User Guide

Additional Hardware and Software Recommendations - 3D use

a 64-bit version of Windows and

vice-versa.

Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Ath-

lon, 2.2 GHz or greater

Processor

Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6

GHz or greater

2 GB (or greater)RAM

1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display

adapter (True Color); 128 MB or greater

Graphics card

■ For graphic cards that support

Hardware Acceleration, DirectX

9.0c, or later, must be installed.

Direct3D capable workstation class

graphics card.

■ Installing from the ACAD.msi file

does not install DirectX 9.0c, or

For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable

workstation class graphics card with 128

later. Manual installation of Dir-

MB or greater is required; 1024 x 768

VGA with True Color (minimum)

ectX is required, in this circum-

stance, for Hardware Accelera-

tion to be configured.

For more information about tested

and certified graphics cards, visit ht-

tp://autodesk.com/graphicscard/

2 GB (in addition to the 1 GB or above

required for installation)

Hard disk

NOTE Adobe Flash Player is not installed by default. If a version of Flash is not

currently installed on your system, a message is displayed requesting that you

download it from Adobe’s website. If you do not have Internet access, you can

also access the Flash installer on the AutoCAD disc.

Understanding Administrative Permission Requirements

To install AutoCAD, you must have administrator permissions. You do not

need to have domain administrative permissions. See your system administrator

for information about administrative permissions.

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