System requirements for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016

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Oct 8, 2023

Products and versions covered

Issue:

This article provides the system requirements for Autodesk® AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016.

Before installing any Autodesk® products, it is important that you verify that your computer meets, or exceeds, the minimum system requirements for operation. If your system does not meet the minimum requirements, problems can occur while running the product, and at the operating system level.

Solution:

The following table outlines the hardware and software requirements if you're running on a system installed with a 64-bit environment.

System requirements for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016
Operating SystemMicrosoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Microsoft Windows 8/8.1
Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Pro
Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
ProcessorMinimum Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Memory4 GB RAM (minimum)
8 GB RAM (recommended)
Display Resolution1280 x 1024 (1600 x 1200 or higher recommended) with True Color
Display CardWindows display adapter capable of 1280 x 1024 with True Color capabilities and DirectX®9*. DirectX11 compliant card recommended.
* DirectX9 recommended by supported OS
Hard Disk10 GB for installation (downloaded file)
6 GB for program files
Pointing DeviceMS-Mouse compliant device
Media (DVD)Download and installation from DVD
BrowserInternet Explorer® 9.0 (or later)
.NET FrameworkMicrosoft .NET Framework Version 4.5
 
Additional requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling
Memory8 GB RAM or more
Disk Space6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation
Display Card1600 x 1050 or greater True color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card.
 

Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the qualified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).

Products:

Civil 3D;

Versions:

2016;

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