System requirements for AutoCAD Mechanical 2015

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023


Products and versions covered


Issue:

This article provides the system requirements for Autodesk® AutoCAD Mechanical 2015.

Solution:

System requirements for AutoCAD Mechanical 2015
Operating System
  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1
  • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Pro
  • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise
CPU TypeFor 32-bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2015:
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
For 64-bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2015:
  • AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology
  • AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology
  • Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
  • Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
Memory2 GB RAM minimum (3 GB recommended for 32-bit, 8 GB recommended for 64-bit)
Display Resolution1,024 x 768 (1,600 x 1,050 or higher recommended) display with true color
Display CardWindows display adapter capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities. DirectX® 9 or DirectX 11 compliant card recommended but not required.
Disk SpaceInstallation 6 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 the Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2008, and 2008 R2
  • Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1
Pointing DeviceMS-Mouse compliant device
DigitizerWINTAB support
Plotter/PrinterSame as AutoCAD Mechanical 2013-2014 — system printer and HDI support
Media (DVD)Download and installation from DVD
BrowserWindows Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later)
Side-by-side InstallSupported
ToolClips Media PlayerAdobe® Flash® Player v10 or up
.NET Framework.NET Framework Version 4.5
 
Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling
CPU TypeIntel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or higher

Note: 64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling.
Memory3 GB or greater for 32-bit, 8 GB RAM or greater for 64-bit
Disk Space6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
Display Card1280x1024 True Color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

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