Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 : Exploring the New Features and Boosting Productivity

2D Drafting, Drawing, and Annotation

– Text settings
Create single or multiline text (mtext) as a single text object. Easily format text, columns, and boundaries.
– Dimensions
Create dimensions automatically. Pass the cursor over selected objects to see a preview before you create it.
– Tables
Apply formulas, link to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and create tables with data and symbols. Automatically import data to tables using features like Count.
– Leaders
Create leaders with a variety of content, including text or blocks. Easily format leader lines and define styles.
– Centerlines and center marks
Create and edit centerlines and center marks that automatically move when you move the associated objects.
– Revision clouds
Draw revision clouds around new changes in a drawing to quickly identify your updates.
– Views
Save views by name to easily return to a specific view for quick reference or for applying to layout viewports.
– Layouts
Specify the size of your drawing sheet, add a title block, and display multiple views of your model.
– Fields
Use fields in text objects to display text that can be updated automatically as the field value changes.
– Data linking
Enable simultaneous updates by creating a live link between a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and a table in your drawing.
– Data extraction
Extract information from objects, blocks, and attributes, including drawing information.
– Dynamic blocks
Add flexibility and intelligence to your block references, including changing the shape, size, or configuration.
– Arrays
Create and modify objects in circular or rectangular patterns, or along a path.
– Parametric constraints
Apply geometric and dimensional constraints to maintain relationships between drawing geometry.
– Purge
Remove multiple unneeded objects at once with easy selection and object preview.

3D Modelling and Visualization

– Solid, surface, and mesh modeling
Create realistic 3D models of your design using a combination of solid, surface, and mesh modeling tools.
– 3D navigation (orbit, ViewCube, wheel)
Use 3D viewing and navigation tools to orbit, swivel, walk, and fly around a 3D model to showcase your design.
– Visual styles
Apply visual styles to control the display of edges, lighting, and shading of your 3D model.
– Section planes
Create section planes to display cross-sectional views through solids, surfaces, meshes, or regions.
– Rendering
Apply lighting and materials to give your 3D models a realistic appearance and to help communicate your designs.
– Cloud rendering
Render 3D models online without consuming processing power or disk space on your local computer.
– Point clouds
Attach point cloud files acquired by 3D laser scanners or other technologies to use as a starting point for your designs.
– Model documentation
Generate 2D drawings including base, projected, section, and detail views from 3D models.

Collaboration

– Xref Compare
Compare two versions of a drawing, including external references (xrefs).
– PDF files
Share and reuse data from PDF files by importing, exporting, or attaching them as underlays.
– DGN Files
Share and reuse data from DGN files by importing, exporting, or attaching them as underlays.
– DWG Compare
Compare two versions of a drawing without leaving your current window.
– Sheet sets
View, access, manage, and plot multiple drawings as sheet sets.
– Model references and import
Attach Navisworks models as underlays to your drawings, and import models from other applications.
– Geographic location and online maps
Insert geographic location information into a drawing, and display a map in the drawing from an online map service.

Installation And Customization

– Simplified installer
Reduce the amount of time you spend setting up AutoCAD with faster and customizable installations.
– Start tab
The new AutoCAD Start tab lets you easily access files and other helpful content directly from the home screen.
– TrustedDWG technology
TrustedDWG® technology alerts you to a possible incompatibility when a file was not last saved by Autodesk software.
– CUI customization
Customize the user interface to improve accessibility and reduce the number of steps for frequent tasks.
– Secure load
Specify security restrictions for running executables in AutoCAD to help protect against malicious executable code.
– Action recorder
Record commands and input values that can be played back as an action macro.
– System variable monitor
Monitor current system variables against a preferred list of values. Notification balloons alert you to deviations.
– CAD standards checker
Define and monitor CAD standards to maintain consistent styles for layers, linetypes, text, and dimensions.
– Application Programming Interface (API)
Control drawings and databases with ActiveX, VBS, AutoLisp, Visual LISP, ObjectARX, JavaScript, and .NET.
– Autodesk App Store
Customize your software with Autodesk-approved extensions.