Knowledge Base

Carlson products installed on top of the CAD engines are subject to the same requirements as the CAD engine itself. Please follow the requirements for the CAD platform of your choice listed below and allow an additional 800Mb for Carlson application.
IntelliCAD 8 based products

	
Microsoft® Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista®, including 32-bit and 64-bit
	
For 32-bit operating systems, install the 32-bit version of IntelliCAD.
	
For 64-bit operating systems, install either the 32-bit or 64-bit version of IntelliCAD:
		

			
The 64-bit version of IntelliCAD runs slightly faster, but can use all available system memory to handle large drawing files.
			
IntelliCAD 32-bit can access up to 3GB of RAM on 32-bit operating systems and up to 4GB of RAM when installed to aon 64-bit operating systems.
		
	
	
Intel® Pentium® 4 or comparable, faster processor recommended
	
1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM minimum for 32-bit and 2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM minimum for 64-bit Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7, 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM minimum for Windows Vista. Recommended RAM amount:
		

			
32 GB if you plan to work with large raster images (such as aerial ortho images), or
			
16 GB otherwise.
		
	
	
3 GB of free hard disk space recommended for typical installation
	
1024 x 768 VGA or higher resolution, video adapter, and monitor
	
Graphics card compatible with OpenGL Version 1.4 or higher
	
Keyboard and mouse, or other pointing device
	
CD-ROM or DVD drive for installation, if installing from a CD or DVD
	
For video card tips please refer to this page: https://web.carlsonsw.com/files/knowledgebase/kbase05.php?action=display_topic&topic_id=992
	
Multi-threading is supported by IntelliCAD but turned off by default in Carlson installation.

IntelliCAD 7.1 based products

	
Intel® Pentium® 4 or comparable, faster processor recommended
	
Microsoft® Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows XP any edition, including 32-bit and 64-bit
	
64-bit machines are supported, but application itself is 32-bit 
	
1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM minimum for Windows Vista and Windows 7  {512 megabytes (MB) of RAM minimum for Windows XP}
	
500 MB of free hard disk space
	
Graphics card compatible with OpenGL Version 2.0 or higher

IntelliCAD 6.6 based products

	
Intel Pentium® or more powerful processor
	
Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, Windows® 7
	
64-bit machines are supported, but application itself is 32-bit 
	
512 MB RAM (minimum), 1 GB (recommended for complex drawings)
	
400 MB of free hard disk space

AutoCAD® 2010 based installations
 
Please note the CPU compatibility below: older AMD CPUs like Athlon XP+ do not support SSE2 technology and can not run AutoCAD 2010.
 
For 32-bit AutoCAD 2010:

	
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
	
Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
	
2 GB RAM
	
1 GB free disk space for installation
	
1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
	
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
	
Install from download, DVD, or CD

or

	
Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions)
	
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
	
2 GB RAM
	
1 GB free disk space for installation
	
1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
	
Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
	
Install from download, DVD, or CD

or

	
Microsoft® Windows 7 
	
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 3 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
	
2 GB RAM 
	
1 GB free disk space for installation
	
1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
	
Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
	
Install from download, DVD, or CD
 
For 64-bit AutoCAD 2010
Note: The 64-bit AutoCAD cannot be installed on a 32-bit operating system.

	
Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later) or Windows Vista (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition (compare Windows Vista versions), or Windows 7
	
AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, or AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, or Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
	
2 GB RAM
	
1.5 GB free space for installation
	
1,024 x 768 VGA display with true color
	
Internet Explorer 7.0® or later
	
Install from download, DVD, or CD
 
Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations)
 
 
	
Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or higher; Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or higher 
	
2 GB RAM or greater
	
2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
	
1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card

AutoCAD 2009 based installations
32-bit AutoCAD 2009
Running under Windows XP:

	
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 operating system
	
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor, or
		

			
AMD Athlon®, 2.2 GHz or greater, or
			
Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
		
	
	
1 GB RAM
 
	
750 MB free hard disk space for installation
	
1024x768 VGA with true color
	
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or higher)

Note: If you are using AutoCAD for 3D modeling, you should bump up your system as follows:

	
Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater
 
	or
 
	Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater
	
2 GB RAM or greater
	
2 GB of additional free hard disk space
	
1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL or Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card.

Running under Windows Vista:

	
Microsoft Windows Vista operating system
	
Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater

	or

	Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater
	
2 GB RAM or greater
	
750 MB of free hard disk space for installation
	
2 GB of additional free hard disk space
	
1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card.

64-bit AutoCAD 2009
Note: The 64-bit AutoCAD cannot be installed on a 32-bit operating system.

	
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating system

	or

	Windows Vista 64-bit operating system
	
AMD 64 processor

	or

	Intel EM64T processor
	
2 GB RAM
	
750 MB free hard disk space for installation