Lynn Allen Autodesk Technical Evangelist

1. Lynn Allen Autodesk Technical Evangelist

2. GoFurtherwiththeNewStandardinCADProductivity AutoCAD 2005

3. Problems Managing Your Drawings? • Locate drawings in a project directory • Identify drawings as part of the set • Determine number of the next sheet • Send all drawings to a client • Apply project standards

4. Let the Sheet Set Manager(SSM) Organize for You! • Simplified: • Drawing organization • Plotting & publishing • Transmittal sets • Archiving • Standards compliance • Multi-user access to sheet set information • New DST file format “The use of SSM, fields & tables will improveconsistency& accuracy of drawing info…” -Darren Myles, LHT

5. Keying in the Same Information Over and Over? • Title blocks contain: • Project and client information • Sheet numbers and dates • Info updated manually per sheet: • Error prone • Takes hours of project time

6. Let Fields Do the Work for You! • Automatically fill in: • Sheet numbers • Project names • Client information • Drawing dates • Any other custom data • Create tables or text labels using object data • Can be used with text, Mtext or attributesAutomated plot stamping “Fields…could be ahugetimesaver for us.” -Joel Roderick, Water Technology, Inc.

7. Tired of Checking and Rechecking? • Manually create: • Details • Labels • Callouts • Manual update required as drawings change • Error prone & time consuming Detail Sheet Detail Callout Drawing

8. Reduce Errors with Callouts and Labels! • Drag and Drop detail creation: • Automated labels • Automated callouts • Synchronized updates of callout and detail labels • Find details by selecting callouts

9. Still Drawing Tables Line by Line? • Manually draw tables from lines and text • Hard to position text • Difficult to modify or add rows or columns • Manually create sheet indexes, sheet-by-sheet • Update each time sheet information changes

10. New Table Objects to the Rescue! • Simple: • Table creation • Text editing • Adding rows and columns • Table styles • Insert symbols in tables • Import/Export Tables “Tables make me look REAL good! So nice to be able to easilyproducewhatwasotherwiseachore.” - Robert Grandmaison, MKM & Associates

11. Everyday Timesavers • Multiple Copy now the default • New OSNAP (keyboard modifier) – Midpoint between two points (M2P/MTP) • Match Properties now matches Polylines, Viewports and Tables • Zoom to Object(s) • Pan and Zoom in 3DClip • Calligraphy option for REVCLOUD • New Express Tool additions (Edittime, Flatten, Overkill added to menus) • XREFTYPE sysvar – set attachment or overlay as default • Open drawings displayed on the windows taskbar (TASKBAR to 1)

12. Print It Your Way! • Printable area • XY offset values expressed from the lower left corner of the paper border • (Options command)

13. OLE Works Better Than Ever! • With OLE enhancements, you can: • Specify an insertion point for OLE objects • Insert OLE objects on current UCS with predictable scaling (MSOLESCALE) • Select and edit OLE objects with standard AutoCAD commands including grips • Preassign plot quality based on type of OLE object (Options command)

14. Tool Palettes are Easier and More Powerful • With Tool Palettes you can: • Create command tools Apply tool properties from existing geometry (dimensions, text, gradient fills) • Drag and drop content from Windows Explorer (raster images, DWGs) • Include macros, LiSP and ARX • Organize tool palettes into palette groups • New Auxiliary scale factor for Hatch patterns and Blocks – use the Dimscale or Plot Scale • TBCUSTOMIZE (disables Customization dialog) • New Custom Menu for easy migration

15. Save Steps • With Views and Viewports, you can: • Assign view categories to named views • Store layer visibility with named views • Edit view boundaries • Associate named layout views with a particular layout • Maximize a layout viewport(without changing the scale factor)

16. Save Time • With DrawOrder and Bhatch, you can: • Assign draworder to hatch objects • Hatch an area with a boundary gap • Trim a hatch to a new boundary • OSNAPHATCH sysvar – determines whether object snap modes snap to hatch patterns • Edit objects without regenerating to see display order • Create new objects that inherit original draworder

