Features
Key Features
Markup Import & Markup Assist
Import feedback from paper or PDFs and add changes automatically, without altering your existing drawing.
My Insights
Complete your projects faster with helpful tips and features from My Insights.
Floating windows
Pull away drawing windows to display side by side or on multiple monitors, in the same instance of AutoCAD.
Share
Send a controlled copy of your drawing to teammates and colleagues to view or edit from anywhere.
Blocks palette
View and access your blocks from AutoCAD quickly on desktop or the AutoCAD web app.
Drawing History
Compare past and present versions of a drawing to see the evolution of your work.
AutoCAD anytime, anywhere
Create, edit, and view CAD drawings with a browser using the AutoCAD web app or AutoCAD mobile app.
Push to Autodesk Docs
Push your CAD drawing sheets as PDFs directly to Autodesk Docs from AutoCAD
Count
Automate counting of blocks or geometry with the COUNT command
What's New
AutoCAD® software includes industry-specific toolsets; improved workflows across desktop, web, and mobile; and a regular array of new features.
Markup Import & Markup Assist
Rapidly send and incorporate feedback into your designs. Import feedback from printed paper or PDFs and add changes to your drawings automatically, without additional drawing steps.
My Insights
Learn helpful tips and valuable information at the right time and in the right context to help you complete your projects faster.
AutoCAD web APIs
Whether you are on the go, at a job site, or anywhere else, create your own customizations to automate sequences with LISP in the AutoCAD web app.
Sheet Set Manager (enhanced)
Open sheet sets quicker than ever before. Using the Autodesk cloud platform, sending and opening sheet sets to and from teammates is quicker and safer.
Count (enhanced)
Automate the counting of blocks or objects within a selected area or throughout your entire drawing with a menu to identify errors and navigate through your counted objects.
2D Drawing, Drafting & Annotation
Text settings
Create single or multiline text (mtext) as a single text object. Format the text, columns, and boundaries.
Dimensions
Create dimensions automatically. Pass the cursor over selected objects to get a preview before you create it.
Leaders
Create leaders with a variety of content, including text or blocks. Easily format leader lines and define styles.
Tables
Create tables with data and symbols in rows and columns, apply formulas, and link to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Centerlines and center marks
Create and edit centerlines and center marks that automatically move when you move the associated objects.
Revision clouds
Draw revision clouds around new changes in a drawing to quickly identify your updates.
Views
Save views by name to easily return to a specific view for quick reference or for applying to layout viewports.
Layouts
Specify the size of your drawing sheet, add a title block, and display multiple views of your model.
Fields
Use fields in text objects to display text that can be updated automatically as the field value changes.
Data linking
Enable simultaneous updates by creating a live link between a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and a table in your drawing.
Data extraction
Extract information from objects, blocks, and attributes, including drawing information.
Dynamic blocks
Add flexibility and intelligence to your block references, including changing the shape, size, or configuration.
Parametric constraints
Apply geometric and dimensional constraints to maintain relationships between drawing geometry.
Arrays
Create and modify objects in circular or rectangular patterns, or along a path.
Purge
Remove multiple unneeded objects at once with easy selection and object preview.
3D Modeling & Visualization
Solid, surface, & mesh modeling
Create realistic 3D models of your design using a combination of solid, surface, and mesh modeling tools.
3D navigation
Use 3D viewing and navigation tools to orbit, swivel, walk, and fly around a 3D model to showcase your design.
Visual styles
Apply visual styles to control the display of edges, lighting, and shading of your 3D model.
Rendering
Apply lighting and materials to give your 3D models a realistic appearance and to help communicate your designs.
Section planes
Create section planes to display cross-sectional views through solids, surfaces, meshes, or regions.
Cloud rendering
Render 3D models online without consuming processing power or disk space on your local computer.
Point clouds
Attach point cloud files acquired by 3D laser scanners or other technologies to use as a starting point for your designs.
Model documentation
Generate 2D drawings including base, projected, section, and detail views from 3D models.
Collaboration
Xref Compare
Compare two versions of a drawing, including external references (xrefs).
PDF files
Share and reuse data from PDF files by importing, exporting, or attaching them as underlays.
DGN files
Share and reuse data from DGN files by importing, exporting, or attaching them as underlays.
Model references & import
Attach Navisworks models as underlays to your drawings, and import models from other applications.
DWG Compare
Compare two versions of a drawing without leaving your current window.
Sheet sets
View, access, manage, and plot multiple drawings as sheet sets.
Geographic location & online maps
Insert geographic location information into a drawing, & display a map in the drawing from an online map service.
Install & Customize
Simplified installer
Reduce the amount of time you spend setting up AutoCAD with faster and customizable installations.
Start tab
The new AutoCAD Start tab lets you easily access files and other helpful content directly from the home screen.
Trusted DWG technology
TrustedDWG™ technology alerts you to a possible incompatibility when a file was not last saved by Autodesk software.
Secure load
Specify security restrictions for running executables in AutoCAD to help protect against malicious executable code.
CUI customization
Customize the user interface to improve accessibility and reduce the number of steps for frequent tasks.
System variable monitor
Monitor current system variables against a preferred list of values. Notification balloons alert you to deviations.
CAD standards checker
Define and monitor CAD standards to maintain consistent styles for layers, linetypes, text, and dimensions.
Application Programming Interface
Control drawings and databases with ActiveX, VBS, AutoLisp, Visual LISP, ObjectARX, JavaScript, and .NET.
Action recorder
Record commands and input values that can be played back as an action macro.
Autodesk App Store
Customize your software with Autodesk-approved extensions.
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