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Download Instructions
Close all open applications.
Click Download Now. In Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, click Run, click Run again and then Install. In Firefox®, click Save File; once the file is saved, click the .exe icon in the dialogue box.
Select Install.
Follow the Installation Wizard instructions to complete the installation.
System Requirements
For 32-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2012
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home and Professional (SP3 or later); Microsoft® Windows Vista® (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Business, Ultimate or Home Premium edition; or Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Business, Ultimate or Home Premium edition (compare Windows versions)
Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows XP or Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology for Windows Vista or Windows 7
2 GB RAM
6 GB free disk space for installation (7 GB for a clean machine with no .NET installed)
1280 x 1024 display with true colour
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
Download and installation from DVD
For 64-bit AutoCAD Electrical 2012
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (SP2 or later); Microsoft Windows Vista (SP2 or later) Enterprise, Business, Ultimate or Home Premium edition; or Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Business, Ultimate or Home Premium edition (compare Windows versions)
AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support with SSE2 technology
2 GB RAM
6 GB free disk space for installation (7 GB for a clean system with no .NET installed)
1280 x 1024 display with true colour
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
Download and Installation from DVD
Additional Requirements for 3D Modelling
Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor, 3 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
2 GB RAM or greater
2 GB free hard disk available, not including installation
1280 x 1024 32-bit colour video display adapter (true colour)
128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card