Connectivity empowers a host of new features and functions in AutoCAD 2014
A new release of AutoCAD has become a rite of spring, and for this,
its 28th major release of the world’s most popular CAD program,
Autodesk, has once again provided customers with a host of improvements.
For the past several years, the company’s focus has shifted from
empowering standalone individuals to leveraging the power of the cloud,
social and mobile computing. With AutoCAD 2014, users can work more
seamlessly across platforms, collaborate with other project
stakeholders, and access their drawings wherever they go. And a linchpin
of that capability is the Autodesk 360 cloud service.
The
new Autodesk ReCap program lets users create and manipulate point cloud
project files before attaching them to AutoCAD drawings. |
Upon
launching AutoCAD 2014, users are once again greeted by a Welcome
Screen featuring three panels: Work (tools for creating new drawings and
opening existing files), Learn (links to video-based training), and
Extend (connections to the Autodesk Exchange app store, Autodesk 360,
and social media sites including Facebook and Twitter). Although you can
certainly use AutoCAD 2014 as a standalone application, users will want
a full-time Internet connection to take advantage of all the new
connectivity tools--and will likely remain logged into their Autodesk
360 account whenever they’re using AutoCAD 2014.
Even Better Command Line Tools
One
of those new connectivity tools is the ability to do Internet searches
directly at AutoCAD’s ubiquitous Command line. Many longtime users
continue to access commands by typing. While the Command line saw some
significant changes in the last release, its transformation in AutoCAD
2014 is just short of miraculous: The Command line in AutoCAD 2014 now
supports AutoCorrect. If you mistype a command, instead of responding
with “Unknown command,” the program autocorrects to the most relevant
and valid AutoCAD command. For example, if you accidently type TABEL,
the TABLE command is automatically launched.
The
AutoComplete command entry feature, introduced in AutoCAD 2013, has been
enhanced in AutoCAD 2014 to support mid-string search. So now, if you
type SETTINGS, the suggestion list displays all commands containing the
word SETTINGS anywhere within it, not just at the beginning. Commands in
the suggestion list are initially displayed in the order of their usage
based on general customer data. But as you continue to use AutoCAD, the
order of commands in the suggestion list adapts to your specific
behavior.
The Command line in AutoCAD 2014 also has a
built-in synonym list. If you type a word, the program returns a command
if a match is found in the synonym list. For example, if you type
SYMBOL, AutoCAD finds the INSERT command; or type ROUND and AutoCAD
finds the FILLET command. And like most things in AutoCAD, you can
customize both the AutoCorrect and Synonym lists using the Edit Alias
tool on the Manage ribbon.
When you move the cursor over a
command name or system variable in the Command line suggestion list, two
small icons appear so that you can immediately search for more
information in the Help system or on the Internet.
You can
also use the Command line to access layers, blocks, hatch patterns, text
styles, dimension styles, and so on. For example, if you type DOOR and
the current drawing contains a block definition with the name DOOR, you
can quickly insert it right from the suggestion list.
To
make the suggestion list easier to navigate, system variables and other
content are organized into expandable categories. You can expand a
category to see the results, or press the TAB key to cycle through each
category. You can also customize the behavior of the Command line
itself, enabling or disabling various features, changing the suggestion
list delay, and adjusting the input search options. Most of the new
Command line functionality is also available when using dynamic input.
Improved File Management
While
the enhancements to the Command line only become apparent when you
type, the new drawing file tabs will probably be the first new features
you’ll notice when you start using AutoCAD 2014. The drawing file tabs
appear as a bar across the top of the drawing area. Because they do take
up some space that could otherwise be used to display drawings, the
drawing file tabs can be toggled on and off. When enabled, you see a tab
for each open drawing, and can easily switch between drawings by simply
clicking on a tab.
The tabs initially display in the order
in which drawings were opened, but you can drag and drop tabs to change
their order. If there is not enough room for all of the file tabs to
display across the drawing area, an overflow menu at the right end of
the file tabs bar provides access to the additional files.
A
lock icon on a tab indicates that a particular drawing was opened in
read-only mode, while an asterisk on the tab indicates that the drawing
has been modified since it was last saved. When you move the cursor over
a tab, you see preview images of the model and layouts, and if you move
the cursor over one of those previews, the corresponding model or
layout temporarily fills the drawing area. Plot and Publish tools are
also available above each preview image, or you can click on one of the
previews to immediately switch to that specific model or layout. You can
also right-click on a tab to access tools to create, open, save and
close files, including the ability to close all open files except the
one on which you right-clicked.
The
Command line now includes auto-correction, synonym lookup, and
mid-string auto-completion. You can even preview hatch patterns and
blocks directly at the Command line. |
Drawing
file tabs make it easier to switch among open drawings, preview model
or layout tabs, and even see which drawings have been changed since last
saved. |
Design
Feed enables users to have a virtual conversation with other team
members; it also tracks messages and images tagged to the drawing. |
Connecting with Colleagues
If
a big focus of AutoCAD 2014 is connectivity, the centerpiece of that
connectivity is Autodesk 360. The Autodesk 360 cloud-based service is
both a secure, web-based central repository for your drawings and system
settings, and an online hub for collaborating with colleagues and
leveraging cloud-based compute power for creating renderings, performing
analysis and leveraging point cloud data.
New in AutoCAD
2014 is Design Feed, an environment in which you can have a virtual
conversation with other team members, regardless of their location.
Design Feed appears in the form of a new palette when you click the new
Design Feed tool on the Autodesk 360 ribbon.