17. Direct Object Editing is Fast!

18. MTEXT Just Keeps Getting Better Apply background mask to Mtext objects • also dimension text Insert symbols as part of Mtext objects

19. Text Tips • Draw Order settings for all text and/or dimension text (TEXTTOFRONT) • DDEDIT for text, mtext or attributes • MTEXT editor drastically improved – now permits tabs and in-place editing • Word Documents now maintain proper formatting

20. Layers are Easier to Organize • With the Layer Properties Manager, you can: • Provide a description for each layer • Apply changes to layer properties (without exiting) • Filter layers based on external references (automatically) • Filter layers based on layer properties • Filter layers based on layer groups

21. Plotting Giving You a Headache? • Find and plot the individual files that comprise a set of drawing • Wait for AutoCAD to “come back” from a lengthy plot job • Help colleagues debug failed plot jobs • Track what drawings have been plotted for a project

22. Now Plotting is Easier and Faster Than Ever! • Sheet Set Manager provides: • One-click plotting • Standardized plot settings • Keep working while job plots in background • Reports of plotted sheets “When publishing a 200+ sheet job to a plotter, beingabletosortsheetsintothecorrectorderisa huge need. Thanks for including this improvement in 2005!”- Dave Blaha, Fisher Hamilton LLC

23. Autodesk® DWF™ Viewer More Efficient Than Paper! • Better workflow management in the review and approval process • Speed decision-making and reduce cycle times • Provide a complete, cost-effective solution

24. DWF is Better Than PDF • AutoCAD 2005 integrated markup functionality • Publishingprocess • 1 step multi-sheet • No additional cost • Support • Object Snap points • Scale per view port • Model space • Gradients • Meta data: object properties • Named views • File size: compressed file format • DWFtoolkitfree • DWF specification is open and published • Autodesk DWF Viewer has open API • DWF Viewer is an ActiveX control

25. How Do You Deal with Markups? • Current methods: • Incur costly shipping • Do not preserve historical data • Manual processing back into AutoCAD

26. Improve Teamwork and Efficiency Autodesk DWF Composer • Next generation collaboration tool • Viewing, markup creation & drawing sheet aggregation • Integrated AutoCAD 2005 markup browser feature • Available April 2004 DWF Composer

27. ViewerProduct Family Paper viewer Paper manipulator Publisher API’s DWF Toolkit (Free) www.autodesk.com DWF Writer (Free) www.autodesk.com DWF Viewer (Free) www.autodesk.com DWF Composer $$ • DWF view, print, markup, query, comment, aggregate, composite • DWG view, print, and conversion to DWF • Workflow, dynamic editing, query apps. • Ubiquitous publishing • Search, view, convert apps. • 3rd Party apps. • Ubiquitous view & print • Repro & display

28. Embed Drawings into PPT!

29. 100 Express Tools Multiple Redo Right click Enter customization Close now works with command in progress New Styles Toolbar Status Bar customization Communication Center Layer drop-down list wider QNEW command Control+0 for Clean Screen MIRRTEXT set to off Associative QDIM Design Center Online Fillet and Chamfer now repeat Close the Render Window PEDITACCEPT system variable Hidden Line Control XOPEN command Automatic XREF notification Relative and No path option (XREF) Presentation Graphics Automatic CAD Standards Password protection of Drawings Digital Signatures Drawing files are nearly half the size (and faster!) AutoCAD 2004 is filled to the brim with productivity enhancements! AutoCAD 2004 Features

30. Migration is a Snap! • DWG-compatible with AutoCAD 2004 • Side-by-side install • 3rd-party application compatible • Interactive New Features Workshop • Integrated migration tools User Settings Customization

31. Easy Migration of Existing Settings

32. Smart Drawings!AutoCAD 2005

33. Go Further and Save! • Receive a US$100 rebate per qualifying upgrade or crossgrade license • Contact your local Autodesk Authorized Reseller today! www.autodesk.com/reseller • lynn.allen@autodesk.com • www.autodesk.com/lynnallen