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HyDraw^® CAD 2026

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HyDraw^® CAD 2026 System Requirements:
Software
Operating System: Microsoft^® Windows^® 11 or Windows^® 10 version 1809 or above. Microsoft® Access® Driver Microsoft Access Runtime 365. Microsoft® Excel®* Microsoft Access Runtime 365. SQL Server®** Ms SQL server version 2019 and older.

* Required only for exporting HyDraw data
** OLE DB Driver 18.7.5 is required for SQL server version 2019 and older.
Note: HyDraw CAD 2026 is compatible only with 64-bit OS.


Hardware
CPU Type: 3+ GHz CPU or faster 64-bit (x64) processor Single- or Multi-Core Intel^®, Xeon^®, or i-Series 64-bit processor or AMD^® equivalent to SSE2 technology. Highest affordable CPU speed rating is recommended. Note: AutoCAD^® software-based products utilize multiple cores for many tasks. Memory: 16 GB RAM or more Display Resolution 1920x1080 with True Color (1080p) Display Card 4 GB GPU with 106 GB/S Bandwidth and DirectX12 compliant DirectX 12 with Feature Level 12_0 is required for Shaded (Fast), Shaded with edges (Fast), and Wireframe (Fast) visual styles. Note: Make sure to use the latest video card manufacturer drivers from their website. Disk Space: 10 GB free disk space for installation and development Internet browser: Google™ Chrome™ or Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® 11 and later Pointing Device: MS-Mouse compliant Development environment: Microsoft^® Visual Studio^® 2022 version 17.8.0 (with C++ option installed) and .NET 8.0
	* DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS
	Additionally see Certified Graphics Hardware \| Autodesk Support for certified graphics card information.

HyDraw^® CAD 2024 System Requirements:
Software
Operating System: Microsoft^® Windows^® 11/10 (64-bit) .NET Framework: .NET Framework Version 4.8 Adobe Reader 10 or higher Microsoft Excel 2013* or higher
	* Required only for exporting HyDraw data Note: HyDraw CAD 2024 is compatible only with 64-bit OS. if required, install 32/64-bit Office 2013/2016 on 64-bit Operating System.


Hardware
CPU Type: 2.5 – 2.9 GHz processor (3+ recommended) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor Memory: 8 GB (Minimum), 32 GB (Recomended) Display Resolution 1360 x 768 (1920 x 1080 recommended) with True Color and 125% Desktop Scaling (120 DPI) or less recommended High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display card) Display Card 2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11^® compliant (Basic), 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant (Recomended) Disk Space: Installation 7.0 GB Pointing Device: MS-Mouse compliant
	* DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS

HyDraw^® CAD 2022 System Requirements:
Software
Operating System: Microsoft^® Windows^® 11/10 (64-bit) .NET Framework: .NET Framework Version 4.8 Adobe Reader 10 or higher Microsoft Excel 2013* or higher
	* Required only for exporting HyDraw data Note: HyDraw CAD 2022 is compatible only with 64-bit OS. if required, install 32/64-bit Office 2013/2016 on 64-bit Operating System.


Hardware
CPU Type: 2.5 – 2.9 GHz processor (3+ recommended) or faster 64-bit (x64) processor Memory: 8 GB (Minimum), 16 GB (Recomended) Display Resolution 1360 x 768 (1920 x 1080 recommended) with True Color and 125% Desktop Scaling (120 DPI) or less recommended High Resolution & 4K Displays: Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64 bit systems (with capable display card) Display Card 1 GB GPU Windows display adapter capable of 1360 x 768 with True Color capabilities and DirectX^® 9*. DirectX 11 compliant card recommended. Disk Space: Installation 7.0 GB Pointing Device: MS-Mouse compliant
	* DirectX 9 recommended by supported OS

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