AutoCAD Mechanical 2015
AutoCAD® Mechanical design and drafting software is AutoCAD® software for manufacturing. Part of the Autodesk® solution for Digital Prototyping, it includes all the functionality of AutoCAD, one of the world’s leading 2D CAD design software applications, plus comprehensive libraries of standards-based parts and tools for automating common mechanical CAD tasks and accelerating the mechanical design process. AutoCAD Mechanical design software helps save hours of design time, so you can spend time innovating rather than drafting.
Features
The powerful features in AutoCAD® Mechanical design and drafting software help to automate common design tasks, facilitate increased drafting productivity, and offer mechanical engineers a competitive edge. AutoCAD Mechanical includes all the functionality of AutoCAD® software, plus comprehensive libraries of standards-based parts and tools for automating common mechanical CAD tasks.
Interoperability
· Autodesk Inventor Fusion
· BOM Migration
· Autodesk Content Explorer
Documentation
· Autodesk Synergy Tools
· Powerful & Smart Dimensions
· Support for International Drafting Standards
· Associative Balloons & BOMs
Productivity
· 700,000 Standard Parts & Features
· Reusable Detailing Tools
· Layer Management
· Hidden Lines
· Machinery Generators & Calculators
· Part Publishing Support for Custom Parts & Features
· Extended Draw Toolbar for Manufacturing
System Requirements
| System requirements for AutoCAD Mechanical 2015 |
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| Operating System |
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
- Microsoft Windows 8/8.1
- Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Pro
- Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise
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| CPU Type |
For 32-bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2015:
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ dual core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
For 64-bit AutoCAD Mechanical 2015:
- AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology
- AMD Opteron™ with SSE2 technology
- Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
- Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
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| Memory |
2 GB RAM minimum (3 GB recommended for 32-bit, 8 GB recommended for 64-bit) |
| Display Resolution |
1,024 x 768 (1,600 x 1,050 or higher recommended) display with true color |
| Display Card |
Windows display adapter
capable of 1024x768 with True Color capabilities. DirectX® 9 or DirectX
11 compliant card recommended but not required. |
| Disk Space |
Installation 6 GB |
| 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,
2012 R2, 2008, and 2008 R2
- Citrix® XenApp™ 6.5 FP1
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| Pointing Device |
MS-Mouse compliant device |
| Digitizer |
WINTAB support |
| Plotter/Printer |
Same as AutoCAD Mechanical 2013-2014 — system printer and HDI support |
| Media (DVD) |
Download and installation from DVD |
| Browser |
Windows Internet Explorer® 9.0 (or later) |
| Side-by-side Install |
Supported |
| ToolClips Media Player |
Adobe® Flash® Player v10 or up |
| .NET Framework |
.NET Framework Version 4.5 |
| Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling |
| CPU Type |
Intel Pentium 4 processor or
AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; Intel or AMD Dual
Core processor, 2.0 GHz or higher
Note: 64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling. |
| Memory |
3 GB or greater for 32-bit, 8 GB RAM or greater for 64-bit |
| Disk Space |
6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements |
| Display Card |
1280x1024 True Color video
display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater,
Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card. |
