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AutoCAD(R) Release 13
THE MOST POWERFUL AUTOCAD EVER.
AutoCAD software delivers high-impact features that streamline the
creation and editing of precise, superior-quality drawings and designs.
USABILITY
The AutoCAD interface takes full advantage of modern components and
conventions to facilitate ease of use, quick access to frequently used
tools and efficient performance of design and drafting tasks. A full
complement of reference and learning tools helps you to use AutoCAD
quickly and effectively.
User Interface
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Reorganized to leverage your Windows(TM) expertise and provide quick and
intuitive access to AutoCAD software's rich feature set.
Toolbars/Tool Tips
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User interface includes multiple floating toolbars with flyouts. Pop-up
explanatory text identifies icon functions.
╖ Customization. Adaptable GUI includes user-definable toolbars, drag-
and-drop customization and icon editor. Load a single pull-down menu
instead of an entire menu file for easier customization.
╖ Drawing Preview. Use graphic images to quickly identify and open the
correct drawing.
╖ Enhanced Keyboard Access. Boost keyboard efficiency with user-defined
accelerator keys and a floating, scrollable command window that supports
copy-and-paste functions.
╖ Simplified Installation and Configuration. Custom installation options
meet individual needs and optimize disk space. Future AutoCAD software
versions will be able to read the Release 13 configuration file.
Documentation
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╖ Task-Oriented Manuals. Consult precise, effective documentation written
from a task-oriented perspective.
╖ On-Line Reference and Learning Support. Access context-sensitive hypertext
Help resources, including the AutoCAD Release 13 Command Reference. Easily
learn basic features through "Quick Tour" and an interactive tutorial.
"What's New" illustrates new features in Release 13.* Use key words to
access and search AutoCAD manuals on-line.*
*Microsoft Windows and Windows NT platforms only
DESIGN AND DRAFTING
Whatever the challenge - from designing a complex machine part to a
soaring skyscraper, AutoCAD software provides all the tools you need to
draw, edit, annotate, visualize and plot any and every detail of your design
Geometry
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AutoCAD Release 13 provides a comprehensive selection of basic
geometric entities - lines, points, circles, arcs, polylines, polygons - as
starting points in design and drafting.
╖ Multiple Parallel Lines. Simplify the design of walls and other parallel-
line structures; clean up intersections automatically.
╖ Ellipses and Arcs. Employ NURBS (nonuniform rational B-spline)
curves, true ellipses and elliptical arcs to model sophisticated curves.
╖ Construction Lines. Use unbounded (infinite) lines with construction
methods, such as perpendicular or parallel to an existing entity.
Construction and Editing
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AutoCAD provides commands and tools for developing basic geometric
entities into precise, complete drawings and models, for use in
construction, manufacturing, engineering, design and graphic environments.
╖ UCS Flexibility. UCS (User Coordinate System) restrictions have been
eliminated for certain editing commands like Fillet, resulting in faster,
less restrictive modeling.
╖ Enhanced Trim and Extend. Trim and extend by length, extended cutting
edge and, on 3D models, apparent intersection and projected extension.
╖ Fillet and Chamfer Enhancements. Fillet without trim; employ 3D
apparent fillet/chamfer; chamfer by angle and length.
╖ Object Snap and Selection Additions. Boost drafting efficiency with new
Relative Point, Extended Intersection and 3D Apparent Intersection snaps.
Select desired entity by cycling through objects falling within assigned
trap distance.
╖ Linetypes. Add shapes or text to linetypes for utility lines, center lines
and more. Specify linetype scale by entity.
Dimensioning
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AutoCAD makes dimensioning quick, simple and readily compliant with
professional standards.
╖ Dimensioning Standards. Advanced support for local and user-defined
standards includes enhancements to text position and value, tolerances and
ordinate dimensions.
╖ Geometric Tolerancing. Support for ANSI Y14.5 GD&T standard
improves manufacturability and conformance with professional practice.
╖ Flexible Styles and Properties. Override individual properties within
comprehensive styles and access properties graphically for more intuitive
dimensioning
╖ Usability. Employ multiline text in leader; automatically orient
dimensions vertically or horizontally; dynamically reposition dimension
components.
Hatching
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To specify materials and help distinguish among different parts or functions
in a drawing, AutoCAD provides hatching and pattern-fill control tools,
including easy-to-use dialog boxes. Use predefined or user-created hatch
styles, define boundaries automatically, preview the hatching options and
specify hatching scale, angle and spacing.
╖ Associative Hatching. As boundary objects change, hatching updates
automatically.
╖ Editing Hatch Properties. Edit and update pattern, angle and scale of
existing hatched areas.
╖ Boundary-Creation Enhancements. Hatch with automatic island detection
and direct-boundary creation (no boundary entity needed).
Text Editing
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The comprehensive text entry and editing capabilities in AutoCAD Release
13, plus its extensive support of numerous industry-standard fonts, make
drawing annotation simple and effective.
╖ Text Formatting. Annotate drawings and models more effectively with
support for multiline text, including word wrap, alignment and font
changes.
╖ Text Editor. Control text more precisely and fluidly with an integrated,
dialog-based text editor that provides copy-and-paste* functions, and
attributes, such as stacked fractions, bold and italics.
