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System requirements for AutoCAD 2021 including Specialized Toolset

                Operating System 64-bit OS that follows Autodesk's Product Support Lifecycle policy.
                Processor Basic:  2.5 - 2.9 GHz processor
                Recommended:  3+ GHz processor
                Multiple processors: Supported by the application
                Memory  Basic:  8 GB
                Recommended:  16 GB 
                Display Resolution Conventional Displays:
                1920 x 1080 with True Color

                High Resolution & 4K Displays:
                Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 supported on Windows 10, 64-bit systems (with capable display card)
                Display Card  Basic:  1 GB GPU wiht 29 GB.s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
                Recommended:  4 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
                Disk Space 7.0 GB
                Network  Deployment via Deployment Wizard.

                The license server and all workstations that run applications dependent on network licensing must run TCP/IP protocol.

                Either Microsoft® or Novell TCP/IP protocol stacks are acceptable. Primary login on workstations may be Netware or Windows.

                In addition to operating systems supported for the application, the license server will run on Windows® Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019 editions. 
                Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant
                .NET Framework  .NET Framework version 4.8 or later
                Operating System
                Apple® macOS® Catalina v10.15
                Apple macOS Mojave v10.14
                Apple macOS High Sierra v10.13
                Model Basic:  Apple Mac Pro® 4.1, MacBook Pro® 5.1, iMac® 8.1, Mac mini® 3.1, MacBook Air®, MacBook® 5.1

                Recommended:  Apple Mac® models supporting Metal Graphics Engine
                CPU Type 64-bit Intel CPU 
                Recommended:  Intel Core i7 or higher
                Memory Basic: 4GB
                Recommended: 8GB or higher
                Display Resolution Basic: 1280 x 800 display
                High Resolution: 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display
                Disk Space 3 GB free disk space for download and installation
                Pointing Device Apple-compliant Mouse, Apple-compliant Trackpad, Microsoft-compliant mouse
                Display Card Recommended: Mac native installed graphics cards
                Disk Format APFS, APFS(Encrypted), Mac OS Extended (Journaled), Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Encrypted)
                Additional Requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling

                Memory 8 GB RAM or more
                Disk Space 6 GB free hard disk available, not including installation requirements
                Display Card 1920 x 1080 or greater True Color video display adapter; 128 MB VRAM or greater; Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater; Direct3D®-capable workstation class graphics card.
                Toolset Additional Requirements
                AutoCAD Map 3D - Disk Space: 16GB
                - Memory: 16GB
                - Database & FDO Requirements (see below)
                 AutoCAD Electrical - Disk Space: 12GB
                - Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 Redistributable (x64)
                 AutoCAD Architecture  Disk Space: 12GB
                AutoCAD MEP Disk Space: 12GB
                AutoCAD Plant 3D  Disk Space: 10GB
                AutoCAD Mechanical Disk Space: 7GB
                AutoCAD Raster Design  Disk Space: 1GB
                FDO Provider Requirements:
                        
                FDO Provider
                Certified With
                Notes
                Microsoft SQL Server
                - Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard and Enterprise Editions
                - Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard and Enterprise Editions
                - Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard and Enterprise Editions
                - Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard and Enterprise Editions
                Industry Models also support the versions of Microsoft SQL Server listed on the left.
                Oracle 11g Release 2
                Oracle 11.2.0.4.0
                Oracle Express, Standard, and Enterprise Editions

                Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left.

                Oracle 12c Release 2 Oracle 12.2.0.1.0
                Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition
                Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left.
                Oracle 18c Oracle 18.3
                Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2
                Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left.
                Oracle 19c Oracle 19.3
                Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2
                Industry Models support the same Oracle versions as listed on the left.
                Raster DEM, JPG2K, DTED, MrSID®, ECW, PNG, ESRI® Grid, TIFF, JPEG, ESRI® ASCII

                Autodesk SDF
                3.0
                ESRI ArcGIS
                ArcGIS® 10.7.1
                ArcGIS 10.6.1
                ArcGIS 10.5
                This Provider requires ESRI licensed components to be installed on client system.
                My SQL 8.0
                ODBC The FDO ODBC provider has been tested with corresponding versions of ODBC drivers that are shipped with the relevant supported operating systems version.

                OGC WMS WMS 1.3.0
                OGC WMTS WMS 1.0.0
                OGC WFS WFS 2.0.0
                SQLite SQLite 3.27.2
                Postgres SQL PostgreSQL 9.5 + PostGIS 2.2
                ODBC Drivers

                Tested Versions

                Microsoft® Access® Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)
                Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (English) 16.00.4513.1000
                Microsoft® Excel® Driver (*.xls, *xlsx, *.xlsm, *.xlsb)
                Microsoft Access database engine 2016 (English) 16.00.4513.1000
                MySQL® ODBC 8.0 Driver
                8.00.13.00
                SQL Server®
                10.00.18362.01
                Oracle® in OraClient19Home1
                19.00.00.00
                            
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