AutoCAD 2006® Everyday drafting will never be the same Lynn Allen Autodesk Technical Evangelist 1 Drafting Productivity is Crucial 10 Hours per week 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Mtext to annotate drawings Create and organize drawings Manipulate blocks Manipulate hatch patterns Insert and update drawings Text masking • Saving users over 15 hours per week from 2002 to 2005 * 2002, 2004, 2005 Productivity Studies from Design Practice Group of the College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley * AutoCAD 2006 estimated by Autodesk Usability Testing AutoCAD 2006 2 © 2005 Autodesk User Interface Enhancements Workspaces UI Locking (control to move) Rollover highlighting (PREVIEWFILTER setvar) Smooth Transition Zoom – VTENABLE AutoComplete Recent Input Functionality Selection set Windows are distinguishable AutoCAD 2006 3 © 2005 Autodesk Dynamic Input Command Prompt can follow cursor Traditional command prompt optional (Ctrl+9) Direct input for drawing and editing (Tab to toggle) System variable TOOLTIPMERGE displays command and OSNAP Arrow key for recent input F12 – toggle Dynamic Input AutoCAD 2006 4 © 2005 Autodesk Changes to Everyday Commands Undo options in Copy, Offset, Fillet and Chamfer, Trim, Extend Trim/Extend Select All default Crossing option added for objects to trim/extend Erase Option added (Trim only) Offset erase the source object specify whether the new object is created on the current layer or the same layer as the source object Shift in Fillet/Chamfer to square off corners Rectangle Area/length option Rotate option Stretch Multiple Crossing Windows Standard Object Selection = Move Rotate/Scale include Copy Options Reference permits any two points Remembers last value AutoCAD 2006 5 © 2005 Autodesk Dynamic Blocks Multiple definitions in one Cycle through Insertion Points Automatically align with existing geometry Edit blocks without exploding AutoCAD 2006 6 © 2005 Autodesk QuickCalc (Ctrl+8) Derived from the Geometric Calculator (‘cal) Units Conversion Perform a full range of calculations Scientific panel for more advanced functions Pass values to Command or Properties Set Variables for use across AutoCAD drawings and sessions AutoCAD 2006 7 © 2005 Autodesk TimeSavers! SCALELISTEDIT – Plot, Page Setup, Vport toolbar, Properties, etc. New Join Command (Glue) Join works on plines, lines, arc, elliptical arcs and splines Previous View (Options dialog) Combine Zoom and Pan for Undo/Redo Replace Z Value with Current Elevation for Osnaps (OSNAPZ system variable) Mlines now support Trim/Extend New Block options Preview in INSERT command AutoCAD 2006 8 © 2005 Autodesk Step Savers! Layer Dialog is faster! New Filters command LAYERFILTERALERT (Set to 3) Preview merged objects Imageframe displayed but not plotted Find permits wildcards Xref notification Bubble streamlined AutoCAD 2006 9 © 2005 Autodesk Improved Hatching Add/Remove/Recreate existing boundaries Create Separate hatch objects Control the Hatch Origin Entire boundary no longer needs to be visible Calculate Area of a hatch (and cumulative areas) “The ability to modify hatch position makes it easier to try out different design alternatives” 10 © 2005 Autodesk Text Improvements Bullets and Numbering in MTEXT Automatic renumbering/relettering True in-place text editing New Symbols for Initial Length, cube, square DTEXT easier to see AutoCAD 2006 11 © 2005 Autodesk Dimensioning Improvements: Varying dimension linetypes Fixed-length extension lines Dimension arc lengths (DIMARC) Jogged dimensions (for large radii) Flipping dimension arrows AutoCAD 2006 12 © 2005 Autodesk Powerful Table Enhancements Enhanced Attribute Wizard outputs to a Table object Works across an entire sheet set Right click to sort Text in table linked to attribute data Tables can contain formulas 13 © 2005 Autodesk Sheet Set Manager Refresh sheet status (Displays status icons for locked, missing, etc.) Option to Rename associated dwg to match sheet name Import sheets from multiple drawings Open multiple selected sheets simultaneously Open sheets as read-only Import transmittal setup from one sheet set to another Previous button on the Rename and Renumber Sheet dialog Create folder to correspond with new subset Preview image of callout and label blocks Sort view list by view category or sheet name AutoCAD 2006 14 © 2005 Autodesk Customizing has never been easier! Simple migration of existing menus Easy to customize menus, toolbars, mouse buttons, keyboard shortcuts, etc. Temporary Overrides Shift toggle Ortho Shift+A OSNAP Shift+E Endpoint Osnap Shift+M Midpoint Shift+C Center Shift+Q Object Tracking Shift+X Polar Tracking Notes and Separators in Tool Palettes Edit multiple tool properties AutoCAD 2006 15 © 2005 Autodesk Migration is a snap! Easy to Migrate existing settings Vertical App is saved with drawing file (great for tech support) New Features Workshop AutoCAD 2006 16 © 2005 Autodesk AutoCAD 2006 is Subscription Aware! Now it’s easy to take advantage of your subscription benefits… AutoCAD 2006 17 © 2005 Autodesk Drawing Recovery is More Efficient (hopefully you’ll never find out!) Easy to rename backup (BAK) and automatic Save file (sv$). AutoCAD 2006 18 © 2005 Autodesk DWF and Composer! Now supports 3D! Precision Display DXF File Format Support Custom Symbols for markups Completed markups change to yellow New Snapshot Tool AutoCAD 2006 19 © 2005 Autodesk AutoCAD 2006 / AutoCAD LT 2006 Feature AutoCAD AutoCAD LT User interface enhancements (heads-up design) - 2006 Annotation (hatch, Mtext, dimensions) - 2006 QuickCalc - 2006 Dynamic Blocks - 2006 Dynamic Block authoring - 2006 Attribute data extraction - 2006 Drawing set management (Sheet Set Manager) Customization (LISP, ARX, VBA, .NET) Presentation graphics CAD standards management 3D modeling Network licensing AutoCAD 2006 20 © 2005 Autodesk AutoCAD 2006 will make you more productive than ever! lynn.allen@autodesk.com www.autodesk.com/lynnallen AutoCAD 2006 Lynn Allen Autodesk Technical EvangelistC © 2005 Autodesk 21