
AutoCAD
A computer-aided design software application used for creating and editing 2D and 3D designs in various industries
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| + | 2D-3D Drafting and Modeling | Create and edit 2D drawings, design and visualize 3D models |
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| + | Layer Management | Organize drawings using layers |
| + | Annotation Tools | Add text, dimensions, and tables |
| + | Block Library | Store and reuse drawing components |
| + | Dynamic Blocks | Create blocks with adjustable properties |
| + | Xref Management | Attach and manage external references to allow different parts of a project can be developed independently |
| + | PDF Import | Import and edit PDF files |
| + | DWG Compare | Compare differences between drawing versions |
| + | Sheet Set Manager | Manage drawing sheets in a project |
| + | Parametric Constraints | Apply geometric and dimensional constraints |
| - | Steep Learning Curve | Requires significant time and effort to master. Can be overwhelming for new users. |
| - | Resource Intensive | Can slow down older systems. Needs a powerful computer to run smoothly. |
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System Requirements
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| 1 | 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10 version 1809 or above. See Autodesk’s
Product Support Lifecycle for support information. | ||
| 2 | 2.5-2.9 GHz processor with 8 logical cores (base) ARM Processors are not supported. | 3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo) | |
| 3 | 8 GB | 32 GB | |
| 4 | 10.0 GB (suggested SSD) | 16 GB (suggested SSD) | |
| 5 | 2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant | 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant |
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| 6 | 1920 x 1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter |
| 7 | .NET 8 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
| 9 | MS-Mouse compliant pointing device |
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| 2 | Apple Mac® computers compatible with macOS Monterey or above | Apple Mac models supporting Metal Graphics Engine |
| 3 | 64-bit Intel CPU | Apple M series CPU |
| 4 | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| 5 | 8 GB free disk space for download and installation | |
| 6 | Mac native installed graphics cards | |
| 7 | 1280 x 800 display | 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display |
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| 1 | 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10 version 1809 or above. See Autodesk’s
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| 2 | 2.5-2.9 GHz processor (base) ARM Processors are not supported. | 3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo) | |
| 3 | 8 GB | 32 GB | |
| 4 | 10.0 GB (suggested SSD) | 16 GB (suggested SSD) | |
| 5 | 2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant | 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant |
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| 6 | 1920 x 1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter |
| 7 | .NET 4.8 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
| 9 | MS-Mouse compliant pointing device |
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| 2 | Apple Mac® computers compatible with macOS Monterey or above | Apple Mac models supporting Metal Graphics Engine |
| 3 | 64-bit Intel CPU | Apple M series CPU |
| 4 | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| 5 | 6 GB free disk space for download and installation | |
| 6 | Mac native installed graphics cards | |
| 7 | 1280 x 800 display | 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display |
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| 1 | 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10 version 1809 or above. See Autodesk’s
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| 2 | 2.5-2.9 GHz processor (base) ARM Processors are not supported. | 3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo) | |
| 3 | 8 GB | 16 GB | |
| 4 | 10.0 GB (suggested SSD) | 16 GB (suggested SSD) | |
| 5 | 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant | 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant |
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| 6 | 1920 x 1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter |
| 7 | .NET 4.8 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
| 9 | MS-Mouse compliant pointing device |
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| 2 | Apple Mac® computers compatible with macOS Monterey or above |
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| 3 | 64-bit Intel CPU | Apple M series CPU |
| 4 | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| 5 | 5 GB free disk space for download and installation | |
| 6 | Mac native installed graphics cards | |
| 7 | 1280 x 800 display | 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display |
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| 1 | 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10. See Autodesk’s
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| 2 | 2.5-2.9 GHz processor | 3+ GHz processor | |
| 3 | 8 GB | 16 GB | |
| 4 | 10.0 GB | 16 GB | |
| 5 | 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant | 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant |
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| 6 | 1920 x 1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter |
| 7 | .NET 4.8 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
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| 3 | 64-bit Intel CPU | Intel Core i7 or higher |
| 4 | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| 5 | 4 GB free disk space for download and installation | |
| 6 | Mac native installed graphics cards | |
| 7 | 1280 x 800 display | 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display |
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| 1 | 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11, Windows 10 and Windows 8.1. See Autodesk’s
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| 2 | 2.5-2.9 GHz processor | 3+ GHz processor | |
| 3 | 8 GB | 16 GB | |
| 4 | 7 GB | 16 GB | |
| 5 | 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant | 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant |
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| 6 | 1920 x 1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter |
