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Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
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Oct 8, 2023
Products and versions covered
Operating system
Windows Vista Enterprise (or Windows Vista Enterprise Service Pack 1)
Windows Vista Business (or Windows Vista Business Service Pack 1)
Windows Vista Ultimate (or Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1)
Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or 3)
Web browser
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later
You cannot install AutoCAD Map 3D 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
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater
Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
RAM
1 GB (Windows XP SP2; 2 GB recommended)
2 GB (Windows Vista)
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 ACAD.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
2.5 GB (Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista)
Pointing device
Mouse, trackball, or other device
DVD/CD-ROM
Any speed (for installation only)
Download (ESD) and installation from DVD or CD-ROM
FDO Provider requirements
Autodesk SDF 3.0
ESRI ArcSDE ArcSDE 9.2 and 9.1 using Oracle 10gR2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, and SQL Server 2000 SP4
ESRI SHP
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP2: Express, Standard and Enterprise Editions
SQL-Server 2000 SP4
MySQL 5.0.27
ODBC Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb) 12.00.4518
Microsoft Excel Driver (*.xls, *xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb) 12.00.4518
Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt, *.csv) 4.00.6304.00
MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver 3.51.20
Oracle 10.1.0.5 or 10.2.0.2
SQL Server: SQL Native Client 2005.90.1399.00; SQL Server 2000.85.1117.00
OGC WMS 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.3.0
OGC WFS 1.0.0
Oracle 11g, 10gR2: Oracle Express, Standard and Enterprise Editions Oracle 9i is also supported, but you must use the Oracle 11g or 10gR2 client.
Raster DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID, ECW, PNG, ESRI Grid, TIFF
Additional recommendations for 3D use
Operating system
Windows Vista Enterprise (or Windows Vista Enterprise Service Pack 1)
Windows Vista Business (or Windows Vista BusinessService Pack 1)
Windows Vista Ultimate (or Windows Vista UltimateService Pack 1)
Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2 or 3)
It is recommended that non-English language versions of AutoCAD Map 3D be installed on an operating system with a user interface language that matches the code page of the AutoCAD Map 3D language. A code page provides support for character sets used in different languages.
Processor
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater
Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
RAM
2 GB (or greater)
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. For graphic cards that support Hardware Acceleration, DirectX 9.0c, or later, must be installed. Installing from the ACAD.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.
For more information about tested and certified graphics cards, visit http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard
Hard disk
2.5 GB or greater
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