PRESENTATION: AUTOCAD SOFTWARE

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Autodesk is the world’s leading company for
developing software and solutions for state of the art
high-end Computer Aided Design and Computer
Generated Imagery.

It is an American multinational corporation that

focuses on 2D and 3D design software for use in
architecture, engineering and building construction,
manufacturing, and media and entertainment.
 History
 Autodesk was founded in 1982 by John Walker, a
coauthor of early versions of the company's flagship CAD
software product AutoCAD, and twelve others. It is
headquartered in San Rafael, California.
 Autodesk's first notable product was AutoCAD, a CAD
application designed to run on the systems known as
"microcomputers" at the time, including those running the 8-bit
CP/M operating system and two of the new 16-bit systems, the
Victor 9000 and the IBM Personal Computer (PC). This CAD tool
allowed users to create detailed technical drawings, and was
affordable to many smaller design, engineering, and architecture
companies.
 Introduction
◘ AutoCAD is a software application for computer-aided design
(CAD) and drafting. The software supports both 2D and 3D formats. The
software is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc. 
◘ It was first released in December 1982 by Autodesk in the year by
Autodesk founder John Walker. AutoCAD is Autodesk's flagship product and
by March 1986 had become the most ubiquitous microcomputer design
program in the world, utilizing functions such as "polylines" and "curve
fitting". Prior to the introduction of AutoCAD, most other CAD programs ran
on mainframe computers or minicomputers, with each CAD operator (user)
working at a graphical terminal or workstation.
◘ According to Autodesk company information, the AutoCAD software
is now used in a range of industries, employed by architects, project
managers and engineers, amongst other professions, and training centers
had been established across the world to educate users about the company's
primary products.
 History
◘ AutoCAD was derived from a 1977 program called Interact CAD,
which was written in a proprietary language (SPL) by inventor Michael
Riddle who later co-founded Autodesk to market AutoCAD. This early
version ran on the Marinchip Systems 9900 computer (Marinchip
Systems was owned by Autodesk co-founders John Walker and Dan Drake)
◘ When Marinchip Software Partners (later known as Autodesk)
formed, the founders decided to re-code Interact in C and PL/1
(Programming Language One). They chose C because it seemed to be the
biggest upcoming language. In the end, the PL/1 version was unsuccessful.
The C version was, at the time, one of the most complex programs in that
language. Autodesk had to work with a compiler developer, Lattice, to
update C, enabling AutoCAD to run. Early releases of AutoCAD used
primitive entities — lines, polylines, circles, arcs, and text — to construct
more complex objects. Since the mid-1990s, AutoCAD supported custom
objects through its C++ Application Programming Interface (API).
 Products
Imagine. Design. Create

