Overview
AutoCAD® Architecture software, the version of AutoCAD® software created for architects, supports a faster way of working. Purpose-built features for architectural design and drafting help you create construction documents more efficiently within the familiar AutoCAD environment.
Features
- AutoCAD® Architecture 2010 software combines architectural tools with a familiar AutoCAD®-based working environment to provide a higher level of design productivity and collaboration.
- Work in the familiar AutoCAD environment with tools that are purpose-built for architectural design and drafting.
- Get immediate productivity gains by drawing upon your AutoCAD skills. Begin using AutoCAD Architecture with minimal training, creating architectural documentation, drawings, and schedules faster, with fewer errors, in a software environment you already know.
- Collaborate smoothly. Easily exchange information with mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineers and structural engineers using the industry-leading DWG file format. Communicate clearly with clients through lifelike design visualizations created with integrated rendering tools.
System Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP1) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions) or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
- Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology, or AMD Athlon® processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology, dual-core supported
- 2 GB RAM (minimum), 3 GB RAM (recommended)
- 2.5 GB free disk space for default installation or 2.6 GB for full installation
- 1,024 x 768 display with true color (minimum), 1,280 x 1,024 true color (recommended)
- 128 MB graphics card, 256 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable-workstation-class 3D graphics card recommended, (currently supported graphic hardware)
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
- DVD drive (for installation only)
- Optional: printer or plotter, digitizer, internet access, network interface card