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System requirements for AutoCAD 2022 including Specialized Toolsets (Windows) | |
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Operating System | 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information. |
Processor | Basic: 2.5–2.9 GHz processor Recommended: 3+ GHz processor |
Memory | Basic: 8 GB Recommended: 16 GB |
Display Resolution | Conventional Displays: 1920 x 1080 with True ColorHigh Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10 (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 12 compliant |
Disk Space | 10.0 GB |
Network | See Autodesk Network License Manager for Windows |
Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
.NET Framework | .NET Framework version 4.8 or later |
System requirements for AutoCAD 2022 for Mac | |
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Operating System | Apple® macOS® Monterey v12 (requires Update 2022.2) Apple macOS Big Sur v11 Apple macOS Catalina v10.15 Apple macOS Mojave v10.14 |
Model | Basic: Apple Mac Pro® 4.1, MacBook Pro 5.1, iMac® 8.1, Mac mini® 3.1, MacBook Air®, MacBook® 5.1
Recommended: Apple Mac® models supporting Metal Graphics Engine |
CPU Type | 64-bit Intel CPU Recommended: Intel Core i7 or higher |
Memory | Basic: 4GB Recommended: 8GB or higher |
Display Resolution | Basic: 1280 x 800 display High Resolution: 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display |
Disk Space | 4 GB free disk space for download and installation |
Pointing Device | Apple-compliant Mouse, Apple-compliant Trackpad, Microsoft-compliant mouse |
Display Card | Recommended: Mac native installed graphics cards |
Disk Format | APFS, APFS(Encrypted), Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted) |
Additional Requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling | |
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Memory | 8 GB RAM or more |
Disk Space | 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements |
Display Card | 3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter; 4G VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; DirectX-capable workstation-class graphics card. |