AutoCAD 2010 released
Autodesk India has released AutoCAD 2010 software, one of the world’s leading design and documentation platforms. Autodesk also announced the 2010 AutoCAD family of discipline-specific software and AutoCAD LT 2010 software for professional drafting and detailing. The latest release of AutoCAD introduces groundbreaking new capabilities to help users tackle their most challenging design problems, including free-form design tools, parametric drawing and enhanced PDF support, a top request from Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) members.
Features
AutoCAD 2010 provides more power and innovation to help users document, communicate, explore and customize design ideas. With new free-form design tools, users can more easily explore ideas in 3D models to create almost any shape they can imagine. New PDF import and underlay and enhanced publishing features can improve two-way communication with the extended design team. In addition, the introduction of constraint-based parametric drawing tools enables users to define persistent relationships between objects, accelerating crucial design revision workflows. AutoCAD 2010 now also supports 3D printing, which makes it easy to produce physical 3D models and physical prototypes by connecting to on-demand 3D printing services or personal 3D printers.
The updated AutoCAD 2010 software portfolio includes the following industry-specific applications built on the AutoCAD platform.
AutoCAD Architecture 2010
AutoCAD Architecture 2010 brings a variety of feature enhancements designed to help improve overall workflow, usability and interoperability including a new, more streamlined user interface that offers optimized desktop organization, a larger drawing window and quicker access to tools and commands.
AutoCAD Civil 2010
AutoCAD Civil 2010 adds a variety of feature enhancements that help civil engineering technicians, drafters, and surveyors complete projects faster including a streamlined user interface, a more complete field to finish surveying workflow, and roadway intersection modeling.
AutoCAD Electrical 2010
AutoCAD Electrical 2010 is purpose-built to accelerate the creation of electrical control systems. Now with a streamlined design environment and the new “one-line” circuit symbol library, it can increase the productivity of control engineers even more. Enhancements to the powerful Circuit Builder tool enable designers to analyze the energy efficiency of circuits and make “green” engineering decisions.
AutoCAD Map 3D 2010
AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 is a leading engineering solution for creating and managing spatial data. AutoCAD Map 3D 2010 includes new survey functionality, enhanced data analysis capabilities, and a new workflow framework.
AutoCAD Mechanical 2010
AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 enables mechanical designers and drafters to simplify complex mechanical design work and produce consistent results on the shop floor. Now with even more intelligent drafting features for automating common design tasks, it offers significant productivity gains and saves countless hours of design time. New features include a streamlined design environment and bills of material enhancements.
AutoCAD MEP 2010
AutoCAD MEP 2010 provides a variety of new features providing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing professionals with improved ease of use, richer design content and better construction documentation. Enhancements include more improved performance capabilities, the availability of new sloped piping tools and content enhancements offering more piping options, and the ability to more easily create block-based MvParts from solids and mass elements.
AutoCAD P&ID 2010
AutoCAD P&ID 2010 enables users to create, modify and manage piping and instrumentation diagrams. AutoCAD P&ID 2010 now includes an enhanced user interface, curved schematic lines, and project setup enhancements.
AutoCAD LT 2010
The latest release of AutoCAD LT 2010, professional 2D drafting and detailing software, incorporates PDF input and output enhancements, additional 2D drafting commands for viewing and editing drawings, and 2D drafting tools from AutoCAD to help increase productivity, including the ALIGN, Xref and Block Attribute commands.
Autodesk Design Review 2010 software is also available as a free download to users of any Autodesk product including the AutoCAD 2010 family of products. With tools to review, mark up, and measure documents, Design Review enables team members to participate in an all-digital design review process. The latest release makes the review process seamless, with updates that support viewing and markup of PDF files.
“Providing customers with the powerful 3D design tools that enable them to stretch the limits of their creativity was our priority for the 2010 release of AutoCAD,” said Ajay Bagepalli, Director – Channel Sales & Business Development, Autodesk India Private Limited.
“To the AutoCAD software portfolio we’ve added highly requested features from customers, like enhanced capabilities with the PDF file format in AutoCAD, and new 2D commands for AutoCAD LT. Taken together, the new version of AutoCAD provides the power and flexibility our customers have been demanding to take their documentation and design further,” he added.
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Amazing.
The only downside is that VBA is no more avaible. I use some tools from abc autocad and they require Visual Basic for Applications in AutoCAD.
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