This article provides the system requirements for Autodesk® AutoCAD Map 3D 2016.
Before installing Autodesk ® AutoCAD Map 3D 2016, it is important that you verify that your computer meets, or exceeds, the minimum system requirements for operation.
If your system does not meet the minimum requirements, problems can occur while running the product, and at the operating system level.
For more information about determining the bit count for your operating system, refer to the Microsoft ® Support site and readhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/827218.
Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 32-bit System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 64-bit System Requirements
Citrix System Requirements
The following tables outline the hardware and software requirements if you’re running on a system installed with a 32-bit environment.
| Hardware and Software Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows® 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Professional Windows 8/8.1 Windows 8/8.1 Professional Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise |
| Browser | Internet Explorer® 9.0 or later |
| Processor | Minimum Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM (minimum) 4 GB RAM (recommended) |
| Display Resolution | 1024 x 768 (1600 x 1050 or higher recommended) with True Color |
| Hard Disk | 12 GB for installation (downloaded file) |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
| Media | Download and Installation from DVD |
| .NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.5 SP1 |
| Additional requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling | 16 GB RAM or more. 20 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements. 1600 x 1050 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. |
| Optional for Industry Models | SAP® Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework 4.0 |
An instance of Oracle® is optional for some products.
| Optional: Database | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database Specifications – Server | Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.4.0) Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, or Enterprise Edition
Oracle 11g R2 (11.2.0.4.0) Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition Oracle 12cR1 (12.1.0.1.0) Enterprise Edition, Standard Edition |
Oracle 10g or 11g Enterprise Edition is required to support jobs and long transactions Oracle 11g and Spatial or Microsoft Windows Server® |
| Oracle Database Specifications – Client | Oracle Database 11g Client Release 2 (11.2.0.4.0) Administrator (Not Instant or Run-time)
Oracle Database 12c Client Release 1 (12.1.0.1.0) Administrator (not Instant or Run-time) |
Microsoft Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 require an Oracle 11g R2 Client or Oracle 12cR1 Client |
Note: The following information is sensitive and should be distributed only to individuals authorized to use the Infrastructure Administrator and Server Administrator.
During the installation and configuration of your products, you must connect to the database. Make sure your administrator provides the following settings and passwords:
| FDO Provider Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| FDO Provider | Certified with | Notes |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 SP2 Standard and Enterprise Editions;
Industry Models support Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions; Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard and Enterprise Editions; Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard and Enterprise Editions |
|
| Oracle 10g Release 2 | Oracle Standard, and Enterprise Editions | |
| Oracle 11g Release 2 | Oracle Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions | |
| Oracle 12c Release 1 | Standard Edition, Standard Edition 1, and Enterprise Edition | |
| Raster | DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID, ECW, PNG, ESRI Grid, TIFF, JPEG, ESRI ASCII | |
| Autodesk SDF | 3.0 | |
| ESRI ArcSDE | ArcSDE® 9.3 SP1 ArcSDE 10.2 |
This Provider requires ESRI® licensed components to be installed on client system. Required components depend on the type of connection (SDE Service or Direct Connect). |
| ESRI ArcGIS | ArcGIS® 10.2 (32-bit only) | This Provider requires the ESRI licensed ArcObjects library to be installed on the client system. |
| MySQL | 5.6 | |
| ODBC | The FDO ODBC provider has been tested with corresponding versions of ODBC drivers that are shipped with the relevant supported operating systems version. | |
| OGC WMS | WMS 1.3.0 | |
| OGC WFS | WFS 1.1.0 | |
| SQLite | SQLite 3.6 | |
| PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL 9.2+PostGIS 2.0 | |
| ODBC Drivers | Tested Versions |
|---|---|
| Microsoft® Access® Driver (*.mdb) | 6.02.9200.16384 |
| Microsoft® Excel® Driver (*.xls) | 6.02.9200.16384 |
| MySQL® ODBC 5.3 Driver | 5.03.04.00 |
| SQL Server® | 6.02.9200.16384 |
| Oracle® in OraClient11g_home1 | 11.02.00.03 |
Note: Adobe ® Flash ® Player is not installed by default. If a version of Flash is not currently installed on your system, a message is displayed requesting that you install it. Flash Player can be installed from the product media or Adobe’s website – www.adobe.com.
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The following tables outline the hardware and software requirements if you’re running on a system installed with a 64-bit environment.
| Hardware and Software Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows® 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Professional Windows 8/8.1 Windows 8/8.1 Professional Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise |
| Browser | Internet Explorer® 9.0 or later |
| Processor | Intel Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor. |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM (minimum) 16 GB RAM (recommended) |
| Display Resolution | 1024 x 768 (1600 x 1050 or higher recommended) with True Color |
| Hard Disk | 12 GB for installation (downloaded file) |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse compliant |
| Media | Download and Installation from DVD |
| .NET Framework | .NET Framework Version 4.5 SP1 |
| Additional requirements for Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D Modeling | 16 GB RAM or more. 20 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements. 1600×1050 or greater True color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. |
| Optional Software | Citrix XenApp® 6.0 or 6.5 on Windows Server® 2008 R2 – 64-bit. |
| Optional for Industry Models | SAP® Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework 4.0 |
An instance of Oracle is optional for some products.
| Optional: Database | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Database Specifications – Server | Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.4.0) Standard Edition, Standard Edition One, or Enterprise Edition
Oracle 11g R2 (11.2.0.4.0) Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition Oracle 12cR1 (12.1.0.1.0) Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition |
Oracle 10g or 11g Enterprise Edition is required to support jobs and long transactions
Oracle 11g and Spatial Oracle 12c and Spatial are required to support 3D Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 requires Oracle 11g R2 |
| Oracle Database Specifications – Client | Oracle Database 11g Client Release 2 (11.2.0.4.0) Administrator (Not Instant or Run-time)
Oracle Database 12c Client Release 1 (12.1.0.1.0) Administrator (Not Instant or Run-time) |
Microsoft Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 require an Oracle 11g R2 Client or Oracle 12cR1 Client |
Note: The following information is sensitive and should be distributed only to individuals authorized to use the Infrastructure Administrator and Server Administrator.
