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Commercial computer-aided blueprint (CAD) and drafting software application

AutoCAD

Developer(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
Bachelor in	14 languages
List of languages English, High german, French, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Polish and Hungarian
Type	Computer-aided design
License	Trialware
Website	www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/overview

AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting software application. Developed and marketed by Autodesk,^[ane] AutoCAD was offset released in December 1982 as a desktop app running on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers.^[2] Before AutoCAD was introduced, nigh commercial CAD programs ran on mainframe computers or minicomputers, with each CAD operator (user) working at a split graphics final.^[3] AutoCAD is besides bachelor equally mobile and web apps.

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

Introduction [edit]

A human being using AutoCAD 2.half-dozen to digitize a cartoon of a school building.

AutoCAD was derived from a plan that began in 1977, then released in 1979^[4] called Collaborate CAD,^{[v] [6] [vii]} besides referred to in early Autodesk documents as MicroCAD, which was written prior to Autodesk'due south (and so Marinchip Software Partners) formation by Autodesk cofounder Michael Riddle.^{[8] [ix]}

The first version by Autodesk was demonstrated at the 1982 Comdex and released that Dec. AutoCAD supported CP/M-lxxx computers.^[10] As Autodesk'southward flagship product, by March 1986 AutoCAD had become the near ubiquitous CAD program worldwide.^[11] The 2022 release marked the 36th major release of AutoCAD for Windows and the twelfth consecutive year of AutoCAD for Mac. The native file format of AutoCAD is .dwg. This and, to a bottom extent, its interchange file format DXF, have become de facto, if proprietary, standards for CAD data interoperability, particularly for 2nd drawing substitution.^[12] AutoCAD has included support for .dwf, a format developed and promoted by Autodesk, for publishing CAD data.

File formats [edit]

Filename extensions [edit]

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

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

Using AutoCAD, any .dwg file may be 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 be created to include foundational configurations such as drawing units and layers.
• Drawing Standards File .dws: Using the CAD Standards feature of AutoCAD, a Drawing Standards File may be associated to any .dwg or .dwt file to enforce graphical standards.
• Cartoon Interchange Format .dxf: The .dxf format is an ASCII representation of a .dwg file, and is used to transfer data betwixt various applications.^[xiv]

Features [edit]

Compatibility with other software [edit]

ESRI ArcMap 10 permits export equally AutoCAD drawing files. Civil 3D permits export every bit AutoCAD objects and as LandXML. Third-political party file converters be for specific formats such equally Bentley MX GENIO Extension, PISTE Extension (France), ISYBAU (Deutschland), OKSTRA and Microdrainage (UK);^[15] also, conversion of .pdf files is feasible, however, the accuracy of the results may be unpredictable or distorted. For example, jagged edges may appear. Several vendors provide online conversions for gratis such as Cometdocs.

Language [edit]

AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT are available for English language, German, French, Italian, Castilian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Polish and Hungarian (likewise through additional language packs).^[16] The extent of localization varies from full translation of the product to documentation merely. The AutoCAD command set is localized every bit a role of the software localization.

Extensions [edit]

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

• products extending AutoCAD functionality to specific fields
• creating products such as AutoCAD Compages, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Civil 3D
• third-political party AutoCAD-based awarding

There are a large number of AutoCAD plugins (add together-on applications) available on the application store Autodesk Commutation Apps.^[17] AutoCAD's DXF, drawing exchange format, allows importing and exporting drawing information.

Vertical integration [edit]

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

• Accelerate Steel
• AutoCAD Architecture
• AutoCAD Electrical
• AutoCAD Map 3D
• AutoCAD Mechanical
• AutoCAD MEP
• AutoCAD Found 3D
• Autodesk Civil 3D

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

For case, AutoCAD Architecture (formerly Architectural Desktop) permits architectural designers to describe 3D objects, such as walls, doors, and windows, with more intelligent data associated with them rather than simple objects, such equally lines and circles. The information tin can be programmed to represent specific architectural products sold in the construction industry, or extracted into a data file for pricing, materials estimation, 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, Ceremonious Design, Civil Design 3D, and Ceremonious Design Professional support data-specific objects facilitating easy standard ceremonious engineering calculations and representations.

Softdesk Civil was developed as an AutoCAD add-on 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 Country Desktop. Ceremonious 3D was afterwards developed and Land Desktop was retired.

Variants [edit]

AutoCAD LT [edit]

AutoCAD LT is the lower-cost version of AutoCAD, with reduced capabilities, beginning released in November 1993. Autodesk developed AutoCAD LT to take an entry-level CAD package to compete in the lower cost level. Priced at $495, information technology became the first AutoCAD product priced below $chiliad. It was sold directly by Autodesk and in computer 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 bachelor, from $l a calendar month to a iii-year, $1170 license.

