Go to Compatibility mode check the box for Run this game in compatibility mode for: and select the Operating System. This article provides the system requirements for AutoCAD 2005. If you right-click the executable file and go to properties, you'll see a tab called 'compatibility', there you have different options.
Autocad 2005 windows 8 compatibility install#
Materials and Maps used in drawings coming from earlier AutoCAD versions are supported as they would have displayed in AutoCAD 2010. Try to install Autocad 2005 in compatibility mode and check: 1.
Procedural Materials and Maps introduced with AutoCAD 2011 will only display with the material’s diffuse color.
The setting controlling this graphics mode (in the Manual Performance Tuning dialog accessed by the GraphicsConfig command) is grayed-out when the Performance Driver is active.