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Commercial calculator-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application

AutoCAD


Programmer(s)	Autodesk
Initial release	December 1982; 39 years ago (1982-12)

Stable release	2022 / March 24, 2021; 11 months ago (2021-03-24)

Operating system	Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
Available in	xiv languages
List of languages English language, High german, French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Shine and Hungarian
Type	Computer-aided design
License	Trialware
Website	world wide web.autodesk.com/products/autocad/overview

AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application. Developed and marketed by Autodesk,^[1] AutoCAD was first released in December 1982 as a desktop app running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers.^[two] Earlier AutoCAD was introduced, most commercial CAD programs ran on mainframe computers or minicomputers, with each CAD operator (user) working at a separate graphics last.^[3] AutoCAD is also available every bit mobile and web apps.

AutoCAD is used in industry, by architects, project managers, engineers, graphic designers, urban center planners and other professionals. It was supported by 750 grooming centers worldwide in 1994.^[one]

Introduction [edit]

A man using AutoCAD two.6 to digitize a cartoon of a schoolhouse edifice.

AutoCAD was derived from a plan that began in 1977, and then released in 1979^[4] called Interact CAD,^[5] ^[six] ^[vii] likewise referred to in early Autodesk documents as MicroCAD, which was written prior to Autodesk'due south (then Marinchip Software Partners) germination past Autodesk cofounder Michael Riddle.^[8] ^[9]

The first version past Autodesk was demonstrated at the 1982 Comdex and released that Dec. AutoCAD supported CP/M-80 computers.^[ten] Equally Autodesk'due south flagship product, by March 1986 AutoCAD had become the most ubiquitous CAD program worldwide.^[11] The 2022 release marked the 36th major release of AutoCAD for Windows and the 12th consecutive year of AutoCAD for Mac. 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, particularly for 2D drawing exchange.^[12] AutoCAD has included back up for .dwf, a format developed and promoted by Autodesk, for publishing CAD data.

File formats [edit]

Filename extensions [edit]

AutoCAD's native file formats are denoted either by a .dwg, .dwt, .dws, or .dxf filename extension.

The primary file format for 2nd and 3D cartoon files created with AutoCAD is .dwg. While other third-party CAD software applications tin can create .dwg files, AutoCAD uniquely creates RealDWG files.^[13]

Using AutoCAD, whatsoever .dwg file may exist saved to a derivative format. These derivative formats include:

Drawing Template Files .dwt: New .dwg are created from a .dwt file. Although the default template file is acad.dwt for AutoCAD and acadlt.dwt for AutoCAD LT, custom .dwt files may exist created to include foundational configurations such as drawing units and layers.
Cartoon Standards File .dws: Using the CAD Standards characteristic of AutoCAD, a Cartoon Standards File may be associated to any .dwg or .dwt file to enforce graphical standards.
Drawing Interchange Format .dxf: The .dxf format is an ASCII representation of a .dwg file, and is used to transfer data between various applications.^[14]

Features [edit]

Compatibility with other software [edit]

ESRI ArcMap ten permits export as AutoCAD drawing files. Civil 3D permits export as AutoCAD objects and as LandXML. Third-party file converters exist for specific formats such equally Bentley MX GENIO Extension, PISTE Extension (France), ISYBAU (Federal republic of germany), OKSTRA and Microdrainage (Uk);^[15] also, conversion of .pdf files is feasible, still, the accuracy of the results may be unpredictable or distorted. For example, jagged edges may appear. Several vendors provide online conversions for free such as Cometdocs.

Language [edit]

AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT are bachelor for English language, German, French, Italian, Castilian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Polish and Hungarian (also through boosted linguistic communication packs).^[16] 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 [edit]

AutoCAD supports a number of APIs for customization and automation. These include AutoLISP, Visual LISP, VBA, .NET and ObjectARX. ObjectARX is a C++ grade library, which was likewise the base for:

products extending AutoCAD functionality to specific fields
creating products such as AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Ceremonious 3D
3rd-party AutoCAD-based awarding

There are a big number of AutoCAD plugins (improver applications) available on the application shop Autodesk Exchange Apps.^[17] AutoCAD's DXF, cartoon exchange format, allows importing and exporting drawing information.