While there are hundreds of pocket-sized differences betwixt the full AutoCAD package and AutoCAD LT, there are a few recognized major differences^[18] in the software's features:

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

AutoCAD Mobile and AutoCAD Web [edit]

AutoCAD Mobile and AutoCAD Web (formerly AutoCAD WS and AutoCAD 360)^[nineteen] is an account-based mobile and web application enabling registered users to view, edit, and share AutoCAD files via mobile device and web^[20] using a limited AutoCAD feature set — and using cloud-stored cartoon files. The plan, which is an development and combination of previous products, uses a freemium business model with a free plan and ii paid levels, including various amounts of storage, tools, and online access to drawings. 360 includes new features such every bit a "Smart Pen" manner and linking to tertiary-political party cloud-based storage such as Dropbox. Having evolved from Flash-based software, AutoCAD Web uses HTML5 browser applied science 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 Touch, iPad, Android phones, and Android tablets.^[21] Autodesk released the iOS version in September 2010,^[22] post-obit with the Android version on April xx, 2011.^[23] The program is available via download at no cost from the App Store (iOS), Google Play (Android) and Amazon Appstore (Android).

In its initial iOS version, AutoCAD WS supported drawing of lines, circles, and other shapes; creation of text and annotate boxes; and management of colour, layer, and measurements — in both landscape and portrait modes. Version 1.three, released August 17, 2011, added support for unit typing, layer visibility, area measurement and file management.^[20] The Android variant includes the iOS feature set up along with such unique features as the power to insert text or captions by vocalization control equally well as manually.^[23] Both Android and iOS versions allow the user to save files on-line — or off-line in the absenteeism of an Internet connection.^[23]

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

According to a 2013 interview with Ilai Rotbaein, an AutoCAD WS product manager for Autodesk, the name AutoCAD WS had no definitive pregnant, and was interpreted variously as Autodesk Spider web Service, White Sail or Work Space. ^[25] In 2013, AutoCAD WS was renamed to AutoCAD 360.^[26] Later, it was renamed to AutoCAD Spider web App.

Student versions [edit]

AutoCAD is licensed, for free, to students, educators, and educational institutions, with a 12-calendar month renewable license available. Licenses caused before March 25, 2022 were a 36-month license, with its last renovation on March 24, 2020.^[27] The student version of AutoCAD is functionally identical to the full commercial version, with one exception: DWG files created or edited by a educatee version have an internal bit-flag set (the "educational flag"). When such a DWG file is printed by whatsoever version of AutoCAD (commercial or student) older than AutoCAD 2022 SP1 or AutoCAD 2022 and newer, the output includes a plot postage/banner on all 4 sides. Objects created in the Student Version cannot exist used for commercial employ. 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 get-go version of the software to support the Windows platform - in that instance Windows 3.ane. Later Release fourteen in 1997, support for MS-DOS, Unix and Macintosh were dropped, and AutoCAD was exclusively Windows supported. In general whatsoever new AutoCAD version supports the current Windows version and some older ones. AutoCAD 2022 to 2022 support Windows vii up to Windows 10.^[29]

Mac [edit]

Autodesk stopped supporting Apple tree'south Macintosh computers in 1994. Over the next several years, no compatible versions for the Mac were released. In 2010 Autodesk appear that it would over again support Apple tree's Mac OS X software in the future.^[30] Most of the features found in the 2012 Windows version can be found in the 2012 Mac version. The main difference is the user interface and layout of the plan. The interface is designed so that users who are already familiar with Apple'southward macOS software will find information technology like to other Mac applications.^[22] Autodesk has too built-in diverse features in guild to take full advantage of Apple'southward Trackpad capabilities as well as the total-screen manner in Apple tree's Bone X Lion.^{[21] [22]} AutoCAD 2012 for Mac supports both the editing and saving of files in DWG formatting that will let the file to be compatible with other platforms besides the Os X.^[21] AutoCAD 2022 for Mac requires Mac Bone X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later.

AutoCAD LT 2013 was available through the Mac App Store for $899.99. The total-featured version of AutoCAD 2013 for Mac, however, wasn't available through the Mac App Store due to the price limit of $999 set by Apple. AutoCAD 2022 for Mac was available for purchase from Autodesk's web site for $4,195 and AutoCAD LT 2022 for Mac for $1,200, or from an Autodesk authorized reseller.^[thirty] The latest version available for Mac is AutoCAD 2022 every bit of January 2022.

Version history [edit]

See also [edit]

• Autodesk 3ds Max
• Autodesk Maya
• Autodesk Revit
• AutoShade
• AutoSketch
• Comparison of estimator-aided design software
• Design Web Format
• Feature pitter-patter
• LibreCAD – cross-platform, free and open up source 2nd CAD
• FreeCAD – cross-platform, free and open up source 3D CAD
• BRL-CAD – cantankerous-platform, free and open source 3D CAD

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• Hurley, Shaan. "AutoCAD Release History". Between the lines.
• "Mike Riddle & the Story of Interact, AutoCAD, EasyCAD, FastCAD & more". DigiBarn Calculator Museum . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
• "About". Michael Riddle's Thoughts. Archived from the original on 27 Oct 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
• Plantec, Peter (7 January 2012). "The Fascinating Story of How Autodesk Came to Be (Part 1)". Studio Daily. Admission Intelligence.
• Grahame, James (17 May 2007). "Mike Riddle's Prehistoric AutoCAD". Retro Thing.

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