Autodesk AutoCAD 2009

AutoCAD software lets you design, visualize, and document your ideas clearly and efficiently.

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Product Description

AutoCAD software lets you design, visualize, and document your ideas clearly and efficiently. Autodesk redesigned the user interface of AutoCAD 2009 software to accelerate tasks, allow commands to be easily found, and help rapidly train new users.

The redesigned interface and the new tools in AutoCAD 2009 will increase your productivity. These new tools will be incorporated into all Autodesk software products, creating a familiar set of tools so transition from product to product and the overall learning curve will be significantly reduced.

With the ribbon interface, overall drafting productivity is increased as the number of steps to reach a command is decreased. The ribbon interface presents command options in a concise visual format, allowing you to quickly select commands based on the work you're doing. Moving between applications is now quick and intuitive. The ribbon is both customisable and expandable so that it can be optimised for each user and meet each company's standards.

The view cube is an interactive tool used to rotate and orient any solid or surface model in AutoCAD. Selecting a face, edge or corner of the cube brings the model quickly to that predefined orientation. Clicking and holding the view cube allows the model to be freely rotated in any direction. Since the cube is in a fixed location on the screen, it provides at-a-glance orientation. The view cube will be introduced in all Autodesk products as a common tool for working with 3D models.
In addition to allowing quick access to the orbit command, the new steering wheel tool allows quick access to the pan, centre and zoom commands. The steering wheel is highly customisable so you can add walk through commands to help create and record a walk through of your model.

Reviewing and working with several files is no longer a tedious and time-consuming process. The new menu browser interface allows you to browse files and examine thumbnail images and provides detailed information about file size and file creator. Plus, you can organise recently used files by name, date or title.

The new action recorder saves time and increases productivity by automating repetitive tasks without requiring the skill or assistance of a professional CAD manager. Users can quickly record a task, add text messages and requests for input, then quickly select and play back recorded files.

System Requirements

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2009:
• Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater or
• Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
• Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2 operating systems

For Microsoft Windows XP SP2
• 1 GB RAM
• 750 MB free disk space for installation
• 1024x768 VGA with true color
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or higher)

For Microsoft Windows Vista or 3D modeling
•Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3.0 GHz or greater or
• Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater
• 2 GB RAM or greater
• 2 GB free hard disk available not including installation
• 1,280 x 1,024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL, or Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card. For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required.

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2009:
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows Vista 64-bit
• AMD 64 or Intel EM64T processor
• 2GB RAM
• 750 MB free disk space for installation
• AutoCAD 64-bit cannot be installed on a 32-bit Windows operating system