Vertical integration [edit]

Autodesk has besides developed a few vertical programs for discipline-specific enhancements such as:

Advance Steel
AutoCAD Architecture
AutoCAD Electrical
AutoCAD Map 3D
AutoCAD Mechanical
AutoCAD MEP
AutoCAD Found 3D
Autodesk Ceremonious 3D

Since AutoCAD 2022 several verticals are included with AutoCAD subscription as Industry-Specific Toolset.

For example, AutoCAD Architecture (formerly Architectural Desktop) permits architectural designers to draw 3D objects, such as walls, doors, and windows, with more than intelligent data associated with them rather than uncomplicated objects, such as lines and circles. The data can be programmed to correspond specific architectural products sold in the structure manufacture, or extracted into a information file for pricing, materials interpretation, and other values related to the objects represented.

Additional tools generate standard 2d drawings, such as elevations and sections, from a 3D architectural model. Similarly, Civil Design, Civil Design 3D, and Civil Design Professional support data-specific objects facilitating piece of cake standard civil engineering calculations and representations.

Softdesk Civil was developed as an AutoCAD addition by a company in New Hampshire called Softdesk (originally DCA). Softdesk was acquired by Autodesk, and Civil became Land Development Desktop (LDD), later on renamed Land Desktop. Civil 3D was later on developed and Land Desktop was retired.

Variants [edit]

AutoCAD LT [edit]

AutoCAD LT is the lower-toll version of AutoCAD, with reduced capabilities, first released in November 1993. Autodesk developed AutoCAD LT to have an entry-level CAD package to compete in the lower price level. Priced at $495, it became the first AutoCAD production priced below $one thousand. It was sold direct by Autodesk and in reckoner stores unlike the full version of AutoCAD, which must be purchased from official Autodesk dealers. AutoCAD LT 2022 introduced Desktop Subscription service from $360 per year; as of 2018, three subscription plans were available, from $l a month to a 3-year, $1170 license.

While at that place are hundreds of small differences between the full AutoCAD package and AutoCAD LT, at that place are a few recognized major differences^[eighteen] in the software's features:

3D capabilities: AutoCAD LT lacks the ability to create, visualize and return 3D models likewise as 3D printing.
Network licensing: AutoCAD LT cannot exist used on multiple machines over a network.
Customization: AutoCAD LT does not support customization with LISP, ARX, .Internet and VBA.
Management and automation capabilities with Canvas Set Manager and Action Recorder.
CAD standards management tools.

AutoCAD Mobile and AutoCAD Web [edit]

AutoCAD Mobile and AutoCAD Spider web (formerly AutoCAD WS and AutoCAD 360)^[19] is an account-based mobile and spider web application enabling registered users to view, edit, and share AutoCAD files via mobile device and web^[20] using a express AutoCAD feature gear up — and using cloud-stored drawing files. The program, which is an development and combination of previous products, uses a freemium business model with a free programme and ii paid levels, including various amounts of storage, tools, and online access to drawings. 360 includes new features such as a "Smart Pen" fashion and linking to third-party cloud-based storage such every bit Dropbox. Having evolved from Wink-based software, AutoCAD Web uses HTML5 browser technology available in newer browsers including Firefox and Google Chrome.

AutoCAD WS began with a version for the iPhone and subsequently expanded to include versions for the iPod Affect, iPad, Android phones, and Android tablets.^[21] Autodesk released the iOS version in September 2010,^[22] post-obit with the Android version on April 20, 2011.^[23] The program is available via download at no cost from the App Shop (iOS), Google Play (Android) and Amazon Appstore (Android).

