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Autodesk announces AutoCAD 2013!

Reviews of 2013:

For more information, please review the documents below

AutoCAD 2013 will require HydraCAD V52. You may download or request a CD of V52 from our support site at no charge if you are on our updates plan.

*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.

Standard AutoCAD Products available:

AutoCAD 2013
AutoCAD 2012

Upgrades: (Direct upgrades are not possible from 2009 to 2013, instead, see Legacy Program, below)

AutoCAD 2013 upgrades:

from AutoCAD 2012
from AutoCAD 2011
from AutoCAD 2010

Legacy Program: New AutoCAD 2013 available to registered owners of AutoCAD 14 through AutoCAD 2009 at a reduced price from full retail. Subscription Service required. Call for details.

Subscription Service

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Ordering:

To order AutoCAD 2013 upgrades, use the order form below or click this link: Ordering AutoCAD 2013. A V52 upgrade CD will be included with your order. Customers not on the Maintenance plan must contact Hydratec for a quote for V512

The system recommendations for AutoCAD 2013 are as follows:

32-bit version

Operating System:

Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later of the following:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
The following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Hardware:

CPU
- Windows XP – Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 1.6 GHz or Higher with SSE2 technology
- Windows 7 - Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon Dual Core, 3.0 GHz or Higher with SSE2 technology
Memory: 2 GB (4 GB recommended)
Disk: Installation requires 6 GB space
Display: 1,024 x 768 with true color (1,600 x 1,050 with true color recommended)

Misc.

Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0 or later web browser
File Formats: (New file format in AutoCAD 2013):
- Save-as Support
  AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013.
- DXF Support
  AutoCAD R12, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013

64-bit version

Operating System:

Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later of the following:
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
The following operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
- Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Hardware:

CPU
- AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology
- AMD Opteron with SSE2 technology
- Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support and SSE2
- Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
Memory: 2 GB (4 GB recommended)
Disk: Installation requires 6 GB space
Display: 1,024 x 768 with true color (1,600 x 1,050 with true color recommended)

For both 32 & 64-bit Misc.

Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0 or later web browser
File Formats: (New file format in AutoCAD 2013):
- Save-as Support AutoCAD R14, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013.
- DXF Support AutoCAD R12, AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2004, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2013

For both 32 & 64-bit using 3D modeling workflows:

Memory 4 GB RAM or more
6 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements
1,280 x 1,024 True color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater support by your graphics card, Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card.

Complete Requirements found here: Complete AutoCAD 2013 Requirements

Check to see if a video card is compatible here: Find Graphics Hardware

AutoCAD 2013 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

03/12/12 AutoCAD Subscription Brochure (pdf, 1779 Kb)

03/19/12 AutoCAD 2013 Questions and Answers (pdf, 85 kb)

03/19/12 AutoCAD 2013 Preview Guide (pdf, 6.8 Mb)

03/19/12 AutoCAD 2013 Brochure (pdf, 3.7 Mb)

03/19/12 AutoCAD 2013 Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade (pdf, 388 kb)

03/19/12 AutoCAD 2013 Comparison Matrix Between Versions (pdf, 79 kb)

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Autodesk announces AutoCAD 2013!

32-bit version

For both 32 & 64-bit Misc.

For both 32 & 64-bit using 3D modeling workflows:

AutoCAD 2013 Upgrade Request Form (DVD Only)