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Download Instructions
Close all open applications.
Click Download Now. In Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, click Run, click Run again, and then Install. In Firefox®, click Save File; once file is saved, click the .exe icon in the dialog box.
Select Install.
Follow the Installation Wizard instructions to complete the installation.
System Requirements
For 32-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2012
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP3 or later), or Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition, 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 Vista or 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 2012
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 and later), or Microsoft Windows Vista (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition, 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