Autodesk AutoCAD 2012 Student (61 month licence)

Design and shape the world around you with one of the world’s leading 2D and 3D CAD tools. Speed up documentation, share ideas and explore ideas in 3D. With thousands of available add-ons, AutoCAD design software provides the ultimate in flexibility, customised to your specific needs.

Autodesk Student Engineering & Design Community
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Available to any student or teacher attending an academic institution recognised by the Department of Education.

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For 32-bit AutoCAD 2011
•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 2011
•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 Modelling (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