| System requirements for AutoCAD 2020 including Specialized Toolsets (Windows) | |
|---|---|
| Operating System | |
| 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 for Mac 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Apple® macOS® Mojave v10.14.0 or later; High Sierra v10.13.0 or later |
| Model | Apple Mac Pro® 4,1 or later; MacBook Pro® 5,1 or later; iMac® 8.1 or later; Mac mini® 3.1 or later; MacBook Air® 2.1 or later; MacBook® 5.1 or later |
| CPU Type | 64-bit Intel CPU (Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster recommended) |
| Memory | 4 GB of RAM (8 GB or above recommended) |
| Display Resolution | 1280 x 800 display with true color (2880 x 1800 with Retina Display recommended) |
| Disk Space | 3 GB free disk space for download and installation |
| Pointing Device | Apple® Mouse, Apple Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, MacBook® Pro trackpad, or Microsoft-compliant mouse. |
| Browser | Apple Safari® 5.0 or later Google Chrome™ (for AutoCAD Web) |
| OS Language | All Mac OS X supported language operating systems |
| Additional Requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling | |
|---|---|
| Memory | 8 GB RAM or more |
| Disk Space | 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements |
| Display Card | 1920 x 1080 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card. |
Note: 64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with large datasets, point clouds and 3D modeling and required if you are using Model Documentation or Point Clouds.
Specialized Toolsets (Windows Only)
| Toolset | Additional Requirements |
|---|---|
| AutoCAD Plant 3D |
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| AutoCAD Map 3D |
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| AutoCAD Architecture | Disk Space: 10GB |
| AutoCAD Electrical | Disk Space: 12GB |
| AutoCAD MEP | Disk Space: 12GB |
| AutoCAD Mechanical | No additional requirements |
| AutoCAD Raster Design | No additional requirements |
AutoCAD Map 3D Additional Requirements (Windows Only)
| FDO Provider Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| FDO Provider | Certified With | Notes |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard and Enterprise Editions Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard and Enterprise Editions Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard and Enterprise Editions |
Industry Models also support the versions of Microsoft SQL Server listed on the left. |
| Oracle 11g Release 2 | Oracle 11.2.0.4.0 Oracle Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions |
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left. |
| Oracle 12c Release 1 | Oracle 12.1.0.2.0 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition |
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left. |
| Oracle 12c Release 2 | Oracle 12.2.0.1.0 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition |
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left. |
| Oracle 18c | Oracle 18.3 Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2 |
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left. |
| Raster | DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID®, ECW, PNG, ESRI® Grid, TIFF, JPEG, ESRI® ASCII | |
| Autodesk SDF | 3.0 | |
| ESRI ArcSDE | ArcSDE 10.2 | This Provider requires ESRI licensed components to be installed on client system. Required components depend on the type of connection (SDE Service or Direct Connect) |
| ESRI ArcGIS | ArcGIS® 10.6.1 ArcGIS 10.5 ArcGIS 10.4 |
This Provider requires ESRI licensed components to be installed on client system. |
| MySQL | 8.0 | |
| ODBC | The FDO ODBC provider has been tested with corresponding versions of ODBC drivers that are shipped with the relevant supported operating systems version. | |
| OGC WMS | WMS 1.3.0 | |
| OGC WFS | WFS 2.0.0 | |
| SQLite | SQLite 3.6 | |
| PostgresSQL | PostgreSQL 9.5 + PostGIS 2.2 | |
| ODBC Drivers | Tested Versions |
|---|---|
| Microsoft® Access® Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (English) 16.00.4513.1000 |
| Microsoft® Excel® Driver (*.xls, *xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (English) 16.00.4513.1000 |
| MySQL® ODBC 5.3 Driver | 8.00.13.00 |
| SQL Server® | 10.00.14393 |
| Oracle® in OraClient12Home1 | 18.00.00.00 |
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