Select the Plot and Publish tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
6. Select the System tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
7. Select the User Preferences tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
8. After making the setting changes shown below select Apply & Close button.
9. Select the Drafting tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below.
10. Select the Selection tab and change the settings on your screen to match the dialog box below. (Note: 3D Modeling tab was skipped)
11. Select the Apply button.
12. Select the OK button.
13. Now you should be back to the AutoCAD screen.
AutoCAD 2016 System Requirements for 32-bit
| Description | Requirement |
| Operating System | • Microsoft Windows 7 ® Enterprise • Microsoft Windows 7 ® Ultimate • Microsoft Windows 7 ® Professional • Microsoft Windows 7 ® Home Premium • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 ® • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 ® Pro • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 ® Enterprise |
| Browser | Internet Explorer ® 9.0 or later |
| Processor | Minimum Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM (3 GB Recommended) |
| Display Resolution | 1024 × 768 (1600 × 1050 or higher recommended) with True Color |
| Disk Space | Installation 6.0 GB |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse Compliant |
| Media | Download and installation from DVD |
| .NET Framework | .NET Framework 4.5 |
| Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling | 8 GB RAM or more 6 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements 1600 × 1050 or greater True color video display adapter, 128 MB VRAM or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D ® capable workstation class graphics card Note: 64-bit operating systems are recommended if you are working with large datasets, point clouds and 3D Modeling - please refer to the AutoCAD 2016 64-bit System Requirements on the next page |
AutoCAD 2016 System Requirements for 64-bit
| Description | Requirement |
| Operating System | • Microsoft Windows 7 ® Enterprise • Microsoft Windows 7 ® Ultimate • Microsoft Windows 7 ® Professional • Microsoft Windows 7 ® Home Premium • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 ® • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 ® Pro • Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 ® Enterprise |
| Browser | Internet Explorer ® 9.0 or later |
| Processor | Minimum Intel Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM (8 GB Recommended) |
| Display Resolution | 1024 × 768 (1600 × 1050 or higher recommended) with True Color |
| Disk Space | Installation 6.0 GB |
| Pointing Device | MS-Mouse Compliant |
| Media | Download and installation from DVD |
| .NET Framework | .NET Framework 4.5 |
| Additional requirements for large datasets, point clouds, and 3D modeling | 8 GB RAM or more 6 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements 1600 × 1050 or greater True color video display adapter, 128 MB VRAM or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D ® capable workstation class graphics card |
A Wheel mouse has two or more buttons and a small wheel between the two topside buttons. The default functions for the two top buttons and the Wheel are as follows:
Left Hand button is for input and can’t be reprogrammed.
Right Hand button is for Enter or the shortcut menu.
The Wheel may be used to Zoom and Pan or Zoom and display the Object Snap menu. You will learn more about this later.
The following describes how to select the Wheel functions. After you understand the functions, you may choose to change the setting.
To change the setting you must use the MBUTTONPAN variable.
MBUTTONPAN
