System requirements for AutoCAD Mechanical

This document provides the system requirements for AutoCAD Mechanical Products.

AutoCAD Mechanical 2014 System Requirements

For 32-bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2014

• Windows® 8 (Professional, Enterprise, and Standard), Windows 7 (Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, and Home Premium), or Windows XP Professional or Home Edition (SP3 or later) operating system
• For Windows 7 and Windows 8: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; for Windows XP: Pentium 4 or Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM minimum (4 GB recommended)
• 6.3 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 (1,600 x 1,050 or higher recommended) display with true color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later web browser
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Download and installation from DVD

For 64-bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2014

• Windows 8 (Professional, Enterprise, and Standard), Windows 7 (Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, and Home Premium), or Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later)
• Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron™ processor with SSE2 technology, Intel Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology, or Pentium 4 with EM64T support with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM minimum (4 GB recommended)
• 6.3 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 (1,600 x 1,050 recommended) display with true color
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Download and installation from DVD

Additional system 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

AutoCAD Mechanical 2013 System Requirements

For 32-Bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2013

• Microsoft® Windows® 7 or Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP3 or later)
• 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 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• 6.3 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 with 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 Mechanical 2013

• Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later)
• AMD Athlon 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
• 6.3 GB free disk space for installation
• 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

Additional System 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

AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 System Requirements

For 32-Bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2012

Additional System Requirements for 3D Modeling

AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 System Requirements

32-Bit AutoCAD Mechanical

• Microsoft® Windows® 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista® SP1 or later, including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, and Home Premium editions (compare Windows Vista versions), or Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP2 or later)
• Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows XP; Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows Vista
• 2 GB RAM
• 2.8 GB free disk space for installation (3.4 GB for a clean machine with no .NET installed)
• 1,280 x 1,024 with display with true color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Download and installation from DVD

64-Bit AutoCAD Mechanical

• Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (SP1 or later), including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, and Home Premium editions (compare Windows Vista versions), or Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 and later
• AMD Athlon 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
• 3.0 GB free disk space for installation (3.6 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 pointing device
• Download and Installation from DVD

AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 System Requirements

32-bit Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP2 or later), or Microsoft® Windows Vista® SP1 or later, including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, and Home Premium editions
• Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows XP; Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows Vista
• 2 GB RAM
• 2.8 GB free disk space for installation (3.4 GB for a clean machine with no .NET installed)
• 1,280 x 1,024 with display with true color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
• Download and installation from DVD

64-bit Requirements

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2 and later, or Microsoft Windows Vista (SP1 or later), including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, and Home Premium editions
• AMD Athlon 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
• 3.0 GB free disk space for installation (3.6 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 System Requirements for 3D Modeling

• Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 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, Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card

AutoCAD Mechanical 2009 System Requirements

32-bit Requirements

Recommended System Requirements
This configuration is suggested primarily for detail-drafting activities, moderate use of the standard parts, and 2D assemblies fewer than 100 parts.

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or later, with 2.2 Ghz or faster processor, or compatible
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4
• Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition SP2
• Windows Vista™ Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, Premium, and Basic
• 512 MB RAM
• 1.5 GB of free disk space
• 32 MB or more Open GL® graphics card or DirectX® 9 support
• 1280x1024x32-bit true color or better (Minimum is 1024x768 VGA with true color)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6 SP1 or higher
• MS-Mouse compliant pointing device
• CD-ROM or DVD

Preferred System Requirements
The following increases from the recommended requirements are suggested for production-level 2D assembly modeling (hundreds of parts or more) with heavy use of standard parts, associative 2D hide, or Autodesk Inventor® associativity.

• Intel Pentium 4 or later, with 2.8 GHz or faster processor (e.g., Intel Pentium M 1.8GHz for Laptop) and with at least 1MB total Cache
• 1.5 GB or more RAM
• 2.5 GB of free disk space
• 128 MB or more Open GL work-station class graphics card or DirectX 9 support

64-bit Requirements

The following requirements apply to AutoCAD Mechanical software. Additional system requirements are necessary to run the Autodesk Vault Server/Client. Please note that Microsoft XP Starter Edition and Tablet Edition are not supported at this time.

Recommended System Requirements

• AMD Athlon® 64, AMD Opteron®, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T, or Pentium 4 with EM64T support
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• Windows Vista™ 64 bit
• 1 GB RAM (more than 1.5 preferred)
• 1.8 GB of free disk space (more than 2.5 preferred)
• 32 MB or more Open GL graphics card or DirectX 9 support (more than 128 MB preferred)
• 1280x1024x32-bit true color or better (Minimum is 1024x768 VGA with true color)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or higher
• MS-Mouse compliant pointing device
• DVD

Note: Less-capable machines can run AutoCAD Mechanical 2007, but the results may be less than ideal. The use of additional memory and faster processors directly improves performance and capacity and is strongly recommended for design work entailing the use of the software’s design and engineering functionality, such as 2D structure, associative 2D hide, standard parts, calculations, machinery system generators (shaft, belt/chain drive systems, and so on), and Autodesk® Inventor™ associativity functionality.

AutoCAD Mechanical 2008 System Requirements

32-bit Requirements

Recommended System Requirements
This configuration is suggested primarily for detail-drafting activities, moderate use of the standard parts, and 2D assemblies fewer than 100 parts.

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or later, with 2.2 Ghz or faster processor, or compatible
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4
• Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition SP2
• Windows Vista™ Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, Premium, and Basic
• 512 MB RAM
• 1.5 GB of free disk space
• 32 MB or more Open GL® graphics card or DirectX® 9 support
• 1280x1024x32-bit true color or better (Minimum is 1024x768 VGA with true color)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6 SP1 or higher
• MS-Mouse compliant pointing device
• CD-ROM or DVD

Preferred System Requirements
The following increases from the recommended requirements are suggested for production-level 2D assembly modeling (hundreds of parts or more) with heavy use of standard parts, associative 2D hide, or Autodesk Inventor® associativity.

• Intel Pentium 4 or later, with 2.8 GHz or faster processor (e.g., Intel Pentium M 1.8GHz for Laptop) and with at least 1MB total Cache
• 1.5 GB or more RAM
• 2.5 GB of free disk space
• 128 MB or more Open GL work-station class graphics card or DirectX 9 support
  

64-bit Requirements

The following requirements apply to AutoCAD Mechanical software. Additional system requirements are necessary to run the Autodesk Vault Server/Client. Please note that Microsoft XP Starter Edition and Tablet Edition are not supported at this time.

Recommended System Requirements

• AMD Athlon® 64, AMD Opteron®, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T, or Pentium 4 with EM64T support
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• Windows Vista™ 64 bit
• 1 GB RAM (more than 1.5 preferred)
• 1.8 GB of free disk space (more than 2.5 preferred)
• 32 MB or more Open GL graphics card or DirectX 9 support (more than 128 MB preferred)
• 1280x1024x32-bit true color or better (Minimum is 1024x768 VGA with true color)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or higher
• MS-Mouse compliant pointing device
• DVD

Note: Less-capable machines can run AutoCAD Mechanical 2007, but the results may be less than ideal. The use of additional memory and faster processors directly improves performance and capacity and is strongly recommended for design work entailing the use of the software’s design and engineering functionality, such as 2D structure, associative 2D hide, standard parts, calculations, machinery system generators (shaft, belt/chain drive systems, and so on), and Autodesk® Inventor™ associativity functionality.