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Autodesk
Design Suites 2011
System Requirements
32-bit hardware
Operating System
• Microsoft
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3
Browser
• Windows Internet Explorer
CPU Type
• Intel
• Equivalent AMD
Memory
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
• 4 GB swap space (8 GB recommended)
Display Resolution
• 1280 x 1024 display with True Color
Hard Disk
• 11.5 GB free disk space
Pointing Device
• Microsoft-mouse compliant
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Windows® 7 Professional
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Business with Service Pack 2
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7.0 or later
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Pentium® 4 or 4-core 2.8 GHz processor
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processor
Display Card
• AutoCAD®: 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D
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capable workstation
class
• Autodesk® Showcase®:
o NVIDIA
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Quadro FX and GeForceTM cards released since 2007 that include the 7, 8, or
9 series graphics chipset. Graphics card must have a minimum 512 MB graphics memory.
More memory is recommended on Windows Vista or for users working with large data sets
or complex scenes.
o ATI RadeonTM 4830 and 4850
o ATI FirePro
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5700, 7750, 8700, and 8750
Note: Some Showcase features might not be available at the lower hardware configurations.
• Autodesk® Alias® Sketch: Microsoft® DirectX
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9.0 capable graphics card with 128 MB or
greater dedicated video memory
System Requirements
64-bit hardware
Operating System
• Windows
• Windows Vista
• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or higher
Browser
• Windows Internet Explorer
CPU Type
• Intel
• Equivalent AMD
Memory
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
• 4 GB swap space (8 GB recommended)
Note: Autodesk recommends settings that allow Windows to manage virtual memory as needed.
There should always be at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory.
Display Resolution
• 1280 x 1024 display with True Color
Hard Disk
• 7 GB free disk space
Pointing Device
• Microsoft-mouse compliant
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7 Professional
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Business with Service Pack 2 or higher
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7.0 or later
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Pentium® 4 or 4-core 2.8 GHz processor
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processor