What is Autodesk AutoCAD?
Autodesk AutoCAD equips architects, engineers, and construction professionals with precision tools to:

• Design and annotate 2D geometry and 3D models with solids, surfaces, and mesh objects
• Automate drafting tasks to place objects with AI, compare drawings, create schedules, publish layouts, and more
• Maximize productivity with customized workspaces, AutoLISP, APIs, and apps

Why use AutoCAD?
Accelerate your creativity
Use features that unlock insights and automations with the help of Autodesk AI.

Experience true flexibility
Build, customize, and run discipline-specific routines for productive workflows.

Connect your teams
Collaborate on the web and mobile to capture, share, and review ideas on the go.

Extend functionality with seven toolsets
AutoCAD includes toolsets designed to save you time with enhanced features and intelligent objects. Increase productivity by 63% on average for tasks completed using one of seven toolsets.*

The Architecture toolset is included with AutoCAD 2025
The Architecture toolset gives you all the tools you need to complete your projects faster and scale your project pipeline. Boost architectural design and drafting productivity by up to up to 61%* with time-saving features and task automation:

• Access our library of 8,800+ architectural components, including multilevel blocks
• Automatically generate floor plans, elevations, sections, and ceiling grids
• Quickly place walls, doors, and windows with real-world construction

The Mechanical toolset is included with AutoCAD 2025
Increase productivity by up to 55%* with industry-specific tools for mechanical engineering, including 700,000+ intelligent parts and features. With the Mechanical toolset, you can:

• Access our library of standards-based parts, tools, and custom content
• Customize properties of object types and create them on custom layers
• Automate tasks such as creating bills of materials (BOMs)

The Map 3D toolset is included with AutoCAD 2025
Our model-based GIS mapping software provides access to CAD and GIS data to support planning, design, and management. With the Map 3D toolset, you can:

• Directly access spatial data using Feature Data Objects (FDO) technology
• Directly edit geospatial data
• Manage infrastructure systems with Enterprise Industry Models

The MEP toolset is included with AutoCAD 2025
HVAC and building systems are made easy with an industry-specific toolset for MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) that increases productivity by up to 85%.* With the MEP toolset, you can:

• Access our library of 10,500+ intelligent MEP objects
• Optimize your workflow with individual palettes and domain-specific ribbons
• Automatically update drawings, sheets, and schedules when changes occur

Electrical toolset is included with AutoCAD 2025
Boost productivity by up to 95%* with electrical design features that help you create, modify, and document electrical controls systems. With the Electrical toolset, you can:

• Access a library of 65,000+ intelligent electrical symbols
• Automate numbering of wires and generation of component tags
• Generate and update multiple customized reports automatically

Plant 3D toolset is included with AutoCAD 2025
Create and edit P&IDs and 3D models, and extract piping orthographics and isometrics with an industry-specific toolset for plant design. With the Plant 3D toolset, you can:

• Collaborate securely in a cloud-based common data environment
• Speed up and automate P&ID drafting and 3D modeling with in-context commands
• Automatically create piping isometric drawings directly from the 3D model

Raster Design toolset is included with AutoCAD 2025
Use raster design tools in a specialized toolset to edit scanned drawings and convert raster images to DWG objects. With the Raster Design toolset, you can:

• Access tools to enhance image editing and cleanup
• Edit REM objects using standard AutoCAD commands
• Simplify your workflows with vectorization tools

What you can do with Autodesk AutoCAD
Unlock efficient workflows
AutoCAD enhances your 2D and 3D design experience by giving you the tools to unlock insights and automations with the help of Autodesk AI

Design and collaborate with flexibility
Work the way you want. Stay connected to projects with one AutoCAD experience on desktop, web, and mobile to capture, share, and review ideas on the go.

Manage design data across projects
Reliably streamline document review and approval workflows with Autodesk Docs, our cloud-based document management and common data environment available in the AEC Collection.

System requirements for AutoCAD 2025 including Specialized Toolsets
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD-2025-including-Specialized-Toolsets.html

Important Notes:

• A 24-72 hour provisioning window applies during normal working office hours Monday to Friday 8am-5pm
• This is a per user license
• The email address used on the order is the email address the license will be assigned to
• A sales consultant will contact you for further information before the license is assigned
• Should this be a renewal or a new license which you would like merged with your current contract please have your contract number and serial number available when the sales consultant contacts you
• Returns on these licenses are only authorised if a replacement order is placed

System requirements for AutoCAD 2025 including Specialized Toolsets (Windows)
Operating System

• 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10 version 1809 or above.