╖ Spell Checker. Check specific text or the entire drawing using custom or
standard dictionaries.
╖ Font Support. Improve display quality and readability of annotation with
expanded support for filled TrueType and PostScript(R) Type 1 fonts.
*Microsoft Windows and Windows NT platforms only
Solid Modeling
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With AutoCAD software's solid modeling commands, you can create and
edit 3D solid models using Boolean operations, such as Union, Subtract
and Intersect. The Mass Properties function allows you to quickly and
automatically calculate the model's volume, moments of inertia, center of
rotation and other physical characteristics.
╖ Solids Creation and Editing. Generate box, cylinder, cone, sphere, wedge
and extrusions along a path.
╖ AME(R) Conversion Utility. Translation utility converts many AME
(Advanced Modeling Extension(R)) models into ACIS(R)-based AutoCAD
Release 13 models.
Rendering and Visualization
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Apply and control shading, color, lighting and materials to create realistic
3D images within AutoCAD. With additional, interoperable Autodesk
products, like AutoVision(TM) and 3D Studio(R), you can create photorealistic
images, presentation-quality animations and architectural walk-throughs,
and preview proposed structures in existing settings.
╖ Faster Performance and Enhanced Image Quality. Improve efficiency with
reduced rendering time. Phong rendering supports highlights from colored
light sources.
╖ Materials Library and Editor. Control color, ambient light and
reflectivity with predefined and user-defined materials.
╖ 3D Studio Compatibility. Import and export 3D Studio (.3DS) files.
Interoperability
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Sharing AutoCAD data across documents and projects and within your
company is easy with Release 13. Drawing information is where it should
be, shortening the project cycle.
╖ OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) Client and Server Support. Link
and embed data from other programs - such as a table from an Excel(TM)
spreadsheet - in AutoCAD Release 13 drawings and vice versa.
╖ External Database Links. Using an SQL interface, associate nongraphic
data stored in an external database with AutoCAD drawing entities.
╖ .DWG and .DXF(TM) File Compatibility. Save time and enhance
communication with coworkers using upward and downward (Save As) file
compatibility among AutoCAD Releases 11, 12, and 13, and AutoCAD(R) LT.
Xrefs
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By making it possible to share drawings in a workgroup without altering or
adding them to a coworker's files, AutoCAD software's External
References (Xrefs) feature helps coordinate workflow and communicate
current status information and new revisions.
╖ Overlay-Style Xrefs. Limit Xref nesting display for more natural drawing
organization, especially for architectural projects.
Plotting
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AutoCAD software supports a variety of popular plotters and printers,
allowing you to produce drawings on the equipment you own. You can
also preview your plot on-screen using the appropriate paper size to
eliminate unnecessary output.
╖ Accelerated Display List Drivers. Use a broad array of popular video
boards with high-performance drivers that speed redraws, pans and zooms.
╖ Digitizers, Plotters and Printers. Improved device performance with
updated and expanded support.
╖ Current Driver Compatibility. Use existing (DOS) Autodesk Device
Interface(TM) (ADI(R)) 4.2 plotter and digitizer protected-mode drivers.
To Contact Your Authorized Autodesk Dealer
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AutoCAD software is sold through more than 4,100 Authorized Autodesk
Dealers worldwide who deliver local support, extensive industry
knowledge and training targeted to your needs. To locate the Dealer nearest
you, or for more information, call Autodesk at 800-964-6432. From outside
the United States and Canada, please fax your request for information to:
Latin America, 415-491-8303;
Asia/Pacific, 415-491-8398;
or Europe, +41-22-788-21-44.
Additional resources include independently developed AutoCAD-based
applications, the Autodesk forums on the CompuServe(R) network, the
Autodesk Training Center (ATC(R)) network, Autodesk University and the
Autodesk Customer Education and Training Department.
System Requirements
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New multiplatform license for MS-DOS(R), Windows and NT eases the
transition from MS-DOS to Windows.
AutoCAD Release 13 for Windows
╖ 386/486/Pentium(R)-based IBM or 100 percent compatible PC; math
coprocessor required.
╖ Windows 3.1 (enhanced mode)
╖ MS-DOS 5.0 or later
╖ 16MB RAM recommended
╖ Minimum 35MB hard-disk space, permanent swap file of 64MB RAM
╖ Windows-supported video display (VGA or better) and pointing device
(e.g., mouse)
AutoCAD Release 13 for Windows NT
╖ 386/486/Pentium(R)-based IBM or 100 percent compatible PC; math
coprocessor required
╖ Windows NT 3.5 or later
╖ 20MB RAM recommended
╖ Minimum 25MB hard-disk space, permanent swap file of 64MB RAM
╖ Windows NT-supported video display (VGA or better) and pointing
device (e.g., mouse)
AutoCAD Release 13 for DOS
╖ 386/486/Pentium-based IBM or 100 percent compatible PC; math
coprocessor required
╖ MS-DOS 5.0 or later
╖ 12MB RAM recommended
╖ Minimum 35MB hard-disk space
╖ Supported video display (VGA or better) and pointing device (e.g., mouse)