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System Requirements

For 32-Bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2012

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7, Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2 or later), Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, and Home Premium editions (compare Windows Vista versions), 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 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

For 64-Bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2012

  • Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium editions (compare Windows Vista versions), 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
  • 3 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

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