Processor

• Basic: 2.5-2.9 GHz processor with 8 logical cores (base) ARM Processors are not supported.
• Recommended: 3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo)

Memory

• Basic: 8 GB
• Recommended: 32 GB

Display Resolution
Conventional Displays:
1920 x 1080 with True Color
High Resolution & 4K Displays:
Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 (with "Recommended" display card)

Display Card
Basic: 2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
Recommended: 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant
DirectX 12 with Feature Level 12_0 is required for Shaded (Fast), Shaded with edges (Fast), and Wireframe (Fast) visual styles. Please be sure to use the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer's website.
Note: AutoCAD uses your computer's display card for a variety of essential graphics operations including but not limited to view manipulation, line smoothing, and text/linetype generation. It is recommended that you have a display card with dedicated VRAM to support these operations at optimal speeds.
Disk Space
10.0 GB (suggested SSD)
Network
The following are supported operating systems for Autodesk Network License Manager:
Windows 10
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
Please refer to the accompanying readme file for feature limitations and installation instructions.
Pointing Device
MS-Mouse compliant
.NET Framework
.NET 8

System requirements for AutoCAD 2025 for Mac
Operating System
Apple® macOS® Sonoma v14
Apple macOS Ventura v13
Apple macOS Monterey v12
Model
Apple Mac® computers compatible with macOS Monterey or above
Recommended: Apple Mac models supporting Metal Graphics Engine
CPU Type
64-bit Intel CPU
Apple M series CPU
Memory
Basic: 8 GB
Recommended: 16 GB or higher
Display Resolution
Basic: 1280 x 800 display
High Resolution: 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display
Disk Space
8 GB free disk space for download and installation
Pointing Device
Apple-compliant Mouse, Apple-compliant Trackpad, Microsoft-compliant mouse
Display Card
Recommended: Mac native installed graphics cards
Disk Format
APFS, APFS(Encrypted), Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)

Additional Requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling
Memory
32 GB RAM or more
Disk Space
6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
Display Card
3840 x 2160 (4K) or greater True Color video display adapter; 12GB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; DirectX-capable workstation class graphics card.

Specialized Toolsets (Windows Only)
Toolset Additional Requirements
AutoCAD Map 3D
Disk Space: 20 GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
Database & FDO Requirements (see below)
AutoCAD Electrical
Disk Space: 20 GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable (x64) (16.0.5044.1000) or later, unless Microsoft Office 2016 (x64) or later is already installed.
AutoCAD Architecture
Disk Space: 20GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
AutoCAD MEP
Disk Space: 21GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
AutoCAD Plant 3D
Disk Space: 12GB
Memory (recommended for 3D modeling): 32GB
AutoCAD Mechanical
Disk Space: 12GB
Memory: basic: 16 GB, recommended: 32 GB
AutoCAD Raster Design
Disk Space: 1GB

AutoCAD Map 3D Additional Requirements (Windows Only)
FDO Provider Requirements - FDO Provider Certified with:
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard and Enterprise Editions
Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard and Enterprise Editions
Industry Models also support the versions of Microsoft SQL Server as per above.
Oracle 12c Release 2
Oracle 12.2.0.1.0
Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as per above.
Oracle 19c
Oracle 19.3
Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as per above.
Oracle 21c
Oracle 21.3
Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2
Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as per above.
Raster
DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID®, ECW, PNG, ESRI® Grid, TIFF, JPEG, ESRI® ASCII
Autodesk SDF
3.0
ESRI ArcGIS
ArcGIS® 10.8.2
ArcGIS 10.7.1
This Provider requires ESRI licensed components (ArcGIS Engine/ArcGIS Desktop) to be installed on Map 3D installed system.
MySQL : 8.0
ODBC
The FDO ODBC provider has been tested with corresponding versions of ODBC drivers that are shipped with the relevant supported operating systems version.
OGC WMS
WMS 1.3.0
OGC WMTS
WMTS 1.0.0
OGC WFS
WFS 2.0.0
SQLite
SQLite 3.27.2
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL 15.4 + PostGIS 3.4

ODBC Drivers with Tested Versions
Microsoft® Access® Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)
Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (English) 16.00.4999.1000
Microsoft® Excel® Driver (*.xls, *xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)
Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (English) 16.00.4999.1000
MySQL® ODBC 8.0 Driver
8.00.33.00
SQL Server®
10.00.22621.2506
Oracle® in OraClient21Home1
21.00.00.00