AutoCAD Electrical 2008

AutoCAD® Electrical software is the leading application built specifically to create and modify electrical controls designs. As part of the AutoCAD® family of products, it automates the tedious task of creating ladder and point-to-point style drawings. It tracks all wire numbers and component tags, and cross-references coil and contact information for increased drafting productivity.

It generates automated reports, such as bills of materials and from-to wire lists, helping to eliminate errors associated with generating reports manually. And, it saves time by passing wire connectivity information to and from AutoCAD Electrical and Autodesk® Inventor™ software applications. AutoCAD Electrical — the only logical choice for electrical controls design.

System Requirements

The following recommendations apply to AutoCAD® Electrical software. Note that Microsoft® Windows® XP Starter Edition and Tablet PC Edition are not supported at this time.
32-bit Requirements
- Intel® Pentium® 4 processor recommended
- Microsoft® Windows® XP (Professional or Home Edition (SP2) or Windows 2000 (SP4), Windows Vista
- 512 MB RAM
- 2.5 GB free disk space for installation*
- 1024x768 VGA with true color
- MS Mouse-compliant pointing device
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1) or higher
- Installation from DVD or CD-ROM

*Additional system requirements apply for Autodesk Vault and the Data Management Server
64-bit Requirements
- AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T, or Intel Pentium 4 with EM64T support
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows VISTA 64 bit
- 1 GB RAM (more than 1.5 preferred)
- Supports Windows display adapter capable of 1024x768 VGA with true color capabilities; Open GL and DirectX 9
- 2.75 GB of free disk space
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or higher
- MS-Mouse compliant pointing device
- DVD
Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS)

The following recommendations apply to Autodesk Data Management Server software. (These requirements are in addition to any system requirements for individual applications.)
Recommended System Requirements
- Intel® Pentium 4, Xeon®, or AMD Athlon™ processor, 2 GHz or better processor
- 1GB RAM, or more
- 60 GB free disk space, or more

Preferred System Requirements
- Pentium 4, Xeon, or AMD Athlon processor, 2 GHz or better processor
- 2 GB RAM or more
- 120 GB free disk space, or more
Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows Vista™2
Microsoft Windows® XP Professional3 32/64 bit
Microsoft Windows 20003 Professional 32 bit (SP4)
Microsoft Windows Server® 20001 32 bit (SP4)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard1 32/64 bit (SP1)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard1 R2 32/64 bit
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise1 32/64 bit (SP1)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R21 32/64 bit
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SB Edition1 32/64 bit (SP1)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SB Edition R21 32/64 bit
Supported Databases
Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Desktop Edition, MSDE (SP3a, SP4)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Standard Edition (SP3a, SP4)
Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Enterprise Edition (SP3a, SP4)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express (SP0, SP1)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup (SP0, SP1)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard (SP0, SP1)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise (SP0, SP1)

1* For best performance on servers, Autodesk recommends a dedicated member (non-domain controller) server

2* Limited to a maximum of 10 concurrent requests (Data Management queries). In order to a support large number of additional requests or users, Autodesk recommends a server operating system along with the server version of Microsft SQL Server 2000 (Standard or Enterprise Edition), or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Workgroup, Standard, or Enterprise Edition).  In order to use these other SQL Versions, you must purchase this software separately from Microsoft or a Microsoft reseller.

3* Limited to a maximum of 10 concurrent connections (Data Management queries). In order to a support large number of additional requests or users, Autodesk recommends a server operating system along with the server version of Microsft SQL Server 2000 (Standard or Enterprise Edition), or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Workgroup, Standard, or Enterprise Edition).  In order to use these other SQL Versions, you must purchase this software separately from Microsoft or a Microsoft reseller.