System Requirements for This Program

AutoCAD Land Desktop

 
System Requirements for This Program
 
 
 

Before you begin installing the program on a network, make sure that your servers and client workstations meet the minimum recommended hardware and software requirements for a deployment.

See the following tables for administrative image, license server, and client workstation system requirements.

Hardware and software requirements for the location of the administrative image

Hardware/ Software

Requirement

Notes

Hard disk

1 GB or above (recommended)

The location where you create the administrative image must be a shared location so that users can access the administrative image.

Hardware and software requirements for the network license server

Hardware/ Software

Requirement

Notes

Operating system

Windows Vista 32-bit

Windows XP 32-bit

Windows 2003 Server Edition

Windows 2000 Professional

Windows 2000 Server Edition

The Network License Manager supports Ethernet network configurations only.

Computer/processor

Pentium III or faster

450 Mhz (minimum)

 

Network interface card

Compatible with existing Ethernet network infrastructure

The Network License Manager supports multiple network interface cards.

Communication protocol

TCP/IP

The Network License Manager uses TCP packet types.

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware/ Software

Requirement

Notes

Operating system

32-Bit

Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Ultimate

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 the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

Processor

32-bit

Intel® Pentium® 4, 2.0 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

 

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 graphic 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