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Buy Autodesk AutoCAD from trusted Bronze Partners
AutoCAD® 2014 software offers new and expanded workflows for model documentation, reality capture, and
3D conceptual design to help you maximize productivity. Explore your design ideas with powerful surface
modelling tools. Quickly create documents from a variety of
modelling formats, helping to reduce manual
documentation workarounds. Capture and import as-built information to jumpstart your design process. Plus,
you’ll find a wide range of timesaving enhancements to the features you use most. AutoCAD 2012 delivers
the powerful tools you need to streamline 3D design workflows, helping drive your projects to completion
more quickly than ever before.
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How does AutoCAD 2014 differ from AutoCAD LT?
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Design and Documentation
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Drafting and Detailing
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Focus on
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3D Design
Drafting Productivity
Concept through Completion
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Drafting Productivity
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3D Design Capabilities
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Advanced
Documentation Tools (Parametrics, Model Documentation)
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Network Licensing
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Customizable
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In a nutshell, AutoCAD 2012 is a high-productivity, three-dimensional
draughting tool with plenty of add-ons. AutoCAD LT ("Lite") is a simpler,
cheaper, two-dimensional draughting program. Read more about AutoCAD
directly below. Click here to read more about AutoCAD LT
(new page).
For a detailed comparison of AutoCAD LT®, AutoCAD® (full version), Autodesk Design Suite, AutoCAD® Architecture, AutoCAD® MEP, AutoCAD®
Map 3D, AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, AutoCAD® Mechanical, AutoCAD® Electrical, AutoCAD® P&ID, and AutoCAD® Plant 3D, download
the AutoCAD 2012 Family Comparison Matrix (PDF file, 51kB).
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AutoCAD 2014
Product Information
AutoCAD software delivers the power and flexibility to speed design and
documentation workflows, from concept through completion. If you're one of
the following, you should be interested in AutoCAD: • CAD Manager/Purchaser •
Architect—commercial and residential • Design Engineer, Designer/Product
Designer • Draughter • Machine Tool Designer • Engineering Service Provider •
Building Owner • Facilities Department Manager • House or Interior Designer •
Landscape Designer/Builder • Contractor.
Product Description
AutoCAD® software is one of the world’s leading 2D and 3D design
applications. It helps users explore design concepts in 3D, speed documentation
and share ideas with ease. Powerful programming tools and thousands of available
add-ons help users customise AutoCAD for their specific needs.
- Design: AutoCAD provides the flexibility to explore design ideas
in both 2D and 3D, with intuitive tools that help design ideas become real.
- Document: AutoCAD has powerful documentation tools to create
manufacturing or construction documentation.
- Communicate: AutoCAD users can share critical design data
securely, efficiently and accurately. And native DWG™ support facilitates
data fidelity and compatibility.
- Customise: Configure settings, extend the software, build custom
workflows, develop your own application or use one that is already built.
Business Value
- AutoCAD software is used across the design
workflow, from concept to completion. Users have access to
market-leading tools to design, document and communicate their ideas.
- Create, send and receive design data files with
confidence. AutoCAD software’s native DWG file format is one of the most
commonly used design file formats in the world.
- AutoCAD software helps speed conceptual design
workflows, helping you quickly move from idea to digital concept.
- Users can complete documentation in less time using productivity tools in
AutoCAD software; a detailed productivity study quantified productivity gains of
up to 44% using AutoCAD 2011 versus older versions of AutoCAD.
Five quick reasons to upgrade to this version from earlier releases
- Document 3D models from almost any source: Save
time by automatically generating intelligent documentation. Associative
connections help ensure drawing views, edge display and location are updated
when an engineering change is made. Import models from Autodesk® Inventor®,
Pro/ENGINEER®, CATIA®, Solidworks®, NX® and Rhinoceros® software products.
- Parametric drawing tools: When persistent
relationships between objects are defined, parallel lines remain parallel
and concentric circles remain cantered. And now you can infer constraints in
real time as you draw.
- 3D modelling tools: With tools for surface, solid
and mesh modelling, AutoCAD 2012 provides the utmost flexibility and control
when designing in 3D.
- Better performance: Experience faster start-up and
file opening, more responsive commands and hardware acceleration support.
- Support for the latest file formats, hardware and
operating systems:
Subscription
Autodesk® Subscription allows customers to extend the value of their software
investment with access to the latest releases, powerful web services and
expedited technical support. www.autodesk.com/subscription.
Common Pain/Challenges and Solutions
Problem |
Solution |
The design and
documentation process is taking too long. |
Utilise the
latest CAD technologies to cut design and documentation time by up to
44%. |
Designers are
using paper-based or incompatible digital formats to document conceptual
designs. |
Manage the
entire 2D and 3D design work flow —concept to completion— in one
application. |
My existing
system is not flexible enough to meet my needs. |
Take advantage
of AutoCAD software’s flexible development platform to help boost your
productivity. Enjoy the support of thousands of Autodesk’s software
partners from around the world. Enhance your software with a broad range
of fully integrated and interoperable solutions. |
I have
problems sharing information with consultants, partners and customers. |
Save and share
files with confidence. DWG technology from Autodesk is the original and
accurate way to store and share design data when working with industry
professionals. |
It is difficult
to cost-effectively find and hire qualified staff. |
Because AutoCAD
is used by millions of people all over the world, cost-effective,
technically qualified and trained staff is readily available. |
Questions and Answers
My AutoCAD 200x software works just fine. Why should I upgrade?
