Autocad on surface 3

[keathkeath]

Can the Surface 3 run AutoCAD smoothly?

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Can the Surface 3 run AutoCAD smoothly?

It depends on which version you have. The 4GB model might be able

Check this link for hardware requirements and see if your surface 3 qualifies. The site does recommend 8GB RAM so that is a bottleneck
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-AutoCAD-2016.html

 

[Because Racecar]

Do you need autocad, or can you go with a lighter cad program? BRL-CAD or LibreCAD come to mind. If you can stomach a dual boot with Linux, freeCAD?

 

[keathkeath]

Thanks. I might go for a full featured laptop in order to have this. I'm going for my masters which has AutoCAD as a subject so I really need an enough-powered machine to do this.

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Thanks. I might go for a full featured laptop in order to have this. I'm going for my masters which has AutoCAD as a subject so I really need an enough-powered machine to do this.

You're better off getting a proper sized laptop with good specs. Especially graphics cards. Just check what autocad requires from hardware and go along with that. A decent sized screen will also help

 

[Because Racecar]

Thanks. I might go for a full featured laptop in order to have this. I'm going for my masters which has AutoCAD as a subject so I really need an enough-powered machine to do this.

Good call, though. I'll likely end up with both machines.

 

[keathkeath]

Thanks guys.

 

[Because Racecar]

Thanks guys.

Your avatar is hilarious, BTW!

 

[keathkeath]

Haha thanks

 

[mikelino666]

2gb ram version.. autocad 2016 for sections and plants of an architectural project (last year of architecture university). 4 mb of file. It works soooo well! =)

 

[Steve Adams]

I ran autocad on my 2010 acer timeline. Worked great. besides ram, my surface has more power in every way so I guess it will run ngood.