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  Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture 2008 full and final version for PC

 

   
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AutoCAD® Architecture software is better for architects. Efficient creation of construction documents is enhanced through easy-to-use features for architectural drafting and design.

Immediate Productivity Designers familiar with AutoCAD® software can begin using AutoCAD Architecture immediately to create documentation, drawings, and schedules faster, while automating tedious coordination tasks and reducing errors.

Details Do documenting and annotating designs consume too much time? Complete these tasks faster with AutoCAD Architecture's robust library of detail components and powerful keynoting tools. Automate the creation of details and maintain consistent annotation. And when your details are complete, generate keynote legends with just a few clicks.

Walls, Doors, and Windows Looking for a faster way to create and modify floor plans? Take advantage of architectural objects, such as walls, doors, and windows, that behave like their real-world counterparts. Automatically insert a door or window into a wall with complete placement control. Move a wall, and connected walls and spaces automatically update. To describe more complex design conditions, walls have improved interaction with other objects, even enabling you to show interference conditions with columns across external references (xrefs).

Scheduling New graphic display and calculation tools help ensure that your schedules are accurate and adhere to company standards. Whether you are customizing the appearance of out-of-the-box schedule styles or creating completely new schedules from scratch, complete with your required calculations, you can do so with ease. Since schedules are linked directly to your designs, you can update them to reflect any design changes at the click of a button.

Spaces Looking for a more efficient and productive way to tag floor plans with room areas? With AutoCAD Architecture, you can now automatically tag every room in a drawing, complete with room areas. In addition, spaces update automatically if the bounding elements are changed, saving you time and making documentation more accurate. Space definitions can now also include offsets from bounding elements based on preset or user-defined rules, enabling area calculations based on various industry standards, including BOMA, DIN, and SIS.

Dimensioning Does a change in your design require manual updates to your dimensioning? Let AutoCAD Architecture’s AEC Dimensions help. With even greater flexibility, you can dimension any wall—and all its components—according to your own dimensioning standards, including wall stud centerlines and faces. And since the dimensions are associative, they automatically update as your designs change, eliminating the tedium of many manual updates.

ntegrated Rendering Do you find it challenging to accurately and effectively convey design ideas and intent to clients? Bring designs to life for impressive client presentations at any stage of the design with integrated rendering. The streamlined visualization capabilities are fully integrated into the AutoCAD Architecture workflow. Make your presentations stand out by visually communicating richer design information.

Drawing Compare (Autodesk Subscription only) The new Drawing Compare feature enhances collaboration by using color-coded displays to show items on a drawing that have been changed, added, or deleted by other members of the design team. Changes to items such as styles, fire ratings, or other nongraphical properties are also tracked. Combined with redlining features, such as revision clouds, the Spaces and Drawing Compare features help make communication across the design team clearer than ever.

Flexibility Because AutoCAD Architecture is built on AutoCAD software, you can work the way you do today, integrating more powerful architectural-specific features at your own pace. This phased approach helps to reduce the downtime often associated with implementing new software. In addition, AutoCAD Architecture software’s file-based approach is consistent with the standards and practices of current AutoCAD users.

 

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware/Software

Requirement

Notes

Operating system

(32-Bit)

Windows® XP Professional, Service Pack 2

Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2

Windows 2000, Service Pack 4

Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Home Premium

Windows Vista Home Basic

Windows Vista Starter

(64-Bit)

Windows XP Professional

Windows Vista Enterprise

Windows Vista Business

Windows Vista Ultimate

Windows Vista Home Premium

Windows Vista Home Basic

It is recommended that non-English language versions of AutoCAD be installed on an operating system with a user interface language that matches the code page of the AutoCAD language. A code page provides support for character sets used in different languages.

Whether the Windows operating system is the 32-bit or the 64-bit version is automatically detected when installing AutoCAD. The appropriate version of AutoCAD will be installed. The 32-bit version of AutoCAD cannot be installed on a 64-bit version of Windows.

Web browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Service Pack 1 (or later)

You cannot install AutoCAD if Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 (or later) is not installed on the installation workstation. You can download Internet Explorer from the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

Processor

Pentium III or IV (Pentium IV recommended) 800 Mhz

 

RAM

512 MB (recommended)

 

Graphics card

1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum)

Open GL®-compatible 3D video card (optional)

  • Requires a Windows-supported display adapter.

  • For graphic cards that support Hardware Acceleration, DirectX 9.0c, or better, must be installed.

  • Installing from the ACAD.msi file does not install DirectX 9.0c, or better. Manual installation of DirectX is required, in this circumstance, for Hardware Acceleration to be configured.

Hard disk

Installation 750 MB

 

Pointing device

Mouse, trackball, or other device

 

CD-ROM

Any speed (for installation only)

 

Optional hardware

Printer or plotter

Digitizer

Modem or access to an Internet connection

Network interface card

 

 

Additional recommendations for 3D use

Hardware/Software

Requirement

Notes

Operating system

Windows® XP Professional, Service Pack 2

It is recommended that non-English language versions of AutoCAD be installed on an operating system with a user interface language that matches the code page of the AutoCAD language. A code page provides support for character sets used in different languages.

Processor

3.0 GHz or greater

 

RAM

2 GB (or greater)

 

Graphics card

128 MB or greater, OpenGL-capable workstation-class

  • For graphic cards that support Hardware Acceleration, DirectX 9.0c, or better, must be installed.

  • Installing from the ACAD.msi file does not install DirectX 9.0c, or better. Manual installation of DirectX is required, in this circumstance, for Hardware Acceleration to be configured.

For more information about tested and certified graphics cards, visit http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard/.

Hard disk

2 GB (in addition to the 750 MB required for installation)