A lot has changed since your version was released. A productivity study
commissioned by Autodesk (AutoCAD 2011 Productivity Study, by
David Cohn) proved that users can be up to 44% more productive
using AutoCAD 2011, the previous release, than on AutoCAD 2008. And if you’re
using a release earlier than 2008, your productivity gains could be even
greater. If you consider how much your time is worth, relative to time saved
with more efficient software, the new software can pay for itself.
Why shouldn’t I just buy AutoCAD LT software? It’s much cheaper.
AutoCAD LT® does not offer several of the key features in AutoCAD, including
the following:
- 3D modelling tools (mesh, surface and solid
modelling)
- Model Documentation and Parametric Drawing tools,
which could save significant time in 2D documentation workflows
- Support for point clouds, which help users
kick-start projects by importing as-built conditions
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Top 10 Reasons to Buy or Upgrade to AutoCAD 2014 Software
Power from Concept to Completion
New and expanded workflows for model documentation, reality capture, and 3D
conceptual design help increase productivity with AutoCAD® 2012. Explore your
design ideas with powerful surface modelling tools. Quickly create documents from
a variety of modelling formats, helping to reduce manual documentation
workarounds. Capture and import as-built information to jump-start your design
process. Plus, you’ll find a wide range of timesaving enhancements to the
features you use most. AutoCAD 2012 delivers the powerful tools you need to
participate in smooth 3D design workflows, helping drive your projects to
completion more quickly than ever before.
- Quickly document –and stay connected to– 3D models from almost any
source
Save time by automatically generating intelligent documentation for
AutoCAD, Autodesk® Inventor®, and other models. Associative connections with
Inventor help ensure drawing views, edge display, and location are instantly
updated when an engineering change is made. And since you can import models
from a wide variety of applications (including Pro/ENGINEER®, CATIA®,
Solidworks®, NX®, and Rhinoceros®), you can streamline almost any
documentation workflow.
RESULT: Meet customer expectations by using the most
complete documentation tools available.
- Explore design ideas with flexible 3D modelling tools
With AutoCAD, you have the power to create almost any form you can
imagine. Simply push/pull faces, edges, and vertices to model complex
shapes, add smooth surfaces, and much more. With tools for surface, solid,
and mesh modelling, AutoCAD 2012 provides the utmost flexibility and control
when designing in 3D.
RESULT: Develop conceptual designs more easily in 3D
with easy-to-use tools.
- Access the benefits of direct
modelling with Autodesk Inventor Fusion
Shipping with AutoCAD 2012, Autodesk® Inventor® Fusion software adds to
the 3D conceptual design capabilities of AutoCAD and sets a new standard for
professional 3D modelling ease of use. It enables you to import, flexibly
edit, and validate models from almost any source, providing the
accessibility of direct modelling in the native DWG™ format.
RESULT: Elevate
your product designs with a new modelling standard.
- Slash revision time with parametric drawing
Dramatically slash your design revision time with parametric drawing.
When persistent relationships between objects are defined, parallel lines
remain parallel and concentric circles remain cantered, all automatically.
And now you can infer constraints in real time as you draw, virtually
eliminating the need to manually define all of your object relationships.
Including both geometric and dimensional constraints, AutoCAD 2012 can
assist with those time-consuming revision requests.
RESULT: Drawing
revisions are now much easier.
- Make renovations easier with point cloud support.
Bring your 3D scans to life, streamlining time-consuming renovation and
restoration projects. With support for up to two billion points— and an
enhanced point cloud engine—the point cloud capabilities in AutoCAD 2012
help you more quickly import scanned objects, snap to points, and develop
designs using your 3D scans.
RESULT: Save time by bringing as-built
conditions into your AutoCAD workspace.
- Document arrayed objects faster than ever before
Save valuable rework time by establishing and maintaining a set of
relationships between arrayed objects, like windows on a building or trusses
on a bridge. With AutoCAD 2012, you can array objects along a specified path
(rather than having only rectangular or polar options), saving even more
time when creating conceptual designs or finished documentation. And now you
can also array objects in 3D space, helping to increase speed and
flexibility in your design workflows.
RESULT: More speed, more flexibility.
- Attach PDF files as an underlay
A top customer wish-list request, the ability to import and underlay PDF
files is now provided in AutoCAD 2012. Simply import a PDF file to an
AutoCAD drawing in the familiar way you import DWG, DWF™, DGN, and image
files. You can even snap to key points on PDF geometry using familiar object
snaps, making reuse of old designs that much easier.
RESULT: Improve
collaboration and save time by reusing existing PDF-based design data.
- Work with designs more easily using multifunctional grips
More easily edit objects with direct manipulation of grips. Now the
power of multifunctional grips has been extended to more AutoCAD objects,
including lines, arcs, elliptical arcs, dimensions, and leaders, as well as
3D faces, edges, and vertices.
RESULT: The most useful editing tools are
always at your fingertips.
- Work with hatches more flexibly than ever before
The hatching capabilities in AutoCAD software are now easier, more
flexible, and more reliable than ever. With tools for direct manipulation of
hatches, live previews, improved handling of dense hatches, improvements to
boundary detection, and the ability to send all hatches to the back, AutoCAD
2012 software helps you save valuable time documenting designs.
RESULT: Save
time with more flexible, more reliable hatch tools.
- Document and communicate more clearly using transparency options
Objects and layers have always had a certain set of properties,
including colour, line type, and line weight. In AutoCAD 2012, objects and
layers get another property to help you control the visual appearance of
your drawings: transparency. You can set transparency by layer, by block, or
individually for an object. Now your drawings can look more exactly how you
want them to look, helping you keep organized and better communicate design
details.
RESULT: Greater clarity. Greater productivity.
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