| 7 | .NET 4.8 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
| 9 | MS-Mouse compliant pointing device |
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| 2 | Apple Mac® computers compatible with macOS Monterey or above |
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| 3 | 64-bit Intel CPU | Intel Core i7 or higher |
| 4 | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| 5 | 3 GB free disk space for download and installation | |
| 6 | Mac native installed graphics cards | |
| 7 | 1280 x 800 display | 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display |
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| 2 | 2.5–2.9 GHz processor | 3+ GHz processor | |
| 3 | 8 GB | 16 GB | |
| 4 | 6.0 GB | 16 GB | |
| 5 | 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant | 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant |
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| 6 | 1920 x 1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter |
| 7 | .NET 4.7 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
| 9 | MS-Mouse compliant pointing device |
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| 3 | 64-bit Intel CPU | Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster |
| 4 | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| 5 | 3 GB free disk space for download and installation | |
| 6 | 1280 x 800 display with true color | 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display |
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| 2 | 2.5–2.9 GHz processor | 3+ GHz processor | |
| 3 | 8 GB | 16 GB | |
| 4 | 6.0 GB | 16 GB | |
| 5 | 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant | 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant |
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| 6 | 1920 x 1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter |
| 7 | .NET 4.7 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
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| 3 | 64-bit Intel CPU | Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster |
| 4 | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| 5 | 3 GB free disk space for download and installation | |
| 6 | 1280 x 800 display with true color | 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display |
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| 4 | Installation 4.0 GB | 10 GB | |
| 5 | Windows display adapter capable of 1360 x 768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX® 9 | DirectX 11 compliant card |
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| 6 | 1360 x 768 with True Color | 1920 x 1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter |
| 7 | .NET 4.6 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
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| 2 | 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor | ||
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| 4 | Installation 6.0 GB | 12 GB | |
| 5 | Windows display adapter capable of 1920x1080 with True Color capabilities and DirectX 9 | DirectX 11 compliant card |
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| 6 | 1360x768 with True Color | 1920x1080 with True Color | Resolutions up to 3840x2160 (4K) supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems |
| 7 | .NET 4.6 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
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| 2 | Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 processor | ||
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| 4 | Installation 6.0 GB | 12 GB | |
| 5 | Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities | DirectX® 9 or DirectX 11 compliant card |
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| 6 | 1024x768 with True Color | 1600x1050 or higher with True Color | |
| 7 | .NET 4.5 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
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| 3 | 2 GB | 8 GB | |
| 4 | Installation 6.0 GB | 12 GB | |
| 5 | Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities | DirectX® 9 or DirectX 11 compliant card |
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| 6 | 1024x768 with True Color | 1600x1050 or higher with True Color | |
| 7 | .NET 4.5 | ||
| 8 | Stable internet connection | ||
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| 3 | 2 GB | 4 GB | |
| 4 | 6 GB free space for installation | 12 GB | |
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| 6 | 1,024 x 768 display resolution with True Color | 1,600 x 1,050 with True Color | |
| 7 | Internet Explorer 7 or later |
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| 3 | 2 GB | 4 GB | |
| 4 | 6 GB free space for installation | 12 GB | |
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| 6 | 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color | 1,600 x 1,050 with true color | |
| 7 | Internet Explorer 7 or later |
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| 3 | 2 GB | ||
| 4 | 2 GB free disk space for installation | 4 GB | |
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| 6 | 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color | ||
| 7 | Internet Explorer 7 or later |
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| 4 | 2 GB free space for installation |
| 5 | 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color |
| 6 | Internet Explorer 7 or later |
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| 3 | 2 GB | |
| 4 | 1.8 GB free disk space for installation | 3.8 GB |
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| 6 | 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter | |
| 7 | Internet Explorer 7 or later |
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| 3 | 2 GB | |
| 4 | 2 GB free space for installation | 4 GB |
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| 6 | 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter | |
| 7 | Internet Explorer 7 or later |
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| 3 | 2 GB | |
| 4 | 1 GB free disk space for installation | 3 GB |
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| 6 | 1024 x 768 display with True Color | |
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| 4 | 1.5 GB free disk space for installation | 3.5 GB |
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Initial Release
1989-12
Repository
AutoCAD being a proprietary software, its source code is not publicly hosted.