System Requirements

AutoCAD Land Desktop

 
System Requirements
 
 
 

Before you install your product on a stand-alone computer, make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements.

NoteThe system requirements for installing AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion 2009 are the same as those for installing AutoCAD Land Desktop 2009.

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware/ Software

Requirement

Notes

Operating system

32-Bit

Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Home Premium

Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2

The 64-bit versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista are supported only in the 32-bit compatibility mode.

It is recommended that non-English language versions of AutoCAD Land Desktop be installed on an operating system with a user interface language that matches the code page of the AutoCAD Land Desktop language. A code page provides support for character sets used in different languages.

Web browser

32-bit

Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later

You cannot install AutoCAD Land Desktop if Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 (or later) is not installed on the installation workstation. You can download Internet Explorer from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

Processor

32-bit

Intel® Pentium® 4, 3.0 GHz or faster,

AMD® Athlon™, 2.0 GHz or faster,

or

Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or faster

 

RAM

32-bit

1 GB

3 GB (recommended)

Graphics card

1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®- or Direct3D®-capable, workstation class graphics card.

For Windows Vista, a Direct3D-capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum)

  • Requires a Windows-supported display adapter.
  • For graphics cards that support Hardware Acceleration, DirectX 9.0c, or later, must be installed.
  • Installing from the LDT.msi file does not install DirectX 9.0c, or later. Manual installation of DirectX is required, in this circumstance, for Hardware Acceleration to be configured.

Hard disk

2 GB  

Pointing device

Mouse, trackball, or other device

 

DVD-ROM

Any speed (for installation only)

 

Optional hardware

Printer or plotter

Digitizer

Modem or access to an Internet connection

Network interface card

 
NoteAdobe Flash Player is no longer installed by default. If a suitable version of Flash is not currently installed on your system, a message is displayed requesting that you download it from Adobe’s website. If you do not have Internet access, you can also access the Flash installer on the AutoCAD Land Desktop product media.