System requirements for AutoCAD Electrical

This document provides the system requirements for AutoCAD Electrical Products.

System Requirements for AutoCAD Electrical 2014

For 32-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2014

• Windows® 8 Enterprise, Professional, or Standard edition, Windows XP® Home or Professional edition (SP3 or later),or Windows® 7 Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition operating system
• Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows XP, or Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows 8 or Windows 7
• 2 GB RAM
• 11 GB free disk space for installation (12 GB for a clean machine with no .NET installed)
• 1,280 x 1,024 display with true color (1,600 x 1,050 or higher recommended)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7 or later
• Microsoft-compliant mouse pointing device
• Download and installation from DVD

For 64-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2014

• Windows 8 Enterprise, Professional, or Standard edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 and later), or Windows 7 Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition
• Athlon 64 or AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology, or Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• 11 GB free disk space for installation (12 GB for a clean system with no .NET installed)
• 1,280 x 1,024 display with true color (1,600 x 1,050 or higher recommended)
• Internet Explorer 7 or later
• Microsoft-compliant mouse
• Download and Installation from DVD

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling

• Pentium 4 or Athlon processor, 3 GHz or greater, or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
• 4 GB RAM or greater
• 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color)
• 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card

System Requirements for AutoCAD Electrical 2013

For 32-Bit AutoCAD Electrical 2013

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP3 or later), or Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows versions)
• Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows XP, or Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows 7
• 2 GB RAM
• 6 GB free disk space for installation (7 GB for a clean machine with no .NET installed)
• 1,280 x 1,024 display with true color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Download and installation from DVD

For 64-Bit AutoCAD Electrical 2013

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 and later), or Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows versions)
• AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• 6 GB free disk space for installation (7 GB for a clean system with no .NET installed)
• 1,280 x 1,024 display with true color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant point device
• Download and Installation from DVD

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling

• Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor, 3 GHz or greater, or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
• 2 GB RAM or greater
• 2 GB free hard disk available, not including installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color)
• 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card

System Requirements for AutoCAD Electrical 2012

For 32-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2012

For 64-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2012

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling

System Requirements for AutoCAD Electrical 2011

For 32-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2011

System Requirements for AutoCAD Electrical 2010

Operating system (32-bit only)

• Windows® XP Home and Professional SP2 or later
• Microsoft ® Windows Vista™ SP1 or later including:
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Ultimate
• Windows Vista Home Premium

For more information on Windows Vista versions please see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/versions

Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

CPU type:

• Windows XP; Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon™ dual core, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• Windows Vista: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology

Memory:

• Windows XP: 2 GB RAM
• Windows Vista: 2 GB RAM

Display resolution 1280 × 1024 with True Color

Hard Disk Installation 2.8 GB (3.4 GB for a clean machine with no .NET installed)

Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant

Media Download and installation from DVD-ROM

3D Modeling additional requriements

• Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater

• 2 GB RAM or greater

• 2 GB free hard disk available not including installation

• 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card.

System Requirements for AutoCAD Electrical 2009

32-bit

• Operating system:
• Windows XP Home or Professional SP2
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Ultimate
• Windows Vista Home Premium
  
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
• Intel Pentium 4 2.2Ghz AMD Athlon
• 512 MB RAM
• 1280x1024 with True Color
• Installation 2.7 GB
• MS-Mouse compliant
• Download and Installation from DVD or CD-ROM

64-bit

• Operating system:
• Windows XP Professional x64 edition
• Windows Vista Enterprise 64 bit
• Windows Vista Business 64 bit
• Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit
• Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit
• Windows XP x64: Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
• Windows Vista: Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• AMD Athlon 64
• AMD Opteron
• Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
• Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support
• 1 GB RAM
• 1024x768 with True Color
• Installation 3.0 GB
• MS-Mouse compliant
• Download and Installation from DVD or CD-ROM
  

System Requirements for AutoCAD Electrical 2008

32-bit System Requirements:

• Operating system:
  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home and Professional SP1 or SP2
  • Microsoft Windows Vista™ Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Business
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Premium
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Basic
• Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later
• CPU type: Intel® Pentium® 4 2.2 GHz or higher recommended
• Memory: 512 MB RAM
• Display resolution: 1024x768 with True Color
• Hard Disk Installation: 2.5 GB
• Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant
• DVD or CD-ROM
• Additional system requirements apply for Autodesk® Vault and the Data Management Server

64-bit System Requirements:

• Operating system:
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  • Windows Vista 64 bit
• Browser: Same version that is installed by default with XP 64-bit and Vista 64-bit 
• CPU type:
  • AMD Athlon 64
  • AMD Opteron
  • Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support
  • Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• Display resolution: 1024x768 with True Color
• Display Card: Supports Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities; OpenGL and DirectX 9
• Hard Disk Installation: 2.75 GB
• Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant
• Media DVD
• Additional system requirements apply for Autodesk Vault and the Data Management Server