Browser Windows Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later)

.NET
.NET Framework Version 4.6
Framework

ToolClips
Adobe Flash Player v10 or up
Media Player

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
Network
may be Netware or Windows.

In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on the
Windows Server® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 2008 R2 Server editions.

Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6.

¹ DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS.

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling

Memory 8 GB RAM or greater

Disk Space 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements

1600x1050 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater;
Display Card
Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

System requirements for AutoCAD 2015

 Microsoft® Windows® 8/8.1

 Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Pro

 Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise

Operating System  Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise

 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2015:

 32-bit Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or higher with
SSE2 technology

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2015:

CPU Type
 AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology

 AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology

 Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology

 Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology

 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

Network 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® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2,
Windows Server 2008, Windows 2008 R2 Server editions.

 Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 5.6

Memory 2 GB (8 GB recommended)

Display Resolution 1024x768 (1600x1050 or higher recommended) with True Color

Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities. DirectX®
Display Card
9 or DirectX 11 compliant card recommended but not required.

Disk Space Installation 6.0 GB

Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant device

Digitizer WINTAB support

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling

Plotter/Printer Same as AutoCAD 2013-2014 — system printer and HDI support

Media (DVD) Download and installation from DVD

Browser Windows Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later)

Side-by-side Install Supported

ToolClips Media Player Adobe® Flash® Player v10 or up

.NET Framework .NET Framework Version 4.5

Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling

Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; Intel or AMD
CPU Type
Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or higher

Memory 8 GB RAM or greater

Disk Space 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements

1280x1024 True Color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater,
Display Card
Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

AutoCAD System Requirements

AutoCAD 2018

 Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only), 8.1 (32-bit & 64-bit), or 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit)

 1 GHz or faster processor

 RAM

o 32-bit: 2 GB

o 64-bit: 4 GB

 Disk space: 4.0 GB

 1360 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2017

 Microsoft Windows 10, 8.1 or 7 SP1

 Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor

 RAM

o 32-bit: 2 GB

o 64-bit: 4 GB

 Disk space: 6.0 GB

 1360 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2016
  Microsoft Windows 8 or 7

 Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor

 RAM

o 32-bit: 2 GB

o 64-bit: 4 GB

 Disk space: 6.0 GB

 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2015

 Microsoft Windows 8 or 7

 Processor

o 32-bit: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology, or Intel Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T
support and SSE2 technology

 2 GB RAM

 Disk space: 6.0 GB

 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2014

 Microsoft Windows 8, 7, or XP SP3

 Processor

o 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 32-bit Windows 7 or 8: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2
technology

o 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology, or Intel Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T
support and SSE2 technology

 2 GB RAM

 Disk space: 6.0 GB

 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

AutoCAD 2013

 Microsoft Windows 7 or XP SP3

 Processor

o 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 32-bit Windows 7: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology, or Intel Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T
support and SSE2 technology
  2 GB RAM

 Disk space: 6.0 GB

 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

AutoCAD 2012

 Microsoft Windows 7, Vista SP2 or XP SP3

 Processor

o 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 32-bit Vista or 7: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology or Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support
and SSE2 technology

 2 GB RAM

 Disk space

o 32-bit: 2.0 GB

o 64-bit: 2.0 GB

 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

AutoCAD 2011

 Microsoft Windows 7, Vista SP1 or XP SP2

 Processor

o 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 32-bit Vista or 7: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology or Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support
and SSE2 technology

 2 GB RAM

 Disk space

o 32-bit: 1.8 GB

o 64-bit: 2.0 GB

 1024 x 768 display resolution with True Color

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

AutoCAD 2010

 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows XP SP2

 Processor


 o 32-bit XP: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 32-bit Vista: Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology

o 64-bit: Athlon 64 or Opteron with SSE2 technology or Xeon or Pentium 4 with EM64T support
and SSE2 technology

 2 GB RAM

 Disk space

o 32-bit: 1 GB

o 64-bit: 1.5 GB

 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

AutoCAD 2009

 Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP SP2

 Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or
greater

 1 GB RAM (Windows XP), 2 GB RAM (Windows Vista)

 750 MB free disk space

 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)

AutoCAD 2008

 Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP Home and Professional (SP2), or Windows 2000 Professional (SP3)

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)

 Pentium 4 processor

 512 MB RAM

 750 MB free disk space

 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color

AutoCAD 2007

 Microsoft Windows XP (Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition) or Windows 2000 Professional
(SP3 or SP4)

 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)

 Pentium IV processor recommended

 512 MB RAM

 750 MB free disk space

 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color

 Mouse, trackball, or compatible pointing device

AutoCAD 2006

 Microsoft Windows XP (Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition) or Windows 2000 Professional
(SP3)
 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or later)

 Pentium III or later or compatible, 800 mhz or higher

 256 MB RAM

 300 MB free disk space

 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color

 Mouse, trackball, or compatible pointing device