👉 Difference between AutoCAD 2026 price and AutoCAD LT
There is a massive difference in price and AutoCAD 2026 is roughly 4 times more expensive than AutoCAD LT 2026. For a professional 2D/3D CAD software with AutoCAD® look, feel and affordable price, CAD4Africa recommends progeCAD 2025 2D/3D Professional perpetual license. progeCAD 2025 2D/3D Professional has functionalities between AutoCAD 2026 and AutoCAD LT 2026.
New Single-user AutoCAD including specialized toolsets 3 year license for Windows or Mac. For renewal the price is lower. Due to Rand fluctuations, please contact us before ordering AutoCAD 2026 subscriptions because prices are not updated every day. As an Authorized Autodesk Reseller for South Africa we offer Best Price Guarantee and Secure Online Ordering.
👉 AutoCAD 2026 Features and Free Download
AutoCAD ® software is the professional 2D/3D drawing software for Windows and Mac. AutoCAD LT is the more economical version of AutoCAD and it is recommended for customers who use 2D drawing only. AutoCAD 2025 including specialized toolsets can also be used for 3D drafting, and has more drawing features than AutoCAD LT like:
- Seven specialized toolsets for Architecture, Mechanical design, 3D mapping, Plant 3D, Electrical, MEP, Raster Design give you industry-specific capabilities to speed up your work
- 3D modeling and visualization
- Create and edit 3D models with solids, surfaces, & mesh objects
- Compatible for 3D printing
- Customization of your software, including built-in programming capabilities with add-on apps and APIs
- Extend AutoLISP programs with third-party automation libraries, and utilize specialized editors to write and debug programs (in AutoCAD LT you can only utilize AutoLISP programs to automate repetitive tasks and enhance workflows, in previous versions before AutoCAD LT 2024 AutoLISP isn’t available)
- Extract object data to tables
- Create renderings with lighting, materials, & visual styles
- Automate counting objects and block
- Access libraries of 750,000+ symbols, parts, & detail components
- Integrate coordinated BIM models
For a free 30 day trial you can download AutoCAD 2026 here.
👉 System requirements for AutoCAD 2026 (Windows and Mac):
👉 Operating System 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® 11 and Windows 10 version 1809 or above. See Autodesk’s Product Support Lifecycle for support information.
Processor Basic: 2.5-2.9 GHz processor with 8 logical cores (base) ARM Processors are not supported.
Recommended: 3+ GHz processor (base), 4+ GHz (turbo)
Memory Basic: 8 GB
Recommended: 32 GB
Display Resolution Conventional Displays:
1920 x 1080 with True Color
High Resolution & 4K Displays:
Resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 (with “Recommended” display card)
Display Card
Basic: 2 GB GPU with 29 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 11 compliant
Recommended: 8 GB GPU with 106 GB/s Bandwidth and DirectX 12 compliant
DirectX 12 with Feature Level 12_0 is required for Shaded (Fast), Shaded with edges (Fast), and Wireframe (Fast) visual styles. Please be sure to use the latest drivers from the video card manufacturer’s website.
Note: AutoCAD uses your computer’s display card for a variety of essential graphics operations including but not limited to view manipulation, line smoothing, and text/linetype generation. It is recommended that you have a display card with dedicated VRAM to support these operations at optimal speeds.
Disk Space 10.0 GB (suggested SSD)
Network See Autodesk Network License Manager for Windows
Pointing Device MS-Mouse compliant
.NET Framework .NET 8
👉 System requirements for AutoCAD 2026 for Mac
Operating System Apple® macOS® Sonoma v14
Apple macOS Ventura v13
Apple macOS Monterey v12
Model Apple Mac® computers compatible with macOS Monterey or above
Recommended: Apple Mac models supporting Metal Graphics Engine
CPU Type 64-bit Intel CPU
Apple M series CPU
Memory Basic: 8 GB
Recommended: 16 GB or higher
Display Resolution Basic: 1280 x 800 display
High Resolution: 2880 x 1800 with Retina Display
Disk Space 8 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)
