Minimum System Requirements of AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012

To see if your PC is ready for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012, Your computer system must have the following minimum requirements for installing :

AutoCAD® Civil 3D® software is a Building Information Modeling (BIM) solution for civil engineering design and documentation. Civil 3D is designed for civil engineers, drafters, designers, and technicians working on transportation design, land development, and water project

System Requirements For 64-Bit AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012

• CPU : AMD Athlon™ 64 processor with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron™ processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• Operating System : Windows 7 (recommended) Enterprise, Ultimate, or Professional edition, Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, or Ultimate edition (SP2 or later), or Windows XP Professional edition (SP2 or later)
• 4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB recommended)
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• DVD drive
• 12 GB disk space for installation (7 GB for electronic download with at least 2 GB free after installation)
• 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter (1,600 x 1,200 with true color recommended, multiple monitors are supported)

System Requirements For 32-Bit AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012

• Operating System : Microsoft® Windows® 7 (recommended) Enterprise, Ultimate, or Professional edition, Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, or Ultimate edition (SP2 or later), or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional edition (SP3 or later)
• 1 GB RAM minimium (4 GB recommended)
• 12 GB disk space for installation (7 GB for electronic download with at least 2 GB free after installation)
• For Windows 7 or Windows Vista: Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon™ dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or faster with SSE2 technology
• For Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or faster with SSE2 technology
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• DVD drive
• 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter (1,600 x 1,200 with true color recommended, multiple monitors are supported)

Additional 3D Modeling Requirements

• Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater, or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater
• 8 GB RAM or more
• 1,600 x 1,200 with true color (recommended, multiple monitors are supported)
• 2 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
• 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card

Please consider in Processor, RAM, VGA and harddisk. those the main thing to decide whatever AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012 can be installed properly in computer system or not. If one of those minimum requirements can't be achieved by your hardware, please don't even try to install AutoCAD Civil 3D 2012.. Leave comment if you have something to ask!!