AutoCAD 2013 - Changelog

What's new in AutoCAD 2013:

March 29th, 2012

Section and Details View:
· A new model documentation tab provides easier access to tools for creating Section and Details views. Choose from common section methods including Full, half, offset, and aligned. Specify circular or rectangular boundaries for detail views. Constrain section lines and detail boundaries to key points in the drawing views to help maintain fidelity even as the model or layout change. Maintain consistency across multiple section or detail views with customizable view styles.

Strike-Thru Text:
· A new strikethrough style is provided for Mtext, Mleaders, Dimensions, Tables and ArcText offering increased flexibility for representing text in your documents.

Autodesk Cloud Connectivity:
· A tight connection with Autodesk Cloud allows you to synchronize files. This includes syncing drawings and folders with your online account directly from within AutoCAD software. You can export and attach files directly to your single sign-on account and share files with others via your Autodesk online account.

Customization and Support File Sync:
· You can easily share and access your AutoCAD customization preferences and support files to travel with you as you move from one machine to the next.

Social Media Sharing:
· Share your AutoCAD designs with your social world using built-in connections for Facebook and Twitter.

AutoCAD Apps on Autodesk Exchange:
· Easily extend the power of AutoCAD software using AutoCAD companion apps created by members of the Autodesk Developer Network. Getting the add-ins you need has never been easier. Visit a single destination to select from hundreds of Autodesk approved extensions.

Context Sensitive PressPull:
· The PressPull tool is enhanced to be more flexible and context sensitive. Now you can use the PressPull tool to extrude and offset curves, creating surfaces and solids. A new Multiple option in the PressPull tool enables you to select multiple objects within a single PressPull operation.

Inventor File Import:
· Autodesk Inventor Fusion software adds to the 3D conceptual design capabilities of AutoCAD, enabling you to flexibly edit and validate models from almost any source. Enhanced interoperability allows you to edit solids in CAD blocks without exploding them.

Surface Curve Extraction:
· The new Surface Curve Extraction tool extracts isoline curves through a specified point on a surface or face of a solid.

Modern User Interaction:
· The AutoCAD user interface has been enhanced to provide a more seamless interaction with the software. You’ll find a less intrusive, yet more flexible command line, additional contextual ribbon tabs, and more objects with multi-functional grips. This streamlined interaction with powerful tools, such as associative arrays and hatching help you save time and focus on your design.

Property Edit Preview:
· You can dynamically and instantaneously preview changes to object properties before applying them. For example, if you select objects and then use the Properties palette to change the color, the selected objects dynamically change color as you pass the cursor over each color in the list.

Simplified Migration to AutoCAD 2013:
· New and enhanced tools make it easier to migrate your custom settings or reset AutoCAD software to the default install settings. Improved handling of tool palettes, a reset tool that returns you to the default settings, and a new migration of custom materials help ease the transition to AutoCAD 2013 from AutoCAD 2012 or previous versions.

What's new in AutoCAD 2012:

March 29th, 2011

Model Documentation Tools:
· Save time by automatically generating intelligent documentation for AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor software, and other models. Import a wide variety of other formats including SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA, Rhino, and NX. Drawing views, edge display, and location are instantly updated when an engineering change is made.

Associative Array Functionality:
· Save valuable rework time by establishing and maintaining a set of relationships between arrayed objects, such as windows on a building or trusses on a bridge. Plus, you can now array objects along a specified path (rather than just rectangular or polar options), saving even more time when creating conceptual designs or finished documentation.

AutoCAD WS:
· With access directly from the AutoCAD 2012 interface, AutoCAD WS web and mobile application for AutoCAD software allows you to stay connected to your designs over the web or from your mobile device.

Multi-function Grips:
· The power of multi-function grips has been extended to more AutoCAD objects including lines, arcs, elliptical arcs, dimensions, and mleaders as well as 3D faces, edges, and vertices.

Command Line Enhancements:
· AutoCAD 2012 now offers auto-complete options to help you access commands more efficiently. As you type at the command prompt, AutoCAD automatically completes the entry with an AutoCAD command or command alias. If you pause, it displays a list of commands whose prefix matches what you’ve typed enabling you to scroll and select from the list.

Autodesk Inventor Fusion:
· Adds to the 3D conceptual design capabilities of AutoCAD and sets a new standard for professional 3D modeling ease of use. It enables you to flexibly edit and validate models from almost any source, helping you further experience the benefits of easy-to-use 3D in the native DWG format.

Simplified Migration to AutoCAD 2012:
· New and enhanced tools make it easier to migrate your custom settings or reset AutoCAD to the default install settings. Improved handling of tool palettes and new migration of custom materials help ease the transition to AutoCAD 2012, and a new reset tool helps easily return to default settings.

In-Canvas Viewport Controls:
· New viewport controls enable you to change viewport settings, views, and visual styles directly on the viewport canvas.

Editable UCS Icon:
· The UCS has been updated to allow direct manipulation. Select the UCS icon and use the multi-functional grips to change the UCS. Easily move the origin, align the UCS with objects, and rotate it around the X, Y, or Z axis without having to access the UCS command.

Delete Duplicate Objects:
· Clean up your drawings by removing duplicate or unneeded geometry. The Delete Duplicates tool provides increased performance— especially when running on drawings with many objects.

Blend Tool:
· Create spline objects with options for tangent or smooth continuity between two curves with the new Blend tool, speeding documentation time.

Autodesk Exchange for AutoCAD:
· With connected access to tips and tutorials, getting started videos, downloadable plug-ins, and help content, Autodesk Exchange brings the content you need directly to your AutoCAD workspace.

Autodesk Content Explorer:
· Instantly find your design content based on file objects or text attributes. Autodesk Content Explorer creates an index of your data based on where you instruct it to look, helping you quickly access files.

3D Associative Array:
· Use the associative array functionality to more easily define arrayed objects when designing in 3D. Each of the three types of associative arrays (rectangular, polar, and path) include the ability to array selected objects in 3D space.