AutoCAD System Requirements

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System requirements for AutoCAD 2020

Operating System	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 with Update KB4019990 (64-bit only) Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (64-bit only) Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only) (version 1803 or higher) See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
Processor	Basic: 2.5–2.9 GHz processor Recommended: 3+ GHz processor Multiple processors: Supported by the application
Memory	Basic: 8 GB Recommended: 16 GB
Display Resolution Conventional Displays	1920 x 1080 with True Color High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64-bit systems (with capable display card)
Display Card	Basic: 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
Disk Space	6.0 GB
Browser	Google Chrome™ (for AutoCAD web app)
Network	Deployment via Deployment Wizard. The license server and all workstations that will run applications dependent on network licensing must run TCP/IP protocol. Either Microsoft® or Novell TCP/IP protocol stacks are acceptable. Primary login on workstations may be Netware or Windows. In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on the Windows Server® 2016, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2 editions.
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.7 or later *DirectX11 recommended by supported OS

System requirements for AutoCAD 2021

Operating System	64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11, Windows 10, and Windows 8.1. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
Processor	Basic: 2.5–2.9 GHz processor Recommended: 3+ GHz processor Multiple processors: Supported by the application
Memory	Basic: 8 GB Recommended: 16 GB
Display Resolution Conventional Displays	1920 x 1080 with True Color High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64-bit systems (with capable display card)
Display Card	Basic: 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
Disk Space	7.0 GB
Network	Deployment via Deployment Wizard. The license server and all workstations that will run applications dependent on network licensing must run TCP/IP protocol. Either Microsoft® or Novell TCP/IP protocol stacks are acceptable. Primary login on workstations may be Netware or Windows. In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on Windows® Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019 editions.
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant
.NET Framework	.NET Framework version 4.8 or later *DirectX11 recommended by supported OS

System requirements for AutoCAD 2022

Operating System	64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
Processor	Basic: 2.5–2.9 GHz processor Recommended: 3+ GHz processor
Memory	Basic: 8 GB Recommended: 16 GB
Display Resolution Conventional Displays	1920 x 1080 with True Color High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10(with capable display card)
Display Card	Basic: 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant
Disk Space	10.0 GB Network See Autodesk Network License Manager for Windows
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant
.NET Framework	.NET Framework version 4.8 or later

System requirements for Civil 3D 2020

Operating System	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 with Update KB4019990 (64-bit only) Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (64-bit only) Microsoft® Windows® 10 (64-bit only) (version 1803 or higher)
Browser	Google Chrome (for AutoCAD web app)
Processor	Minimum: 2.5–2.9 GHz or faster processor Recommended: 3+ GHz or faster processor
Memory	16 GB
Display Resolution	Conventional Displays:1920 x 1080 with True Color High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display card)
Display Card	Minimum: 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
Disk Space	16 GB
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant File Format Changes AutoCAD .DWG format – R2018 Civil 3D Object format – R2018.2 ¹ ¹ New vertical curve profile entities (fixed vertical curve by high or low point) are not supported in Civil 3D 2018.
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.7

System requirements for Civil 3D 2021

Operating System	64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10 64-bit Microsoft Windows 8.1 See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
Processor	Minimum: 2.5–2.9 GHz processor Recommended: 3+ GHz processor
Memory	16 GB
Display Resolution	Conventional Displays:1920 x 1080 with True Color High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display card)
Display Card	Minimum: 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
Disk Space	16 GB
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant File Format Changes No DWG or Civil 3D Object format changes¹. ¹Bridge and piping features added in 2021 may display as a proxy objects in prior versions.
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.8

System requirements for Civil 3D 2022

Operating System	64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 10. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
Processor	Minimum: 2.5–2.9 GHz processor Recommended: 3+ GHz processor
Memory	Basic: 8 GB Recommended: 16 GB
Display Resolution	Conventional Displays: 1920 x 1080 with True Color High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10 (with capable display card)
Display Card	Basic: 1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant
Disk Space	16 GB
Network	See Autodesk Network License Manager for Windows
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.8 or later

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