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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.
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- 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.
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- User Interface
- --------------
- Reorganized to leverage your Windows(TM) expertise and provide quick and
- intuitive access to AutoCAD software's rich feature set.
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- Toolbars/Tool Tips
- ------------------
- 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.
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- 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.*
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- *Microsoft Windows and Windows NT platforms only
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- 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
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- 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.
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- Construction and Editing
- ------------------------
- 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.
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- Dimensioning
- ------------
- 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.
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- Hatching
- --------
- 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).
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- Text Editing
- ------------
- 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.
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- *Microsoft Windows and Windows NT platforms only
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- To Contact Your Authorized Autodesk Dealer
- ------------------------------------------
- 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.
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- 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.
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- System Requirements
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- New multiplatform license for MS-DOS(R), Windows and NT eases the
- transition from MS-DOS to Windows.
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)