Hydratec is an authorized North American reseller of all Autodesk products, including AutoCAD, AutoCAD REVIT MEP and AutoCAD Navisworks new seats, upgrades and subscriptions.

 

Three reasons to get current with Autodesk 2011 software now:

1. Design, visualize, and simulate your most innovative ideas digitally.
2. Deliver projects faster and more cost-effectively, with fewer errors.
3. Works easily with Microsoft Windows® 7, as well as Vista® and XP®.

There's never been a better time to move to the latest Autodesk software.

Autodesk announces AutoCAD 2011

Official Autodesk 2011 site

Reviews of 2011:

Between The Lines Autodesk Blog

Lynn Allen's Autodesk Blog

Heidi Hewitt Autodesk Blog

JTB World

Cad Panacea - Some helpful links from them, below:

For more information, please review the documents below

AutoCAD 2011 will require HydraCAD V51.06. You may download or request a CD of V51 from our support site. Customers on our maintenance program will receive the V51 update free of charge upon request.

Please call for Current Pricing
Note: We can only sell AutoCAD to our own customers and are only licensed to sell in North America. All new seats and upgrades are bundled with HydraCAD software. *Please note that your AutoCAD licensing agreement states you must purchase one upgrade/copy of AutoCAD per machine.

AutoCAD Products available:

AutoCAD 2011
AutoCAD 2010

Upgrades: (Direct upgrades are not possible from 2007 to 2011, instead, see Legacy Program, below)

AutoCAD 2011 upgrades:

from AutoCAD 2010
from AutoCAD 2009
from AutoCAD 2008 (2008 will not be upgradable after March 15, 2011)

Legacy Program:

New AutoCAD 2011 available to registered owners of AutoCAD 14 through AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT at a reduced price from full retail. Subscription Service required. Call for details.

Subscription Service

Hydratec now sells Autodesk Subscriptions! Save money by being on the subscription plan.

Ordering:

To order AutoCAD 2011 upgrades, use the order form below or click this link: Ordering AutoCAD 2011. A V51 upgrade CD will be included with your order. Customers not on the Maintenance plan must contact Hydratec for a quote for V51.

The system recommendations for AutoCAD 2011 are as follows:

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2011
  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium (SP1 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
  • For Windows Vista or Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; for Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1.8 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later 
  • Install from download or DVD

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2011

  • Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, or Ultimate (SP1 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later)
  • AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 2 GB free space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later 
  • Install from download or DVD

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations)

  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or greater; or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
  • 2 GB RAM or more
  • 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
  • 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card

Check AutoCAD video card compatibility here: Graphics Hardware List
AutoCAD 2011 Documents

For best results: Right-click on the links below and pick Save Target As: to place on your hard drive.

These documents are in pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. You need to have the free viewer installed on your machine. If you do not have the viewer, please click this link: Get Acrobat to get it.

Date Posted Document Title Download File
04/19/10 AutoCAD 2011 Questions and Answers  (pdf, 99 kb)
04/19/10 AutoCAD 2011 Preview Guide  (pdf, 6454 kb)
04/19/10 AutoCAD 2011 Brochure  (pdf, 3685 kb)
04/19/10 AutoCAD 2011 Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade  (pdf, 1224 kb)
04/19/10 AutoCAD 2011/Windows 7 White Paper (pdf, 85 Kb)
04/19/10 AutoCAD 2011 Comparison Matrix Between Versions  (pdf, 273 kb)
04/19/10 AutoCAD Subscription Service Information (pdf, 1779 Kb)

AutoCAD 2011 Upgrade Request Form (DVD Only)

Current Version:

 AutoCAD 2010
 AutoCAD 2009
 AutoCAD 2008
 AutoCAD 2007 or earlier

Name
Quantity
Company
Serial Number(s) of
current AutoCAD(s)

Address
Email
Phone
Fax
Comment/Questions