System requirements for AutoCAD 2021 including Specialized Toolsets (Windows) | |
Operating System | 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 and Windows 10. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information. |
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 | 7.0 GB |
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 Windows® Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019 editions. |
Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
.NET Framework | .NET Framework version 4.8 or later |
System requirements for AutoCAD for Mac 2021 | |
Operating System | Apple® macOS® Big Sur v11 (requires Update 2021.1) Apple® macOS® Catalina v10.15 Apple macOS Mojave v10.14 Apple macOS High Sierra v10.13 |
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 Apple Mac models with M series chip are supported under Rosetta 2 mode. |
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 | 3 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 | |
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. |
Specialized Toolsets (Windows Only)
Toolset | Additional Requirements |
AutoCAD Map 3D | Disk Space: 16GB Memory: 16GB Database & FDO Requirements (see below) |
AutoCAD Electrical | Disk Space: 12GB Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable (x64) |
AutoCAD Architecture | Disk Space: 12GB |
AutoCAD MEP | Disk Space: 12GB |
AutoCAD Plant 3D | Disk Space: 10GB |
AutoCAD Mechanical | Disk Space: 7GB |
AutoCAD Raster Design | Disk Space: 1GB |
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 Microsoft SQL Server 2019 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 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. |
Oracle 19c | Oracle 19.3 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 ArcGIS | ArcGIS® 10.7.1 ArcGIS 10.6.1 ArcGIS 10.5 | 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 WMTS | WMS 1.0.0 | |
OGC WFS | WFS 2.0.0 | |
SQLite | SQLite 3.27.2 | |
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 8.0 Driver | 8.00.13.00 |
SQL Server® | 10.00.18362.01 |
Oracle® in OraClient19Home1 | 19.00.00.00 |
System requirements for AutoCAD 2020 including Specialized Toolsets (Windows) | |
Operating System | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 with Update KB4019990 (64-bit only) Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (64-bit only) Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only) (version 1803 or higher) See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information. |
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® Big Sur v11 (requires Update 2020.2) Apple® macOS® Catalina v10.15 (requires Update 2020.1) Apple® macOS® Mojave v10.14 Apple® macOS® High Sierra v10.13 |
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 Apple Mac models with M series chip are supported under Rosetta 2 mode. |
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. |
Specialized Toolsets (Windows Only)
Toolset | Additional Requirements |
AutoCAD Plant 3D | Disk Space: 8GB .NET Framework Version 4.7.2 MS SQL Server (Express, Standard, or Enterprise edition) 2008 SP1 or newer |
AutoCAD Map 3D | Disk Space: 16GB Memory: 16GB Database & FDO Requirements (see below) |
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 |
System requirements for AutoCAD 2019 including Specialized Toolsets | |
Operating System | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 with Update KB4019990 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update (64-bit only) (version 1607 or higher) 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 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) |
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, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2008 R2 editions. Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6. |
Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
.NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.7 |
System requirements for AutoCAD for Mac 2019 | |
Operating System | Apple® macOS® Big Sur v11 (requires Update 2019.2); Apple® macOS® Mojave v10.14 or later; High Sierra v10.13 or later; Apple macOS Sierra v10.12 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 Apple Mac models with M series chip are not supported |
CPU Type | 64-bit Intel CPU (Intel Core Duo CPU, 2 GHz or faster recommended) |
Memory | 3 GB of RAM (4 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. |
Printer | Mac OS X-compliant printer |
Media | Download and installation from DVD |
Browser | Apple Safari® 5.0 or later |
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. |
Specialized Toolsets
Toolset | Additional Requirements |
AutoCAD Plant 3D | Disk Space: 8GB 64-Bit OS Only |
AutoCAD Map 3D | Disk Space: 16GB Memory: 16GB 64-Bit OS Only Database & FDO Requirements (see below) |
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
FDO Provider Requirements | ||
FDO Provider | Certified With | Notes |
Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions; Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard and Enterprise Editions; Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard and Enterprise Editions; Microsoft SQL Server 2016 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. |
Raster | DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID®, ECW, PNG, ESRI® Grid, TIFF, JPEG, ESTRI, ASCII | Not supported on Linux |
Autodesk SDF | 3.0 | |
ESRI ArcSDE | ArcSDE® 9.3 SP1 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® 10.4 ARCGIS 10.3.1 ARCGIS 10.3 ARCGIS 10.2 | This Provider requires ESRI licensed components to be installed on client system. |
MySQL | 5.7 | |
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 | 5.03.07.00 |
SQL Server® | 10.00.10240.16384 |
Oracle® in OraClient12Home1 | 12.01.00.01 |
System requirements for AutoCAD 2018 | |
Operating System | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only) (version 1607 and up recommended) See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information. |
CPU Type | 32-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) processor 64-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor |
Memory | 32-bit: 2 GB (4 GB recommended) 64-bit: 4 GB (8 GB recommended) |
Display Resolution | Conventional Displays: 1360 x 768 (1920 x 1080 recommended) 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 | Windows display adapter capable of 1360 x 768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX® 9 ¹. DirectX 11 compliant card recommended. ¹ DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS |
Disk Space | Installation 4.0 GB |
Browser | Windows Internet Explorer® 11 or later |
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® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 2008 R2 Server editions. Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6. |
Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
Digitizer | WINTAB support |
Media (DVD) | Download or installation from DVD |
ToolClips Media Player | Adobe Flash Player v10 or up |
.NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.6 |
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. |
System requirements for AutoCAD 2017 | |
Operating System | Microsoft® Windows® 10 (desktop OS) Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 |
CPU Type | 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor |
Memory | For 32-bit AutoCAD 2017: 2 GB (3 GB recommended) For 64-bit AutoCAD 2017: 4 GB (8 GB recommended) |
Display Resolution | 1360×768 (1600×1050 or higher recommended) with True Color. 125% Desktop Scaling (120 DPI) or less recommended. For AutoCAD 2017.1 Update: Conventional Displays: 1360×768 (1920×1080 recommended) with True Color High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840×2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display card) |
Display Card | Windows display adapter capable of 1360×768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX® 9 ¹. DirectX 11 compliant card recommended. For AutoCAD 2017.1 Update: Windows display adapter capable of 1920×1080 with True Color capabilities and DirectX 9 ¹. DirectX 11 compliant card recommended. High Resolution & 4K Displays: Windows display adapter capable of resolutions up to 3840×2160 and manufacturer-recommended for high resolution applications with True Color capabilities and DirectX 9 ¹. DirectX 11 compliant card recommended. |
Disk Space | Installation 6.0 GB |
Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
Digitizer | WINTAB support |
Media (DVD) | Download and installation from DVD |
Browser | Windows Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later) |
.NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.6 |
ToolClips Media Player | Adobe Flash Player v10 or up |
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® 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows 2008 R2 Server editions. Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6. |
Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling | |
Memory | 8 GB RAM or greater |
Disk Space | 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements |
Display Card | 1600×1050 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card. |