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AutoCAD 2017: Its… Alive

Diana Martinez — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 19:20:42 +0000

Autodesk® today announced the availability of AutoCAD® 2017 software to help you stay at the forefront of design. The latest release enables you to work faster and smarter across connected desktop and mobile solutions, easily collaborate with colleagues, create personalized design experiences, and stay up to date with the newest features and updates.

Also included when you subscribe: AutoCAD 360 Pro mobile app—so you can take AutoCAD with you wherever you go!

Here are some AutoCAD 2017 key features.

Import PDFs

Fulfilling a top request from our customers, AutoCAD 2017 includes PDF as a supported Import File format. Now you can import geometry, TrueType text, and raster images from a PDF file or underlay into the current drawing as AutoCAD objects. Gone are the days of clunky workarounds or having to leave AutoCAD to import PDFs.

Import PDF can now import geometry from a PDF file into your drawings as AutoCAD objects.

Autodesk Desktop App

Get the most out of new features with seamlessly delivered product updates and learning content. Autodesk Desktop App, a companion application that replaces Autodesk Application Manager, also provides the latest security patches and updates for all 2015, 2016, and 2017 versions of Microsoft® Windows®-based Autodesk products without disrupting your workflow. And it’s even subscription-aware, offering updates and learning content for your products under subscription.

Manage and track all of your updates with a single desktop app.

Smart Centerlines/Center Marks

Create and edit centerlines and center marks more quickly and intuitively. When you move associated objects, the centerlines and center marks update accordingly.

AutoCAD 2017 offers simplified creation and editing of centerlines and center marks.

AutoCAD 2017 continues to improve 2D and 3D graphics performance and fidelity. 3D graphics stability has also been greatly improved.

AutoCAD 2017 is here. Want to learn more?

The features described above are just the tip of the iceberg. We’ve made it easy for you to dig a little—or a lot—deeper.

AutoCAD 2017 overview video: Start here.
AutoCAD 2017 Features page: Read about the software’s top features.
AutoCAD 2017 Preview Guide: Read about new features—how to access them and why we think you’ll love them.
AutoCAD 2017 demo videos: Watch the new features in action.
AutoCAD 2017 free trial: Better yet, try AutoCAD 2017 for yourself! Download it today!

Blog series coming up: What’s new in AutoCAD 2017?

Over the coming weeks I’ll take you on an in-depth “What’s New in AutoCAD 2017?” tour. Stay tuned!

Oh, and YES! We’ve also just released AutoCAD LT 2017!

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Diana Martinez — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:01:18 +0000

The ability to customize AutoCAD to meet your specific needs is a great benefit. And the ability to bring your valuable customizations forward from a previous release is a necessity!

The new Migrate Custom Settings tool in AutoCAD 2017 offers a modern and informative interface making it easier than ever to migrate you custom settings and files from a previous release to AutoCAD 2017. It detects and clearly identifies customized settings, enabling you to choose which ones you wish to migrate.

The summary report created from the migration is redesigned to offer more information in an easier-to-read format.

f you change your mind about migrating settings from a previous release, you can easily restore AutoCAD’s default settings using the Reset tool which is accessible from the Start menu.

To see migration in action check out the Migration video.

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AU 2015 AutoCAD and LT Classes Now Online

Diana Martinez — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 18:25:01 +0000

Just like the holiday season, Autodesk University (AU) 2015 may be gone but it doesn’t have to be forgotten. Dozens of recorded AutoCAD® classes and AutoCAD LT® classes are now online—and dressed up with a festive assortment of downloadable resources—so you can think of AU 2015 as the gift that keeps on giving. Gift wrapping not available.

Autodesk University 2015: Gone but not forgotten. Actually, not even really gone.

Each week for the next few months we’ll blog about a few AU 2015 recorded AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT classes that we know users will love. How do we know you’ll love them? Because we’re curating only those classes that actual AU 2015 attendees have reported as their very favorites, that’s how.

Start with the three surefire pulse quickeners below.

Fast-paced, recorded AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT classes from Autodesk University 2015

AutoCAD Jeopardy: Think you’ll get the right AutoCAD “trivia” answers faster than a roomful of power users? No prizes to claim but you’re welcome to all the bragging rights you can muster. Game card included.
60 AutoCAD Tips in 60 Minutes: The tips come fast and furious in this whirlwind of productivity boosters from Cadalyst Columnist and Autodesk Technical Evangelist Lynn Allen. Lynn’s Tip and Tricks booklet for AutoCAD 2016 included.
AutoCAD Super-Duper Click Savers: Learn the secrets for streamlining your daily AutoCAD tasks, and use your time saved for the important stuff. 23-page handout (and 73-page PowerPoint) included as reference.

