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Oct 8, 2023
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Autodesk® AutoCAD® Map 3D 2018 software supports only 64-bit operating systems. The following tables outline the hardware and software requirements on a 64-bit environment.
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Operating System |
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Browser | Internet Explorer® 11.0 or later |
Processor | 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor |
Memory | 8 GB RAM (minimum) 16 GB RAM (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 1920 x 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 x 2160 and manufacturer-recommended for high resolution applications with True Color capabilities and DirectX9 ¹. DirectX11 compliant card recommended. ¹ DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS |
Hard Disk | 16 GB for installation (downloaded file) |
Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
Media | Download and Installation from DVD |
.NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.6 |
Additional requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling | 16 GB RAM or more. 20 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements. 1920 x 1080 True color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. |
Optional Software | Citrix XenApp® 7.6, Citrix XenDesktop™ 7.6 |
Optional for Industry Models | SAP® Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework 4.0 |
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. |
An instance of Oracle is optional for some products.
Optional: Database | ||
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Oracle Database Specifications - Server | Oracle 11g R2 (11.2.0.4.0) Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition Oracle 12cR1 (12.1.0.1.0) Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition Oracle 12cR1 (12.1.0.2.0) Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition | Enterprise Editions of Oracle 11g and Oracle 12c are required to support jobs and long transactions. Oracle 11g and Spatial or Oracle 12c and Spatial are required to support 3D. |
Oracle Database Specifications - Client | Oracle Database 11g Client Release 2 (11.2.0.4.0) Administrator (Not Instant or Run-time) Oracle Database 12c Client Release 1 (12.1.0.1.0 and 12.1.0.2.0 ) Administrator (Not Instant or Run-time) |
During the installation and configuration of your products, you must connect to the database. Make sure your administrator provides the following settings and passwords:
FDO Provider Requirements | ||
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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 Standard and Enterprise Editions of this Oracle version. |
Oracle 12c Release 1 | Oracle 12.1.0.1.0 Oracle 12.1.0.2.0 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition | Industry Models support Standard and Enterprise Editions of this Oracle version. |
Raster | DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID®, ECW, PNG, ESRI® Grid, TIFF, JPEG, ESRI 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 | |
PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL 9.5 + PostGIS 2.2 |
ODBC Drivers | Tested Versions |
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Microsoft® Access® Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2010 (English) 14.00.4760.1000 |
Microsoft® Excel® Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2010(English) 14.00.4760.1000 |
MySQL® ODBC 5.3 Driver | 5.03.07.00 |
SQL Server® | 10.00.10240.16384 |
Oracle® in OraClient12Home1 | 12.01.00.01 |
Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk Software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the qualified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).
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