Automatically place blocks based on previous placements or quickly find and replace existing blocks.
Complete your projects faster with helpful tips and features from My Insights.
Display drawing windows side by side or on multiple monitors within the same instance of AutoCAD.
Keep informed of recent changes to a shared DWG through an activity log.
Send a controlled copy of your drawing to teammates and colleagues to view or edit from anywhere
Compare past and present versions of a drawing to see the evolution of your work.
Create, edit, and view CAD drawings with a browser using AutoCAD on mobile or on web.
Push your CAD drawing sheets as PDFs directly from AutoCAD to Autodesk Docs.
Import feedback from paper or PDFs and add changes automatically, without altering your existing drawing.
AutoCAD® software includes industry-specific toolsets; improved workflows across desktop, web, and mobile; and a regular array of new features.
Stay connected with details of multi-user activities in a DWG file. Be informed of relevant file changes and access with an activity log. Activity Insights helps bridge information gaps in your collaborative AutoCAD workflows.
Rapidly send and incorporate design feedback. Import feedback from printed paper via mobile or PDFs and add changes to your drawings automatically. Machine learning detects and executes certain instructions in markup text.
Create single or multiline text (mtext) as a single text object. Format the text, columns, and boundaries.
Create dimensions automatically. Pass the cursor over selected objects to get a preview before you create it.
Create leaders with a variety of content, including text or blocks. Easily format leader lines and define styles.
Create tables with data and symbols in rows and columns, apply formulas, and link to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Create and edit centerlines and center marks that automatically move when you move the associated objects.
Draw revision clouds around new changes in a drawing to quickly identify your updates.
Save views by name to easily return to a specific view for quick reference or for applying to layout viewports.
Specify the size of your drawing sheet, add a title block, and display multiple views of your model.
Use fields in text objects to display text that can be updated automatically as the field value changes.
Enable simultaneous updates by creating a live link between a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and a table in your drawing.
Extract information from objects, blocks, and attributes, including drawing information.
Add flexibility and intelligence to your block references, including changing the shape, size, or configuration.
Apply geometric and dimensional constraints to maintain relationships between drawing geometry.
Create and modify objects in circular or rectangular patterns, or along a path.
Remove multiple unneeded objects at once with easy selection and object preview.
Create realistic 3D models of your design using a combination of solid, surface, and mesh modeling tools.
Use 3D viewing and navigation tools to orbit, swivel, walk, and fly around a 3D model to showcase your design.
Apply visual styles to control the display of edges, lighting, and shading of your 3D model.
Apply lighting and materials to give your 3D models a realistic appearance and to help communicate your designs.
Create section planes to display cross-sectional views through solids, surfaces, meshes, or regions.
Render 3D models online without consuming processing power or disk space on your local computer.
Attach point cloud files acquired by 3D laser scanners or other technologies to use as a starting point for your designs.
Generate 2D drawings including base, projected, section, and detail views from 3D models.
Compare two versions of a drawing, including external references (xrefs).
Share and reuse data from PDF files by importing, exporting, or attaching them as underlays.
Share and reuse data from DGN files by importing, exporting, or attaching them as underlays.
Attach Navisworks models as underlays to your drawings, and import models from other applications.
Compare two versions of a drawing without leaving your current window.
View, access, manage, and plot multiple drawings as sheet sets.
Insert geographic location information into a drawing, & display a map in the drawing from an online map service.
Reduce the amount of time you spend setting up AutoCAD with faster and customizable installations.
The new AutoCAD Start tab lets you easily access files and other helpful content directly from the home screen.
TrustedDWG™ technology alerts you to a possible incompatibility when a file was not last saved by Autodesk software.
Specify security restrictions for running executables in AutoCAD to help protect against malicious executable code.
Customize the user interface to improve accessibility and reduce the number of steps for frequent tasks.
Monitor current system variables against a preferred list of values. Notification balloons alert you to deviations.
Define and monitor CAD standards to maintain consistent styles for layers, linetypes, text, and dimensions.
Control drawings and databases with ActiveX, VBS, AutoLisp, Visual LISP, ObjectARX, JavaScript, and .NET.
Record commands and input values that can be played back as an action macro.
Customize your software with Autodesk-approved extensions.
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