AutoCAD Brochure

Design every detail
with AutoCAD
Choose AutoCAD for the best in precision and the quality you can expect
Experience the evolution of design
AutoCAD 2015 delivers an updated interface and productivity
enhancements that help speed your workflow
What’s new
• Refined interface improves
functionality and reduces eyestrain
• New Tab helps you open new
and existing drawings
Benefits
• Ribbon galleries let you access
drawing content from the ribbon
• Command preview shows potential
changes before committing
Design and document more effectively
Connect your workflow across integrated desktop,
cloud, and mobile solutions.
Create stunning designs
Design and visualize virtually any concept with 3D
free‑form tools:
• Bring your ideas to life with presentation-ready
graphics and 3D printing capabilities
• Situate your design ideas in real-world settings
with online maps and reality computing
Document precisely
Accelerate documentation by automating common
tasks and streamlining workflows:
• Create construction-ready documentation
automatically from AutoCAD 3D models
• Work faster with automation, management, and
editing tools that speed time to completion
Customize with ease
Configure AutoCAD software in ways you never
thought possible:
• Customize AutoCAD to help meet your unique
needs with Autodesk Exchange Apps
• Adjust your settings, extend the software, and
build custom workflows
Connect more quickly
Engage in richly contextual idea exchanges with
colleagues using connected design technologies:
• Help ensure file format compatibility and
reliability using TrustedDWG technology
• Drive greater involvement using Design Feed
social media-style collaboration
• Preserve design information
with TrustedDWG™ technology
• Access files from almost
anywhere with Autodesk® 360
Introducing AutoCAD Desktop
Subscription
• Communicate with impact using
integrated 3D rendering tools
• Customize AutoCAD® with
Autodesk® Exchange Apps
The new experience
A new purchasing option
License AutoCAD desktop software on a shortterm basis to meet a variety of business and
budget considerations.
Choice and accessibility
It’s never been easier to get a license to AutoCAD
with a variety of purchase options to meet your
unique business needs.
Desktop Subscription delivers:
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Lowest cost of entry
Easy ramp-up/scale-down
Access to the latest tools
Budget flexibility
Take your drawings everywhere with
AutoCAD 360 web and mobile
What is AutoCAD 360?
AutoCAD® 360 is a free*, easy-to-use, web and
mobile drawing and drafting application that
lets you view, create, edit, and share drawings—
anytime, anywhere.**
AutoCAD 360 helps you:
• View, edit, and share AutoCAD drawings easily
from web browsers and mobile devices
• Collaborate on drawings with other AutoCAD 360
users in real time with integrated sharing tools
• Simplify site visits and fieldwork with drawing
review and markup tools available online and offline
• Access drawings anytime, anywhere with builtin cloud storage
Visit www.autocad360.com to learn more and
download the mobile app for iOS and Android.
Discover the new interface of AutoCAD
2015. The darker theme reduces eyestrain
and allows fine lines, buttons, and text to
stand out. The refined appearance extends
to canvas, including grips and selection
highlighting. Repositioned buttons improve
functionality to help you work faster.
The updated interface is better suited to
modern hardware-accelerated 2D and 3D
graphics. 2D vectors paint on screen faster
and panning and zooming functions run
faster as well. The software truly takes
advantage of the graphics hardware
available in the latest computers.
The AutoCAD experience was completely
redesigned by incorporating user feedback.
The new interface is consistent with other
professional products and the response has
been overwhelmingly positive. All of the
buttons remain fully customizable, and you
can even revert back to a lighter theme.
Discover the new AutoCAD today.
New and enhanced features
Refined interface
An updated interface improves functionality and
reduces eyestrain.
New Tab
Access the data you need to start working quickly
and easily.
Ribbon galleries
Save time and clicks by visually accessing drawing
content directly from the ribbon.
Command preview
Evaluate changes before committing with more
commands such as trim, extend, and match properties.
Help window
The UI finder includes an animated arrow to show
tool locations within the ribbon.
Geographic location
Capture online maps as static images and freeze
contextual location, and even print your maps.
Productivity tools
Edit text like you would with a word processor for
styles such as auto bullets and super-/subscript.
Reality computing
The point cloud is now the model, thanks to tools
that let you snap to the point cloud.
Protect your designs with TrustedDWG
technology
You’ve invested thousands, if not tens of
thousands, of dollars in developing your
designs. Help retain the integrity of your design
data throughout the review process with
TrustedDWG technology.
Built into AutoCAD, TrustedDWG is the original,
most efficient, and most accurate way to store and
share design data. TrustedDWG files are created
using a complete technology that maintains
each element in a drawing, and the relationship
between elements, with data fidelity. With over
30 years of technology wrapped up in every
TrustedDWG file, it helps you preserve and protect
your invaluable designs.
Extend the power of AutoCAD
with Autodesk AutoCAD Design
Suite 2015
AutoCAD® Design Suite delivers AutoCAD,
plus AutoCAD® Raster Design and visual
communication solutions.
AutoCAD Design Suite includes
AutoCAD 2015 plus:
Autodesk® AutoCAD® Raster Design 2015
Pull in existing and legacy design information
from almost any source—including paperbased and scanned drawings—and convert
them into AutoCAD DWG™ files.
Autodesk® Showcase® 2015
Turn AutoCAD models into amazing 3D
rendered presentations.
Autodesk® Mudbox™ 2015
Sculpt, shape, and mold detailed, textured
3D design concepts with ease.
Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2015
(part of Premium and Ultimate editions)
Access the software used to create
Hollywood movies and photorealistic
renderings.
Autodesk® Alias® Design 2015
(part of Ultimate edition)
Adds superior surfacing capabilities and
best-in-class modeling to your toolset.
Running a design-build firm, we rely heavily on AutoCAD for our
production and to stay organized. The AutoCAD platform provides great
flexibility. We use it for everything from initial schematic design drawings
and consultant collaboration, to reviewing DWG files with contractors on
the iPad with AutoCAD 360 mobile.
–Levi Conover
Senior Design Manager
Artthaus, Inc.
Learn more or purchase
Access specialists worldwide who can provide product expertise, a deep understanding
of your industry, and value that extends beyond your software. To license Autodesk
AutoCAD software, contact an Autodesk Authorized Reseller. Locate a reseller near
you at www.autodesk.com/reseller.
Autodesk Subscription
Subscribe to Autodesk® Maintenance Subscription for Autodesk AutoCAD.
Maintenance Subscription gives you an advantage with upgrades to the latest software
releases, flexible licensing rights, powerful cloud services, and technical support.†
Learn more at www.autodesk.com/maintenance-subscription.
Autodesk 360
The Autodesk® 360 cloud-based framework provides tools and services to extend
design beyond the desktop. Streamline your workflows, effectively collaborate, and
quickly access and share your work anytime, from anywhere. Learn more at
www.autodesk.com/autodesk360.
*Free Autodesk® software licenses and/or cloud-based services are subject to acceptance of and compliance with the
terms and conditions of the license agreement or terms of service, as applicable, that accompany such software or
cloud‑based services.
**Access to services requires an Internet connection and is subject to any geographical restrictions set forth in the Terms
of Service.
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All Subscription benefits are not available for all products in all languages and/or regions. Flexible licensing terms,
including previous version rights and home use, are subject to certain conditions.
Autodesk, the Autodesk logo, AutoCAD, Alias, DWG, Mudbox, Showcase, 3ds Max, and TrustedDWG are registered
trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.
All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to
alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for
typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2014 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.