◘AutoCAD Architecture ◘AutoCAD MEP

◘AutoCAD Civil 3D
◘AutoCAD Electrical
◘AutoCAD LT
◘AutoCAD Map 3D
◘AutoCAD Mechanical
◘AutoCAD P&ID
◘AutoCAD Plant 3D
◘AutoCAD Raster Design
◘AutoCAD Structural Detailing
◘AutoCAD Utility Design
 This software is specifically for architects. Architectural drafting
features enable you to design and document more efficiently, in the
familiar AutoCAD environment.
 Features:
 Walls, doors, and windows
 Draw walls, doors, and windows that mimic real-world behavior and
construction.
 Sections and elevations
 Generate 2D sections and elevations directly from your floor plans.
 Architectural drawing creation and annotation
 Document and annotate drawings with detail components and keynoting tools.
 This software is a civil engineering design and documentation
solution that supports Building Information Modeling workflows.
Using AutoCAD Civil 3D, infrastructure professionals can better
understand project performance, maintain more consistent data
and processes, and respond faster to change.
 Features:
 Complementary workflows
 Project teams can work together in real time, sharing and updating
information.
 Drafting and documentation
 Generate construction documentation as a by-product of the design.
 Design
 Perform faster design iterations with a model that dynamically updates.
 Electrical design software is AutoCAD for electrical controls
designers. It includes all the functionality of Autodesk® AutoCAD®
software plus a complete set of electrical CAD features, including
comprehensive symbol libraries and tools for automating electrical
design tasks.
 Features:
 Circuit design and reuse
 Dynamically generate rules-based electrical control circuits.
 Panel layout drawings
 Extract a list of electrical schematic components for panel layout drawings.
 Automatic report generation
 Run multiple reports with the simple, customizable report generation tool.
 Document your designs with the intuitive tools of Autodesk®
AutoCAD LT® drafting software for PC and Mac. Produce precise
2D CAD drawings that you can easily edit, repurpose, and share.
 Features:
 Increase drafting productivity
 Quickly create precise 2D documentation with intuitive drafting
software.
 Communicate your ideas
 Collaborate with colleagues using cloud-based connected design
technologies.
 Experience trusted reliability
 Work with confidence using native DWG™ technology.
 Map 3D software provides access to GIS and mapping data to
support planning, design, and data management. Intelligent models
and CAD tools help you to apply regional and discipline-specific
standards. Integration of GIS data with your organization helps to
improve quality, productivity, and asset management.
 Features:
 Point cloud tools
 Import, visualize, and stylize large sets of 3D laser scanning/LIDAR data.
 Convert GIS and CAD to industry models
 Populate from FDO data sources or DWG™ files and convert data to model.
 Planning and analysis tools
 Perform queries, create thematic maps, build topologies, and create reports.
 Mechanical design and drafting software is AutoCAD® software for
manufacturing. It includes all the functionality of AutoCAD, one of
the world’s leading 2D CAD mechanical design software applications,
plus libraries of standards-based parts and tools for automating
common mechanical CAD tasks and accelerating the mechanical
design process.
 Features:
 700,000 standard parts
 Select from a large set of parts and features for your mechanical designs.
 Autodesk Synergy
 Create associative section and detail views of 3D models.
 International drafting standards support
 Increase productivity with standards-based design documentation tools.
 MEP software helps you draft, design, and document building
systems. Create more accurate designs within a familiar
AutoCAD-based environment. Increase productivity and reduce
errors with automated drafting tasks, manufacturers’ parts, and
interference detection. Support mechanical, electrical, and
plumbing (MEP) engineering systems throughout the building
lifecycle with reliable DWG™ files.
 Features:
 AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture support
 Work on and reference flat or geometric floor plans for better coordination.
 Convert AutoCAD blocks and symbols
 Individually convert or batch-convert blocks to a device or schematic symbol.
 Create, modify, and manage piping and instrumentation
diagrams with Autodesk® AutoCAD® P&ID piping design
software. With simple reporting, editing, sharing, and validation
of piping and instrumentation design information, projects can
start more easily and finish sooner.
 Features:
 Data Manager
 Manage engineering data with change-management, viewing, and editing
functionality.
 Dynamic lines and components
 Simplify repeated piping CAD tasks. Create, move, and snap lines and
components into place with intuitive grip editing.
 Validation
 Error-check to help increase accuracy and identify problems faster.
 Support productivity, improve accuracy, and enhance
coordination with Autodesk® AutoCAD® Plant 3D plant layout
design software. These tools bring modern 3D plant design to
designers and engineers who model and document process
plants. Generate and share isometrics, orthographic, and
materials reports.
 Features:
 Specialized workspace
 Optimized interface for 3D plant layout design.
 Specifications and catalogs
 Use spec-driven technology and ANSI/ASME (B16) and DIN/ISO catalogs to
address project requirements. Import specs from other applications.
 With powerful raster editing and raster-to-vector
conversion tools, Autodesk® AutoCAD® Raster Design
software helps you easily edit, enhance, and maintain
scanned drawings and plans. Make the most of raster
images, maps, aerial photos, satellite imagery, and digital
elevation models.
 Features:
 Timesaving image display features
 Use a wide range of image data; embed images; insert and export
images; and display image subsets with a polygonal mask boundary.
 Image editing and cleanup
 Despeckle, bias, mirror, and touch up your images.
 Autodesk® AutoCAD® Structural Detailing software helps
structural engineers, detailers and fabricators create more
precise detailing and fabrication shop drawings. It’s
structural engineering software for steel and concrete
structures.
 Features:
 Intelligent structural objects
 Create structural steel detailed models or rebar drawings using intelligent
objects.
 Automatic generation of shop drawings
 Generate comprehensive workshop drawings with single parts and
assemblies.
 Utility Design software combines design and documentation with
rules-driven workflows and analysis for electrical distribution
design. Improve design accuracy, analyze and optimize network
designs for greater performance and reliability, and deliver more
consistent and coordinated documentation.
 Features:
 3D model-based design
 Design overhead and underground structures, electrical components,
and communication features, including overhead primary lines with
neutrals and dual network support.
 Configurable rules, workflows, and standards
 Define rules that govern workflows, engineering analysis, and validation.
 File formats

