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System Requirements - AutoCAD Civil 3D
Posted by Jarryd Reedman on 26 July 2012 01:50 PM
What are the system requirements for AutoCAD Civil 3D?

For 32-Bit AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 (recommended) Enterprise, Ultimate, or Professional edition  or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional edition (SP3 or later)
  • For Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon™ dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or faster with SSE2 technology
  • For Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or faster with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM minimum (4 GB recommended)
  • 12 GB disk space for installation (7 GB for electronic download with at least 2 GB free after installation)
  • 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter (1,600 x 1,200 with true color recommended, multiple monitors are supported)
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
  • DVD drive

For 64-Bit AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013

  • Windows 7 (recommended) Enterprise, Ultimate, or Professional edition or Windows XP Professional edition (SP2 or later)
  • AMD Athlon™ 64 processor with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron™ processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
  • 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)
  • 12 GB disk space for installation (7 GB for electronic download with at least 2 GB free after installation)
  • 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter (1,600 x 1,200 with true color recommended, multiple monitors are supported)
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
  • DVD drive

Additional 3D Modeling Requirements

  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater, or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater
  • 8 GB RAM or more
  • 2 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
  • 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card
  • 1,600 x 1,200 display with true color (recommended, multiple monitors are supported)

Notes: 
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 is recommended. 
- Microsoft® Windows Vista® offers better memory management over Microsoft® Windows® XP. 
- 64-bit operating systems are recommended over 32-bit operating systems because of the larger amount of available memory for applications.
These requirements can also be found at the Autodesk website: http://usa.autodesk.com/civil-3d/system-requirements/

Note: Slow performance of AutoCAD Civil 3D has been observed for users with quad-core processors. It is advised that you disable some processor cores in the BIOS. How many cores you should disable will differ, some users have reported success disabling only two cores, others have needed to disable three of the four cores in order to reach satisfactory levels of performance with AutoCAD Civil 3D.

What are the system requirements for Advanced Road Design/Stringer/Site Leveller?

Advanced Road Design, Stringer, Site Leveller and all other applications, as addons to AutoCAD Civil 3D, do not have any system requirements additional to those listed above.
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