Before you install AutoCAD 2011,
make sure that your computer meets the minimum hardware and software
requirements listed below.
The
installer automatically detects whether your operating system is
a 32-bit or 64-bit version. The appropriate version of AutoCAD 2011 will
be installed. You cannot install the 32-bit version of AutoCAD 2011 on
a 64-bit operating system.
| Hardware/Software |
Requirement |
Notes |
Operating system
|
32-bit
Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later
of the following:
- Windows® XP Home
- Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later
of the following:
- Windows Vista® Business
- Windows Vista Enterprise
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Ultimate
The following operating systems:
- Windows 7 Enterprise
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- Windows 7 Professional
- Windows 7 Ultimate
64-bit
- All operating systems
listed above
|
- For non-English language versions of AutoCAD 2011,
it is recommended that the user interface language of your operating
system match the code page of AutoCAD 2011. The code page provides
support for character sets used in different languages.
- To use AutoCAD 2011, you must have Microsoft
.NET Framework 3.0 or later installed. For more information, see Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.
- For more information on Windows Vista
versions, see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/versions.
|
Web browser
|
Windows Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
|
|
| Processor |
32-bit
Windows XP
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
Windows Vista or Windows
7
- Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core,
3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
64-bit
- AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology
- AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology
- Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support
& SSE2 technology
- Intel Xeon® with Intel EM64T support & SSE2 technology
|
|
| Memory |
2 GB
RAM
|
|
| Display resolution |
1024 x 768 with True
Color
|
- Requires a Windows-supported display
adapter.
- For graphic cards that support hardware
acceleration, DirectX® 9.0c
or later is required.
- Installing from the ACAD.msi file does
not install DirectX. To configure hardware acceleration, you must
manually install DirextX.
|
| Hard Disk |
32-bit
64-bit
|
|
| Pointing device |
MS-Mouse Compliant
|
|
| Media |
Download and installation
from DVD
|
|
| Additional Requirements
for 3D Modeling |
- Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor,
3.0 GHz or higher, or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2.0 GHz
or higher
- 2 GB RAM or more
- 2 GB free hard disk space available in
addition to memory required for installation
- 1280 x 1024 True Color color video display
adapter 128 MB or more, Pixel Shader 3.0 or later, Direct3D® capable workstation
class graphics card
|
- Requires a Windows-supported display
adapter.
- For graphic cards that support hardware
acceleration, DirectX 9.0c or is required.
- Installing from the ACAD.msi file does
not install DirectX 9.0c or later. To configure hardware acceleration,
you must manually install DirectX.
- For more information about tested and
certified graphics cards, see http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard.
|
NoteAdobe Flash Player
is no longer installed by default. If a suitable version of Flash
is not installed on your system, you are prompted to download it
from the Adobe website. If you do not have Internet access, access
the Flash installer on the AutoCAD 2011 product media.
