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System Requirement for Carlson CAD-based products
Carlson products installed on top of the CAD products, are subject to the same requirements as the CAD engine itself. Please follow the requirements for the CAD platform of your choice listed below and allow an additional 300Mb for Carlson application.
IntelliCAD 6.6 based products
  • Intel Pentium® or more powerful processor
  • Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, Windows® 7
  • 64-bit machines are supported, but application itself is 32-bit
  • 512 MB RAM (minimum), 1 GB (recommended for complex drawings)
  • 400 MB of free hard disk space

For more information about IntelliCAD®

 
AutoCAD® 2010 based installations

Please note the CPU compatibility below: older AMD CPUs like Athlon XP+ do not support SSE2 technology and can not run AutoCAD 2010.

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2010
(The 32-bit AutoCAD cannot be installed on a 64-bit operating system)

  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later 
  • Install from download, DVD, or CD

or

  • Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions)
  • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later 
  • Install from download, DVD, or CD

or

  • Microsoft® Windows 7
  • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later 
  • Install from download, DVD, or CD

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2010
(The 64-bit AutoCAD cannot be installed on a 32-bit operating system)

  • Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later) or Windows Vista (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions), or Windows 7
  • AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, or AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, or Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1.5 GB free space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later 
  • Install from download, DVD, or CD

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations)

  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or higher; Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or higher
  • 2 GB RAM or greater
  • 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
  • 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card
 
AutoCAD 2009 based installations

32-bit AutoCAD 2009
(The 32-bit AutoCAD cannot be installed on a 64-bit operating system)

Running under Windows XP:

  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2 operating system
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon®, 2.2 GHz or greater
    or
    Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 750 MB free hard disk space for installation
  • 1024x768 VGA with true color
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or higher)
If you are using AutoCAD for 3D modeling, you should bump up your system as follows:
  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater
    or
    Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater
  • 2 GB RAM or greater
  • 2 GB of additional free hard disk space
  • 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL or Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card.
Running under Windows Vista:
  • Microsoft Windows Vista operating system
  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater
    or
    Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater
  • 2 GB RAM or greater
  • 750 MB of free hard disk space for installation
  • 2 GB of additional free hard disk space
  • 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card.
64-bit AutoCAD 2009
(The 64-bit AutoCAD cannot be installed on a 32-bit operating system)
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system
    or
    Windows Vista 64-bit operating system
  • AMD 64 processor
    or
    Intel EM64T processor
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 750 MB free hard disk space for installation
 
Carlson solutions based on AutoCAD® 2010 Embedded

Please note the CPU compatibility below: older AMD CPUs like Athlon XP+ do not support SSE2 technology and can not run AutoCAD 2010 Embedded.

Microsoft Windows Vista

  • Microsoft® Windows Vista® (Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, Home Premium) operating system (SP1 or later)
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 850 MB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 web browser or later
  • DVD drive

Microsoft Windows XP Professional

  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition operating system (SP2 or later)
  • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 850 MB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true colorv
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 web browser or later
  • DVD drive

Microsoft Windows 7

  • Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or greater with SSE2 technology
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 850 MB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 web browser or later
  • DVD drive

 
Carlson solutions based on AutoCAD® 2007 Embedded
  • Intel® Pentium® IV recommended, Pentium III 800 minimum
  • Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows® Vista, Windows® XP Home & Professional SP1 or better, Windows XP for Tablet PC SP2, or Windows® 2000 SP3 or better
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 550 MB free disk space for installation
  • 1024 x 768 with True Color
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or higher
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Mouse, trackball, or compatible pointing device
 
Carlson solutions based on AutoCAD® 2004 Embedded
  • Intel Pentium III or later, with 800 MHz or faster processor, or compatible
  • Microsoft Windows XP (Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition)
  • Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 (SP6a or later)
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 300 MB free disk space for installation
  • 1024x768 VGA with true colour (minimum)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Mouse, trackball, or compatible pointing device
  • CD-ROM drive
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