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  1. Close all open applications.
  2. 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.
  3. Select Install.
  4. Follow the Installation Wizard instructions to complete the installation.

System Requirements

Autodesk Simulation 2012 (32-bit, 64-bit Windows)

  • Windows® 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate; Windows Vista® Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, Ultimate (SP2); Windows XP Professional (32-bit: SP3, 64-bit: SP2); Windows Server® 2003, 2008 R21
  • Intel® Pentium® 4 (1.8 GHz CPU speed or faster), Intel Xeon®, Intel Core™ AMD Athlon™ 64 or AMD Opteron™ or later1
  • 2 GB RAM or higher1,2
  • 30 GB or higher of free disk space (8 GB free disk space for installation)
  • 512 MB DRAM or higher OpenGL-capable graphics card
  • 64K colour setting at 1024 x 768 or higher screen resolution
  • DVD-ROM drive3
  • Microsoft Mouse-compliant pointing device
  • Web browser
  • Internet connection for web downloads and Subscription Aware Access

Autodesk Simulation 2012 (32-bit, 64-bit Linux)4

  • Fedora™ Core 6; Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® WS v.51
  • Intel Pentium 4 (1.8 GHz CPU speed or faster), Intel Xeon, Intel Core, AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Opteron or later1
  • 2 GB RAM or higher1
  • 30 GB or higher of free disk space (80 MB free disk space for installation)
  • CD-ROM drive3

Notes

1For superior performance, Autodesk recommends a supported 64-bit operating system, a supported 64-bit processor and 8 GB RAM or higher.

2Autodesk recommends settings that allow Microsoft Windows to manage virtual memory as needed. There should always be at least twice as much free hard disk space as system memory (RAM).

3Autodesk Simulation software is only available on CD and DVD media or electronic download. CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives are not required if installing using electronic download.

4The Autodesk Simulation user interface is not supported on Linux platforms.

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