Next up: Develop or extend your AutoCAD customization chops with “basic” and “beyond” AutoCAD Customization Boot Camp classes.

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Here is Another Sample Post

Max Ellinger — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:30:03 +0000

There are so many things to feel sad about in life.

I have noticed that I often enjoy fixating on the smallest of them. This ski lodge in New Hampshire where we are staying is one. It’s not a sad place, necessarily. It was built with an alpine theme in the 1930’s by an Austrian baron who was looking to avoid the war. In the lobby there are photographs of the lodge from that era: quartets of straight couples lean over their drinks and smile; children ski through the legs of large plywood cut-out animals; Lucille Ball stands outside in leggings and a mid-length fur coat. It looks like it was exceptionally cozy here back then. After the war was over the baron went back to Austria, and at some point the hotel rooms were converted into condo units and the lodge was turned into a time share. Somewhere in the period between then and now most of the coziness was drained out of this place. What used to be the restaurant and lounge can now be found by following signs for “the wifi room.” All the furniture and the decor in the wifi room remain unchanged from when it was a bustling social hub. The lights in the room tend to be off, and there is a teenager wearing headphones, with a glowing bluish face, talking in a very loud voice to someone who isn’t there. “Pick up the lantern, Jeremy, it’s going to give you extra force. Okay, I’ll get it for you. Here comes a creeper!!” There is the distinct feeling of something having been alive here and that it isn’t alive anymore.

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My Great Sample Post

Max Ellinger — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 19:12:45 +0000

The DIM command is significantly enhanced in AutoCAD 2016 and is now accessible from the Annotate ribbon tab. Next to it you’ll find a new dimension layer control.

Dimensions created using the DIM command are automatically placed on the specified layer. If an appropriate dimension layer doesn’t currently exist in the drawing, you can quickly create one and apply it to the DIM command using the new DIMLAYER system variable.

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Partner Webinar: Getting Started with Building Performance Analysis

efrat — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 11:44:33 +0000

Did you miss our getting started webinar earlier this summer? Have no fear, we’ve partnered with Kelar Pacific to give an encore presentation! Learn how integrated energy, lighting, and solar analysis tools can help you inform your decisions throughout the design process. BPA Evangelist Stephanie Egger will cover some best practices tips for getting started with analyzing your building’s performance in Revit.

Wednesday, October 14^th

11:00am – 12:00pm PDT

Register here

Webinar attendees will receive 1 AIA LU.

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Getting Started with BPA Webinar: Watch Now!

efrat — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Earlier this summer we hosted a “Getting Started with BPA” webinar. Now, as summer comes to a close, you can watch that webinar on demand!

WATCH NOW

Learn how you can start to take your Revit designs to the next level with analysis workflows. With the use of the building performance analysis tools, you can make informed design decisions early and throughout the process. Learn best practice tips and tricks for getting started with analyzing your building’s performance in Revit.

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Reminder: Register for Solar & Lighting Webinar

efrat — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Thursday, August 17^th

11:00 – 12:00pm PT

Register here

Just a friendly reminder to register for our Lighting and Solar Analysis for Revit webinar on Thursday this week. Webinar attendees will receive 1 AIA LU.

Senior Product Manager David Scheer will demonstrate how the integrated lighting and solar analysis for Revit can provide you with fast and validated in-canvas results. Preconfigured analysis types allow you to quickly get the information you need to inform your design decisions.

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Revit Sunrise & Thermal Zoning

efrat — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Some of you may have heard the buzz about Revit Sunrise over on Inside the Factory. What is it exactly? It’s a hosted preview of Revit that provides enhancements to Revit that are not currently included in the commercial release. Why is this relevant to BPA? Because we’re test driving some improved automatic thermal zoning!

Revit now offers automatic thermal zoning that uses advanced algorithms, resulting in more accurate energy simulations without additional modeling. Additionally, the accuracy and appearance of analytical surfaces has been improved. Edges are less pixilated, and surfaces are more accurate and less faceted. As a result, the energy analytical model is more accurate, looks better, and generates a smaller XML file.

Be sure to read the full post on Inside the Factory, try it out, and tell us what you think!

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Free Lighting & Solar Analysis Webinar Next Week

efrat — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 07:55:48 +0000

As part of our ongoing series this year, we’re pleased to host a webinar next week on the topic of lighting and solar analysis workflows with Revit. Join us as Senior Product Manager David Scheer demonstrates how the integrated lighting and solar analysis for Revit can provide you with fast and validated in-canvas results. Preconfigured analysis types allow you to quickly get the information you need to inform your design decisions.

Thursday, August 17^th

11:00 – 12:00pm PT

Register here

Webinar attendees will receive 1 AIA LU.

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