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Highlights

AutoCAD® 2012 software is one of the world’s leading 2D and 3D CAD design tools. Maximize your productivity with new and updated tools for conceptual design, model documentation, and reality capture.

Buy a license of AutoCAD online and get powerful, flexible 2D and 3D CAD design software that helps you:
• Explore and realize design ideas in both 2D and 3D with intuitive CAD tools.
• Use powerful documentation tools drive your projects from concept to completion.
• Enjoy flexible 3D modeling tools for conceptual design and exploring alternatives.
• Create striking visual representations of your 3D models using a rich library of materials that you can easily apply and visualize.
• Speed completion using customization, automation and management tools that minimize repetitive tasks.
• Share critical design data with native DWG™ support.

Protect your investment with an Autodesk® Subscription when you buy AutoCAD online:
• Subscribe to get additional advantages, including Autodesk® Impression design presentation software for creating and presenting designs with impact, and the lowest total cost of ownership for your AutoCAD software.
• Gain immediate access to upgrades, product enhancements, web services, previous version rights, home use rights, and priority customer support.

Download AutoCAD today to design and shape the world around you.

Features:

Design and shape the world around you with AutoCAD® software, one of the world’s leading CAD programs. Explore ideas more intuitively in 3D, speed documentation, share ideas seamlessly, and customize AutoCAD for your specific needs.

With new and updated tools for 3D conceptual design, model documentation, and reality capture, AutoCAD 2012 helps design professionals maximize productivity.

Save time by automatically generating intelligent documentation for AutoCAD, Autodesk® Inventor® software, and other models. Import a wide variety of other formats including SolidWorks®, Pro/ENGINEER®, CATIA®, Rhino, and NX®. Drawing views, edge display, and location are instantly updated when an engineering change is made.

Take advantage of SketchBook Designer functionality directly in AutoCAD. Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer software adds integrated illustration, painting, and image manipulation capabilities to enhance your AutoCAD workflow.

• Explore concepts with sketching
• Leverage freehand drawing techniques
• Manipulate and composite images
• Mark up and annotate directly on top of AutoCAD geometry

Instantly find your design content based on file objects or text attributes. Autodesk Content Explorer creates an index of your data based on where you instruct it to look, helping you quickly access files.

Sharing and reusing designs has never been easier thanks to robust PDF support within AutoCAD. With TrueType font support, import and underlay capabilities, and powerful publishing capabilities, AutoCAD helps facilitate clear communication when using PDF.

Take advantage of our flexible development platform to boost your productivity. With direct access to database structures, the graphics system, and native command definitions, you can develop specialized design and drafting applications to fit your needs.

System Requirements:

For 32-Bit AutoCAD 2012
• Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium (SP2 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP3 or later)
• For Windows Vista or Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; for Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB free disk space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
• Install from download or DVD

For 64-Bit AutoCAD 2012
• Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium (SP2 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later)
• AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
• 2 GB RAM
• 2 GB free space for installation
• 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Install from download or DVD

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations)
• Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or greater; or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
• 2 GB RAM or more
• 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card