Category: CAD Predictions

New and Enhanced: AutoCAD 2020

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AutoCAD 2020 comes with new features that bring your visions to life with best drafting and designing techniques. The AutoCAD subscription comes with specialized toolsets that enable the user to gain access to the industry-specific methods. The innovative features of AutoCAD 2020 provide you the flexibility to access the AutoCAD web and mobile apps. Some of the intriguing features of the latest AutoCAD 2020 are the dark theme for clear visuals, quick display for measurement, improved performance, block palette, and much more.

Dark Theme

AutoCAD 2020 now comes with a dark and fresh look to ease your eyes. The crisp and clean modern structure is designed to provide users a clear vision with sharper icons and contrast improvements.

High Performance

The system continues to provide high performing and a powerful engine to speed up work. Not more than half a second is required to save work each time. AutoCAD users have said that they have saved a lot of time due to its quick response time. A new special feature of AutoCAD has enabled the new generation saving approximately 80 working years collectively. Moreover, the installation time is 50 percent faster which is like a bonus!

Quick Display Measurements

Measuring distances have now become easy with the fresh AutoCAD Quick Measure Tool.

  • Measure 2D designs by just hovering over it
  • Hover your mouse between objects to see dimensions, angles, and distances
  • Site plans, elevations, and floor plans can be seen constantly

Block Palette

You can efficiently insert blocks with the block palette that comes with visual galleries. The feature also helps to find the exact block you are looking for. You can also drag and drop blocks effortlessly from the current drawing to the original drawing or any other drawing tabs. Searching and fixing numerous blocks or recently opened blocks is now easier with the feature of Repeat Placement for saving steps.

Clean Drawings Easily with Purge

The newly redesigned Purge feature is introduced to clean drawings in one go. It helps to get rid of unwanted objects easily and check the removed item with a visual preview section.

AutoCAD Integrates with Box and Microsoft

With the integration of AutoCAD with Microsoft and Box, you can store files or data in OneDrive or Box to get the advantage of streamlined workflows. The concept has paved the way for effortless workflows and enhanced productivity. It reduces collaboration time that benefits in viewing and editing files easily. The AutoCAD subscribers get the liberty of accessing the files anytime, anywhere.

CAD Predictions for 2018

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The rapid technological advancements are changing the shape of the world. Innovations are going up, and software is continuously upgrading. So why CAD tools remain obsolete? Thus, to maintain pace with the advancing technology, CAD tools are continually evolving. So, to understand this change in a better way, listed below are the 2018 predictions of CAD.

Three-tier Automation

Currently, automation is the most trending technology in the engineering world. From agriculture to automobile everything is automated. So CAD follows the trend and implements three levels of automation in product design which are illustrated below:

Assistive Automation tends to reduce the friction created by trivial tasks, such as assemblies, which are repetitive and consumes a lot of time.

Augmentative Automation implements Multiphysics simulations to assist engineers in decision making. Under this automation, engineers only need to focus on problem formulation and remaining all the functions will be performed automatically by the system.

Autonomous Automation is an automation technique which works automatically without any human interference.

Double Benefit of IoT and Mechatronics The convergence of mechanical and electrical design in mechatronics and the power of IoT has the potential to revolutionize CAD in 2018. Gradually, the difference between electrical and mechanical designs is fading away which is promoting the mechatronic technology, such as robots in which sensors are connected to circuit boards in a mechanical body. Furthermore, IoT innovations are enabling manufacturers to receive information from products to improve designs. Overall, this dual power of mechatronics and IoT will transform product designing in 2018.

CAD Cloud

2018 will be powered by cloud CAD where all the CAD programs will run entirely on the cloud. Recently, SOLIDWORKS announced that it plans to launch cloud-based CAD program called SOLIDWORKS X design. Similarly, Autodesk also has cloud-based CAD platform named Fusion 360. These development show cloud technologies will be a leading force in 2018.

Augmented CAD

Augmented reality will shape the future of CAD in 2018. The increasing popularity of augmented reality allows engineers to collaborate their product designs in an efficient manner making it possible for the stakeholders to interact with 3D models.

Although CAD tools will go many transitions and transformations in 2018; however, the primary focus will remain only on these four aspects: Automation, IoT and Mechatronics, Cloud CAD, and Augmented CAD. Overall, in 2018 CAD software will evolve many folds and will transform the shape of the design industry.