*To run bigger projects with all other software like 3DS max, I’d recommend a laptop with at least a GTX 1060/2060RTX.Ī) Small projects: students taking undergrad classes in regular AutoCAD (mostly). Obviously, you can also run any CAD software in 2D. If you’ve got a laptop that can run AutoCAD 3D, you can also run software like SketchUp, Solidworks, Revit and 3DS Max*. When reading the following table make sure you also know what I mean by small, medium and large projects and by AutoCAD 3D and AutoCAD 2D.īy this I mean AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Architecture or just AutoCAD with 3D models. To make it even easier I’ve divided the requirements you’ll need depending on the size of your projects. I’ve quickly summarized the specs you need to look for to get the “best performance out of AutoCAD” below. To avoid flooding you with hardware details you may not want to know right now (you can check them in the last section using the TOC). Then we’ll list the current best laptops for AutoCAD with the best performance/money ratio in 2021 or as the popular phrase goes “with the best bang for your buck”. You’ll automatically be exposed to work with with different scales on different hardware when you join a company.įirst, we’ll go over all the different requirements you need for AutoCAD depending on the size of your projects or the type of user you are: student or professional. Very few engineers do that I believe.īut I’ve been using CAD modeling software since my undergraduate years and as a working engineer years later. The latter may be a better choice in some cases…we’ll get to that later. However, a big 3D representation of a very realistic industry object ( w/ ~5000 parts) will only stop lagging if your laptop either has a workstation card or one of the latest consumer “gaming” graphics cards on it.
You’ll find out a small 3D object in AutoCAD may not even need a dedicated graphics card. If you have access to several computers then check out their performance with different object models. You should always try to ask someone who uses the software or has used the software on a regular basis and hopefully that person’s worked with models of different size scales.ĭoing these benchmarks is not difficult though. Unless you are into 3D modeling or engineering it’s really hard to give people advice. While a very few others will need to get the most expensive workstation laptops their company can afford. In fact I bet the majority of you fit into this category. Some people will be alright with an entry level & cheap graphics card(not an integrated “Intel HD” graphics card of course if they are working in 3D). The reason is that when you talk about 3D Modeling software like AutoCAD, there’s no one size fits all.ĪutoCAD will have different requirements depending on what exactly you are working on. It seems like no one knows what the hell they’re talking about.
So you typed in the best laptop for AutoCAD and ended up even more confused than before.Ī few sites claiming that most laptops and even those with integrated graphics cards will run AutoCAD and others telling you to either get the latest, beefiest and heaviest workstation laptop or just give up engineering.
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