In its initial iOS version, AutoCAD WS supported drawing of lines, circles, and other shapes; cosmos of text and annotate boxes; and management of color, layer, and measurements — in both landscape and portrait modes. Version one.three, released August 17, 2011, added back up for unit typing, layer visibility, area measurement and file management.^[twenty] The Android variant includes the iOS feature set up along with such unique features as the ability to insert text or captions by voice command as well as manually.^[23] Both Android and iOS versions let the user to salvage files on-line — or off-line in the absence of an Internet connection.^[23]

In 2011, Autodesk announced plans to migrate the majority of its software to "the cloud", starting with the AutoCAD WS mobile application.^[24]

Co-ordinate to a 2013 interview with Ilai Rotbaein, an AutoCAD WS production manager for Autodesk, the name AutoCAD WS had no definitive meaning, and was interpreted variously as Autodesk Web Service, White Sheet or Work Space. ^[25] In 2013, AutoCAD WS was renamed to AutoCAD 360.^[26] Later, it was renamed to AutoCAD Web App.

Pupil versions [edit]

AutoCAD is licensed, for free, to students, educators, and educational institutions, with a 12-month renewable license available. Licenses acquired before March 25, 2022 were a 36-month license, with its concluding renovation on March 24, 2020.^[27] The pupil version of AutoCAD is functionally identical to the full commercial version, with one exception: DWG files created or edited by a student version have an internal bit-flag set (the "educational flag"). When such a DWG file is printed past any version of AutoCAD (commercial or student) older than AutoCAD 2022 SP1 or AutoCAD 2022 and newer, the output includes a plot stamp/banner on all four sides. Objects created in the Educatee Version cannot be used for commercial use. Student Version objects "infect" a commercial version DWG file if they are imported in versions older than AutoCAD 2022 or newer than AutoCAD 2018.^[28]

Ports [edit]

Windows [edit]

An architectural detail drafted in AutoCAD (Windows)

AutoCAD Release 12 in 1992 was the first version of the software to support the Windows platform - in that case Windows 3.1. After Release fourteen in 1997, support for MS-DOS, Unix and Macintosh were dropped, and AutoCAD was exclusively Windows supported. In general any new AutoCAD version supports the current Windows version and some older ones. AutoCAD 2022 to 2022 back up Windows 7 up to Windows 10.^[29]

Mac [edit]

Autodesk stopped supporting Apple tree's Macintosh computers in 1994. Over the next several years, no uniform versions for the Mac were released. In 2010 Autodesk appear that it would once once more back up Apple'due south Mac OS X software in the future.^[30] Most of the features institute in the 2012 Windows version can be found in the 2012 Mac version. The main departure is the user interface and layout of the program. The interface is designed so that users who are already familiar with Apple tree's macOS software will find it similar to other Mac applications.^[22] Autodesk has too built-in various features in society to take full advantage of Apple's Trackpad capabilities every bit well every bit the full-screen mode in Apple's OS X Lion.^[21] ^[22] AutoCAD 2012 for Mac supports both the editing and saving of files in DWG formatting that will allow the file to be uniform with other platforms as well the Os X.^[21] AutoCAD 2022 for Mac requires Mac OS 10 ten.xi (El Capitan) or afterward.

AutoCAD LT 2013 was available through the Mac App Store for $899.99. The full-featured version of AutoCAD 2013 for Mac, however, wasn't bachelor through the Mac App Shop due to the price limit of $999 set by Apple tree. AutoCAD 2022 for Mac was available for purchase from Autodesk's spider web site for $iv,195 and AutoCAD LT 2022 for Mac for $1,200, or from an Autodesk authorized reseller.^[30] The latest version available for Mac is AutoCAD 2022 as of January 2022.

Version history [edit]

Encounter likewise [edit]

Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk Revit
AutoShade
AutoSketch
Comparing of reckoner-aided design software
Pattern Web Format
Feature creep
LibreCAD – cantankerous-platform, free and open up source 2D CAD
FreeCAD – cantankerous-platform, gratis and open source 3D CAD
BRL-CAD – cross-platform, gratuitous and open source 3D CAD

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