◘ The native file format of AutoCAD is .dwg. This

and, to a lesser extent, its interchange file format DXF,
have become de facto, if proprietary, standards for CAD
data interoperability. AutoCAD has included support
for .dwg, a format developed and promoted by Autodesk,
for publishing CAD data.
 Versions
# Name Date Time Version DWG .NET
1 AutoCAD Version 1.0 December 1982
2 AutoCAD Version 1.2 April 1983 4mo
3 AutoCAD Version 1.3 August 1983 4mo
4 AutoCAD Version 1.4 October 1983 2mo
5 AutoCAD Version 2.0 October 1984 12mo
6 AutoCAD Version 2.1 May 1985 7mo
7 AutoCAD Version 2.5 June 1986 13mo
8 AutoCAD Version 2.6 April 1987 10mo
9 AutoCAD Release 9 September 1987 5mo
10 AutoCAD Release 10 October 1988 13mo 10.0 9
 Versions (continued)
# Name Date Time Version DWG .NET
11 AutoCAD Release 11 October 1990 24mo 11.0
12 AutoCAD Release 12 June 1992 20mo 12.0 11

13 AutoCAD Release 13 November 1994 29mo 13.0 13

14 AutoCAD Release 14 May 1997 30mo 14.0 14
15 AutoCAD 2000 March 1999 21mo 15.0 2000
16 AutoCAD 2000i July 2000 16mo 15.05 2000
17 AutoCAD 2002 June 2001 11mo 15.06 2000
18 AutoCAD 2004 March 2003 21mo 16.0
19 AutoCAD 2005 March 2004 12mo 16.1 2004

20 AutoCAD 2006 March 2005 12mo 16.2

 Versions (continued)
# Name Date Time Version DWG .NET
21 AutoCAD 2007 March 2006 12mo 17.0 2.0
22 AutoCAD 2008 March 2007 12mo 17.1 2007 2.0
23 AutoCAD 2009 March 2008 12mo 17.2 3.0
24 AutoCAD 2010 March 2009 12mo 18.0 3.5
25 AutoCAD 2011 March 2010 12mo 18.1 2010 3.5
26 AutoCAD 2012 March 2011 12mo 18.2 4.0
27 AutoCAD 2013 March 2012 12mo 19.0 2013 4.0
28 AutoCAD 2014 March 2013 12mo 19.1 2013 4.0
 Languages

◘ AutoCAD 2014 and AutoCAD LT 2014 are available

for English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean,
Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and Brazilian Portuguese.
Work on more languages like Russian, Czech, Polish, Hungarian
will be available later on. The extent of localization varies from
full translation of the product to documentation only. The
AutoCAD command set is localized as a part of the software
localization.
 Extensions

◘ AutoCAD supports a number of APIs for customization

and automation. These include AutoLISP, Visual
LISP, VBA, .NET and ObjectARX. ObjectARX is a C++ class library,
which was also the base for:
a) Products extending AutoCAD functionality to specific fields;
b)Creating products such as AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD
Electrical, AutoCAD Civil 3D; or
c) Third-party AutoCAD-based application.
 References

◘http://www.autodesk.com/
◘ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoCAD
◘ https://www.facebook.com/AutoCAD
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