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As I write this comment, Autodesk AutoCAD 2020 is installing itself on my laptop. I can not wait to take it for a test drive! As with any new CAD program, it is expected that there may be a few road bumps and a bit of a learning curve. However, there are a number of new features that I am excited for, including the new dark theme, quick display measurements, block palette, and the Microsoft, box, and Dropbox partnership. While it may sound silly, I will probably enjoy the dark theme immensely due to its better cohesion with the design language of AutoCAD, Additionally, I am excited for the quick display measurements! Anything that makes quick references even quicker is a big plus in my book. Also, I look forward to seeing the blocks palette. Currently, using blocks is a pain in the butt, at least on my computers. The visual galleries and drag and drop will be very useful! Overall, this year's AutoCAD looks great, and I am excited for it!
Overall, none of these changes look super revolutionary. Yes, many of them are good changes to make, however, note of them are even close to necessary. I think that something that Autodesk and Adobe need to focus on is optimization of their software, so something does not take one million years to lead. I also think that they might want to think about closer integration with each other. No one I know does renderings in AutoCAD, as the toolset just is not there. I know a lot of architects who draft in AutoCAD and then render in a separate software. If it is a 2D rendering, then often they will use illustrator or photoshop. Whenever I have had to render from an AutoCAD file, which has not been frequently, I have used photoshop, as it’s generally pretty simple to do, and is much better for editing an existing image compared to the other options in the adobe suite. I think that a good addition would be direct exports from AutoCAD to photoshop or similar programs.
Autodesk is continuously introducing new ways to enhance the drafting experience with every vision they release. I think one of the main strengths that Autodesk shows is the ability to share and collaborate between users. In the past, AutoCAD has fallen behind the other Autodesk applications, but I am hopeful that this will be the year that cloud integration makes a big debut. Much of the work that we do requires constant collaboration between creators and the lack of good sharing capabilities has caused many projects to suffer.
That being said I think it is important to realize that a lot of the sharing capabilities that consumers want are not possible given how diluted CAD software has become. Living in a world where designers and technical designers work under the same application is merely unrealistic and impossible. Bottom line is im very excited to see these new improvements first hand and apply them to my current drafting standards.
I’m no master at AutoCAD as I’ve only been working with it a little bit on and off over the course of this semester plus a couple lessons a two years prior. I can’t say that I see much of a difference between the Dark Theme and the way it is now, but perhaps that’s because of the type of work we’ve been doing hasn’t used something that would make it noticable. Performance improvements that speed up work are always good. I think the quick display measurements and the blocks palette could be pretty helpful tools to use. I don’t currently use blocks or measurements all that much yet, but I can definitely see this update being very nice in the future should I continue on with using AutoCAD. Maybe I’ll be more tempted to use blocks more with the update since they’re a bit of a pain to use currently. The other updates they have in here seem less necessary, but I can imagine they’d be useful to some.
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