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System requirements for AutoCAD 2018

System requirements for AutoCAD 2018
Operating System	Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit only)
CPU Type	32-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) processor 64-bit: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor
Memory	32-bit: 2 GB (4 GB recommended) 64-bit: 4 GB (8 GB 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 1360 x 768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX® 9 ¹. DirectX 11 compliant card recommended. ¹ DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS
Disk Space	Installation 4.0 GB
Browser	Windows Internet Explorer® 11 or later
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. Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6.
Pointing Device	MS-Mouse compliant
Digitizer	WINTAB support
Media (DVD)	Download or installation from DVD
ToolClips Media Player	Adobe Flash Player v10 or up
.NET Framework	.NET Framework Version 4.6

 
 

Additional Requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds, and 3D Modeling
Memory	8 GB RAM or more
Disk Space	6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
Display Card	1920 x 1080 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.

Note: 64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling and required if you are using the Model Documentation or Point Clouds.

PDF Import AutoCAD 2018

Import geometry, including SHX font files, fill, raster iamges and True Type text into a drawing from a PDF.

External File References AutoCAD 2018

Save time and minimize frustration with tools to fix broken paths for externally referenced files

Object Selection AutoCAD 2018

Selected objects stay in the selection set, even if you pan or zoom off screen.

Text to Multiline Text AutoCAD 2018

Convert combinations of text and MText objects to a single MText object

User Interface AutoCAD 2018

Work intuitively with common dialog boxes and toolbars

Share Design Views AutoCAD 2018

Publishes design views of your drawing to a secure location for viewing and sharing in a web browser

High Resolution Monitor Support AutoCAD 2018

Enjoy the best possible viewing experience ever, even on 4K and higher resolution displays.

AutoCAD Mobile App AutoCAD 2018

View, create, edit and share CAD drawings on your mobile device.

Multi-Function Grips AutoCAD 2018

2D objects

Lines, polylines, circles, arcs, elliptical arcs, splines, text and blocks.

Hatch objects

Annotation objects

Dimension and multileader objects

3D Solids

3D faces, 3D edges and 3D vertices

Photorealistic Rendering AutoCAD 2018

Rendering is the process of creating a raster image based on the 3D objects in a scene

A rendered image can be created for a new model without attaching materials, placing user-defined lights, and adding a bacground.

By default, a default material is added to all 3D objects in the model and the renderer automatically uses two default distant lights when user-defined lights are not placed in a scene.

You can specify to use a single default distant light that shines from over-the-shoulder
Default lights cannot be moved or adjusted

3D Scanning and Point Clouds AutoCAD 2018

A point cloud is a large collection of points acquired by 3D laser scanners or other technologies to create 3D representations of existing structures

Point clouds are derived from raw data scanned from physical object like building exteriors and interiors, process plants, topographies and manufactured item.

Autodesk ReCap

Autodesk ReCap coverts raw scan data to scan files *.rcs and project file *.rcp that reference multiple RCS files.
Both these formats can be attached to an AutoCAD drawing

Modify point cloud density and point size

You can manage program performance and visual noise by increasing or decreasing the number of visible points and points size

Apply color stylization

You can retain the original scan color or stylize the point cloud based on object color, normals (point orientation), intensity, elevation or LAS classification data.

Cropping Point Cloud

You can crop rectangular, polygonal or circular areas to show only relevant portions of the point cloud.

Print Studio AutoCAD 2018

Print Studio helps to address by providing powerful, 3D print-preparation capabilities.

1. Prep bar

Click through the workflow steps to prepare your model for 3D printing

2. Printers

    Select a printer

3. Setting 

•     Select a material, preset print profile.
•     Create a customized profile
•     Adjust advanced printer settings

4. Vertical toolbar

    Access tools for each workflow step

5. ViewCube

    Manipulate the view of the model consistently

6. Build volumn

    The white visual-guide box indicates the available printable space for the selected printer

7. Build surface

    Represents the location to which models adhere to when printing

8. Scene

    The entire workspace within Print Studio, including the build platform and the area around it, the build content and the selected print profile - saved as *.3ps file.

9. Object browser

    Hide and show the printer's build surface in the scene
    It lists all models in the scene, making it easier to work with each individually, as well    as provides quick access to change the display units for length.

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System Requirements AutoCAD 2016

Start tab AutoCAD 2016

New tab change to Start tab from AutoCAD 2015 to AutoCAD 2016

Model Space Viewport AutoCAD 2016

Model space viewports are easier to identify and resize

Improved Graphic AutoCAD 2016

Hardware acceleration must be On

Tick "High quality geometry"

Lines slanted or with lineweight appear smooth

Selecting Objects AutoCAD 2016

When selecting objects, the geometry appears  thicker and darker or lighter (depending on the background color).

Command Preview AutoCAD 2016

Preview the results of modify commands like Rotate and Scale, Erase, Stretch, Blend.

Moving objects will be clearer with the faded deletion effect

Both Move and Copy preview are faster
Complex linetypes display true to form as drawing and editing

Geometric Center Object Snap AutoCAD 2016

Find the geometric enter of rectangles, polygons and closed polylines

Badges AutoCAD 2016

Handy ans relevant badges that provide you with contextual feedback right next to the crosshairs during selection, inquiring and editing.

Rotate badge display next to the crosshairs

Isometric Drafting Environment AutoCAD 2016

Use the isodraft tool on the Status bar to switch the Snap style to isometric and move from one isometric plane to another

Xref Enhnacement AutoCAD 2016

Control the display of layers from xref drawings, even they're not set to ByLayer in the host drawing

Xref layers no longer display in Properties 

Xref layers are grayed out in the layer drop-down list

PDF Enhancement AutoCAD 2016

Export to DWF and Export to PDF has been split

New PDF export options for hyperlinks and bookmarks has been added

4 different predefined PDF options can be found when plotting

Annotation AutoCAD 2016

Single Line Text

Remember the last justify setting

Multiline Text

Automatic bullets or numbering by being a line with a symbol, latter or number.

Corner Resizer

Modify the height and width of column at the same time with the corner-resizer

AutoStack

Put a forward slash between number (1/4)

Text Alignment

Aligns text with existing text

You can control the spacing and alignment direction

Smart Dimension AutoCAD 2016

The updated DIM command is smart enough to detect objects and provide various visual dimension options

You can even specify a default Dimension layer to override the current layer

Turn Off Object Snap to detect the dimension easily

Hover over circle, diameter dimension display automatically.

Hover over arc, radius dimension display automatically.

Rendering AutoCAD 2016

The new updated Render panel includes a Render to Size drop-down list

You can specify the image size, resolution and format in easily understood terms

Render Preset

Use render preset list to control the render quality 

The tooltips provide more helpful details

Render Envronment

The new image-based lighting IBL environment
Automatically apply lighting effects and 360 degrees background image
* The viewport or model needs to be in perspective view

Render Window AutoCAD 2016

Save a snapshot, zoom while rendering and print the image in the new render window.

Expand window to view the render history