During the installation and configuration of your products, you must connect to the database. Make sure your administrator provides the following settings and passwords:
| FDO Provider Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| FDO Provider | Certified with | Notes |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 SP2 Standard and Enterprise Editions;
Industry Models support Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard and Enterprise Editions; Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard and Enterprise Editions; Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard and Enterprise Editions |
|
| Oracle 10g Release 2 | Oracle Standard, and Enterprise Editions | |
| Oracle 11g Release 2 | Oracle Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions | |
| Oracle 12c Release 1 | Standard Edition, Standard Edition 1, and Enterprise Edition | |
| Raster | DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID, ECW, PNG, ESRI Grid, TIFF, JPEG, ESRI ASCII | Not supported on Linux |
| Autodesk SDF | 3.0 | |
| ESRI ArcSDE | ArcSDE® 9.3 SP1 ArcSDE 10.2 |
This Provider requires ESRI® licensed components to be installed on client system. Required components depend on the type of connection (SDE Service or Direct Connect). |
| MySQL | 5.6 | |
| ODBC | The FDO ODBC provider has been tested with corresponding versions of ODBC drivers that are shipped with the relevant supported operating systems version. | |
| OGC WMS | WMS 1.3.0 | |
| OGC WFS | WFS 1.1.0 | |
| SQLite | SQLite 3.6 | |
| PostgreSQL | PostgreSQL 9.2+PostGIS 2.0 | |
| ODBC Drivers | Tested Versions |
|---|---|
| Microsoft® Access® Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2010 (English) 14.00.4760.1000 |
| Microsoft® Excel® Driver (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb) | Microsoft Access database engine 2010(English) 14.00.4760.1000 |
| MySQL® ODBC 5.3 Driver | 5.03.04.00 |
| SQL Server® | 6.02.9200.17415 |
| Oracle® in OraClient11g_home1 | 11.02.00.04 |
Note: Adobe ® Flash ® Player is not installed by default. If a version of Flash is not currently installed on your system, a message is displayed requesting that you install it. Flash Player can be installed from the product media or Adobe’s website – www.adobe.com .
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The following tables outline the system requirements for Citrix XenApp®, administrative image, license server, and client devices.
| Hardware and Software Requirements for the location of the Administrative Image | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardware / Software | Requirement | Notes |
| Hard Disk | 8 GB | The location where you create the administrative image must be a shared location so that all users can access the administrative image. |
| Hardware and Software Requirements for Citrix XenApp | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardware / Software | Requirement | Notes |
| Operating System | Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 SP2 (Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Datacenter Edition) 64-bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Enterprise Edition) 64-bit |
Citrix XenApp does not support installation on Windows domain controllers. |
| Hardware | For information about system sizing, optimization, configuration, and deployment scenarios, see the Advanced Concepts Guide for Citrix XenApp. This guide is available from the Support area of the Citrix Web site at http://support.citrix.com. | |
| Hardware and Software Requirements for the Autodesk Network License Server | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardware / Software | Requirement | Notes |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows® XP 32-bit Microsoft Windows® 2003 Server Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Edition |
The Network License Manager supports Ethernet network configurations only. For more information, see the Autodesk Licensing Guide. |
| Processor | Intel Pentium® III or higher, running at 450 Mhz(minimum). | See the Autodesk Licensing Guide. |
| Network Interface Card | Compatible with existing Ethernet network infrastructure | The Network License Manager supports multiple network interface cards. |
| Communication Protocol | TCP/IP | The Network License Manager uses TCP packet types. |
| Hardware and Software Requirements for the Client Devices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardware / Software | Requirement | Notes |
| Access Hardware and Software | Any computing appliance capable of executing a Citrix Presentation Server Client and a Web browser, including desktop PCs, network computers, and mobile devices. | The Web Interface supports many browser/client combinations. For a complete list of supported browser/client combinations, see “Citrix XenAppClient Device Requirements” in the Web Interface Administrator’s Guide. |
| Operating System | Any compatible Citrix XenApp client Operating System. | See “Deploying the Web Interface – System Requirements” in the Web Interface Administrator’s Guide. |
| Web Browser | A compatible Presentation Server client Web browser. | See “Deploying the Web Interface – System Requirements” in the Web Interface Administrator’s Guide. |
| Client Software | A compatible Presentation server client (ICA) | For more information on available ICA clients, visit the Citrix Web site athttp://support.citrix.com/product/ica. |
Citrix and Xenapp are registered trademarks for Citrix Systems, Inc.
*The Citrix application is network-based, and performance of Autodesk AutoCAD Map 3D 2016 may vary with network performance. The software does not include the Citrix application, nor does Autodesk provide direct support for issues with the Citrix application. Users should contract Citrix directly with questions related to procurement and operation of the Citrix application.Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk Software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third party hardware or software vendors for the qualified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).