Technical information

2 | Chapter 1 Introduction
AutoCAD Land Desktop
AutoCAD Land Desktop is designed for professionals in the land planning
and development industries, and includes the following products:
AutoCAD
®
Land Desktop: This is the AutoCAD for land development profes-
sionals. It provides a base level of functionality for land planners, surveyors,
civil engineers, drafters, and anyone who creates supporting documents.
AutoCAD Land Desktop contains all the functionality of AutoCAD and some
components of AutoCAD Map 3D.
AutoCAD
®
Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion: This version of Land Desktop
also includes surveying tools which can be used to communicate survey data
to and from the field and civil engineering tools that can be used for trans-
portation design and analysis.
The product provides an application programming interface (API), so that
other add-on products can be designed to work with AutoCAD Land Desktop
and AutoCAD Civil 3D Land Desktop Companion.
The Installation Wizard
You install AutoCAD Land Desktop from the Installation Wizard that opens
automatically when you insert the product media. The Installation Wizard
gives you access to links, from which you can open online versions of the
documentation, find information about technical support, and access other
useful extras.
Installing on a Single Computer
If you want to install AutoCAD Land Desktop on a single computer, simply
click the Install Products link on the first page of the Installation Wizard.
Then follow the instructions on screen.
Installing on a Network
If you need more extensive information about deploying AutoCAD Land
Desktop on a network, consult the Network Administrator's Guide. To access
this guide, in the Installation Wizard, click the Create Deployments link,
then click the Documentation link.