You can use
tools in the Design Feed palette to create messages to other team
members, and associate those messages with an area or point within the
drawing. You can also include images and tag multiple colleagues. Once
you post a Design Feed message, it is saved to your Autodesk 360 account
along with the drawing, and the people that you tagged receive an email
message alerting them of your post. They can then view the drawing and
associated posts and reply to those posts using their copy of AutoCAD
2014, AutoCAD WS via any web browser, or the AutoCAD WS app on a mobile
device. They can even make changes to the drawing if you’ve granted them
permission to do so. Design Feed works wherever you are, and comments
sync within seconds.
Connecting with the World
In
this latest release, Autodesk has added some of the tools found in
AutoCAD Map 3D and Civil 3D to AutoCAD itself. The new geographic
location tools in AutoCAD 2014 enable you to import map data into
drawing files so that you can see your design within the context of its
location. If you render the model, it will automatically have the
correct sun angle. If you insert geo-referenced images or blocks into a
geo-referenced drawing, they are automatically placed in the correct
location and at the proper scale. This enables multiple users to work
separately on portions of the same design, such as a housing project,
with the guarantee that everything will match when the entire project is
assembled. If you have a GPS-enabled device on your computer, you can
see your current position in the drawing and mark positions as you walk
around.
To add the geographic location to a drawing, you
simply click the new Set Location tool on the Insert ribbon. You can set
the location using the Autodesk Maps Service or by selecting a KML or
KMZ file. To use the Maps Service, however, you must be logged into your
Autodesk 360 account.
When you specify the geographic
location using a map, you can simply click on the map or search for an
address or latitude and longitude. Maps can be displayed as an aerial
photo, a road map, or a hybrid of both. When you find the correct
location, you drop a marker to select it, automatically applying the
corresponding latitude, longitude and time zone. Once placed, you can
adjust the elevation, latitude and longitude as needed.
Once
a map has been applied to the drawing, it is always displayed below the
drawing geometry. You can then trace over the map to identify features
on the site. The map can be changed between aerial and road map views,
or toggled off completely as needed. Additional tools enable you to mark
positions in the drawing and add text to describe those positions.
Capturing Reality
The
ability to attach and display point clouds was first added to AutoCAD
2011. While the tools in AutoCAD itself have not changed all that much,
Autodesk has included a new program called Autodesk ReCap as part of the
AutoCAD 2014 release. ReCap is a separate application that enables you
to create a point cloud project file (RCP) that references multiple
indexed scan files (RCS). Those scan files can come from laser scanners,
or even from a series of digital photos that you upload to the ReCap
Photo online service.
After selecting the files to import,
ReCap lets you adjust import settings that affect the size and
appearance of the point cloud. The imported files are displayed in ReCap
and can be modified before attaching the point cloud file to your
AutoCAD drawing. For example, you can use tools to crop the point cloud
to isolate a specific volume within the scene. After attaching a point
cloud to an AutoCAD drawing, additional tools become available in
AutoCAD that let you further adjust the point cloud. You can then use
the point cloud to show existing conditions, or as the basis for
constructing AutoCAD geometry.
Other Enhancements
Of
course, like any release of AutoCAD, users will find a host of other,
smaller enhancements designed to improve common tasks. For example,
layers now use natural ordered sort, so that layers named 1, 4, 25, 6, 2
and 10 are sorted as 1, 2, 4, 6, 10 and 25 instead of 1, 10, 2, 25, 4
and 6. There’s also a new Merge option in the Layer Manager palette that
enables you to select one or more layers in the layer list, merge the
objects from those layers onto a different layer, and then purge the
selected layers from the drawing.
Layers and linetypes from
externally referenced drawings are no longer displayed in the linetype
list of the ribbon or Properties palette, because you can’t control them
from there. But externally referenced layers still appear in the ribbon
and Layer Properties manager, so you can control their visibility. You
can also now easily change the xref attachment type between Attach and
Overlay, and change the path of selected xrefs between Absolute and
Relative.
Rounding out the list of new features are several
very welcome drawing enhancements. For example, you can now draw arcs in
either the default counter-clockwise direction or clockwise by pressing
the CTRL key. The command for creating single-line text now retains the
most recent justification setting. When adding hatch or gradient fills,
the program retains the most recent method for selecting objects to
hatch (pick internal point or select objects). And when adding baseline
or continued dimensions, AutoCAD can use either the current dimension
style or the style of the selected dimension.
Autodesk
continues to place increased emphasis on its suites, which provide some
pretty good deals. For example, in addition to AutoCAD itself, the
AutoCAD Design Suite Standard includes AutoCAD Raster Design, SketchBook
Designer, Showcase and Mudbox for just $330 more than the cost of
AutoCAD alone. The Professional suite adds 3ds Max to the mix, while the
Ultimate suite adds Alias Design as well.
This time around,
virtually all of the new features in AutoCAD 2014, including the
intelligent command line improvements, live maps, Design Feed, drawing
file tabs and Autodesk 360 connectivity, have also been included in
AutoCAD LT 2014, the company’s lower-cost 2D-only alternative to
AutoCAD.
Both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2014 began shipping in
late March, with the Design Suites following suit in April. AutoCAD 2014
supports Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 (including support for
touch-enabled devices), but Autodesk has dropped support for Vista.
AutoCAD 2014 also includes several new features to help improve software
security, and prevent loading and running of unauthorized or malicious
AutoLISP and VBA applications.
All told, Autodesk has once
again done a great job improving its flagship product, making AutoCAD
2014 another very compelling release.
David Cohn has
been using AutoCAD for more than 25 years and is the author of more than
a dozen books on the subject. He’s the technical publishing manager at
4D Technologies, a contributing editor to Desktop Engineering, and also
does consulting and technical writing from his home in Bellingham, WA.
His latest CADLearning eBook, AutoCAD 2014 New Features and
Enhancements--Revealed! can be purchased on the Apple iBookstore. You
can contact him via email at david@dscohn.com or visit his website at DSCohn.com.
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