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What's New in Autodesk Civil 3D 2025?
Our Consultant, Enrique Barriuso, provides an overview of the new features, improvements, and updates in Autodesk Civil 3D 2025.
AutoCAD & AutoCAD Lt 2019 system requirements
Thinking of updating your AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT to 2019?
Make sure you meet these system requirements before you download the software!
| System requirements for AutoCAD 2019 | |
| Supported operating systems |
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| Browser | Chrome (latest version) |
| Processor | Basic
2.5-2.9 GHz processor Recommended 3+ GHz processor |
| 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, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2008 R2 Server editions. Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6 |
| Hardware | |
| Memory
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Basic: 8 GB
Recommended: 16 GB |
| Display resolution | Conventional Displays: 1920×1080 with True Color
High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840×2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display card) |
| Disk space | 6.0 GB |
| Pointing device | MS-Mouse compliant |
| Multiple processors | Supported by the application |
| Display card | Basic:
GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX11 compliant Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX11 compliant |
| Plotter/Printer | Continued system printer and HDI support |
| Compiler | Visual Studio 2017 with Update 2 (with C++ option installed) |
| Installer | MSI 5.0 |
| Builds | Locked—FLEXnet |
| Locking/License management | FLEXnet & Autodesk Licensing Service will be used for both the stand-alone and networked versions |
| Side-by-side install | Supported |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Russian |
| File format changes | No |
| Save as support | AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2018. EMR has the same formats as Commercial AutoCAD, with the exception of AutoCAD 2000/LT2000 Drawing. |
| DXF support | AutoCAD R12, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2018 |
| Security (DWG) | Supports digital signatures. |
| Drawing size support | Full DWG compression |
| Object interoperability (non-ACAD object model) | New objects may require new enablers. |
| .NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.7
*DirectX11 recommended by supported OS |
| System requirements for AutoCAD LT 2019 | |
| Supported operating systems | Microsoft® Windows® 7 SP1 with KB4019990 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 with Update KB2919355 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft® Windows® 10 Anniversary Update (64-bit only) (version 1607 or higher) |
| Browser | Chrome (latest version) |
| Processor | Basic:
2.5-2.9 GHz processor Recommended: 3+ GHz processor
|
| 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, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2008 R2 Server editions. Citrix® XenApp™ 7.6, Citrix® XenDesktop™ 7.6
|
| Hardware | |
| Memory | Basic: 8 GB
Recommended: 16 GB |
| Display resolution | Conventional Displays:
1920×1080 with True Color
High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840×2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display card)
|
| Disk space | 6.0 GB |
| Pointing device | MS-Mouse compliant |
| Multiple processors | Supported by the application
|
| Display card | Basic:
1 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX11 compliant Recommended: 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX11 compliant
|
| Plotter/Printer | Continued system printer and HDI support |
| Compiler | Visual Studio 2017 with Update 2 (with C++ option installed) |
| Installer | MSI 5.0 |
| Builds | Locked—FLEXne |
| Locking/License management | FLEXnet & Autodesk Licensing Service will be used for both the stand-alone and networked versions |
| Side-by-side install | Supported |
| Software | |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Polish, Hungarian, Russian
|
| File format changes | No |
| Save as support | AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2018. EMR has the same formats as Commercial AutoCAD, with the exception of AutoCAD 2000/LT2000 Drawing |
| DXF support | AutoCAD R12, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2018 |
| Security (DWG) | Supports digital signatures. |
| Drawing size support | Full DWG compression |
| Object interoperability (non-ACAD object model) | New objects may require new enablers. |
| .NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.7
*DirectX11 recommended by supported OS |
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