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AutoCAD 2011


Push your creative boundaries.
If you can imagine it, you can do it with AutoCAD.

AutoCAD® software delivers the power and flexibility needed to take your documentation and design further. Explore concepts more intuitively in 3D, speed documentation, and share ideas seamlessly with AutoCAD, one of the world’s leading design applications.

Take design further with AutoCAD 2011

Explore
Now containing powerful 3D surface, mesh, and solid modeling tools, AutoCAD provides the utmost flexibility to explore design ideas. The intuitive tools enable you to digitally sculpt your ideas into almost any shape imaginable.

Document
Move from concept to completion more efficiently and faster than ever before, using the timesaving documentation tools in AutoCAD 2011. Parametric drawing tools, dynamic blocks, sheet sets, and an action recorder enable you to maximize productivity and accuracy when documenting designs.

Communicate
And with native DWG™ technology support, you can effectively collaborate across teams, sharing critical design data securely, efficiently, and accurately. Presentation-ready graphics, rendering tools, and powerful plotting and 3D printing capabilities enable you to communicate your design intent clearly and effectively.

Customize
Plus, if you need to customize AutoCAD 2011 to meet your unique needs, it’s easier than you may think. Configure your settings, extend the software, build custom workflows, develop your own application, or simply select an industry-tailored version already available.

AutoCAD for Manufacturing

More Power. More Speed.

With powerful new tools for manufacturing documentation, AutoCAD 2011 delivers the power to quickly document and communicate your designs.

Highlights include:

  • Powerful drafting tools designed to make your workday easier, helping speed revision time and reduce errors
  • Native DWG™ support, helping you easily share designs with users of Autodesk® Inventor® software, partners, and suppliers
  • PDF import and publishing features to help further streamline communications with clients, colleagues, suppliers, and partners

AutoCAD for Architecture

More Power. More Speed.

With exciting tools for 3D free-form conceptual design and 2D parametric drawing, as well as key features for importing and publishing PDF files, AutoCAD 2011 is loaded with powerful new capabilities to help you design more powerfully and document more quickly.

Highlights include:

  • 3D free-form conceptual design tools to help you quickly and easily explore design ideas
  • Parametric drawing and annotation scaling tools to make your workday easier, helping speed revision time and reduce errors
  • PDF import and publishing features to help streamline communications with clients, colleagues, suppliers, and partners.

AutoCAD for Construction

More Power. More Speed.

With powerful new tools for construction documentation, AutoCAD 2011 delivers the power to quickly document and communicate your designs.

Highlights include:

  • Parametric drawing and annotation scaling tools to make your work day easier, helping speed revision time and reduce errors
  • PDF import and publishing features to help streamline communications with clients, colleagues, suppliers, and partners

Click on the links below to see videos that explore the new features in AutoCAD 2011.

Introduction and User Interface
Power your design projects from concept through completion with AutoCAD® 2011 software.
Object display, selection, and creation
AutoCAD 2011 includes powerful new tools for creating, selecting, and displaying objects in your drawing.
Polylines and Splines
In AutoCAD 2011 polyline and spline objects have been updated to enable quick and intuitive editing.
Hatching
New and improved hatch tools in AutoCAD 2011 streamline the process of creating and editing hatch objects.
Transparency
AutoCAD 2011 includes a new transparency property that enables you to apply transparency to objects and layers, in the same way you apply colors, linetypes, and lineweights.
Parametric Constraints
2D parametric functionality has been enhanced in AutoCAD 2011, making geometric and dimensional constraints even easier to use.
3D Essentials
Auto2011 helps you take your designs from concept to completion with new and improved 3D modeling and visualization tools.
3D Solids
AutoCAD 2011 includes many improvements to existing solid creation and editing functionality.
Associative Surfaces
AutoCAD 2011’s many new and enhanced tools for surface modeling include the ability to create procedural surfaces, which are associated with their defining geometry. In this example, we’re designing a case for an electric shaver using a combination of spline curves and surface edges to create associative surfaces.
Analysis Surfaces 2
AutoCAD 2011 includes new analysis tools to help you analyze the continuity, curvature, and draft of 3D solids and surfaces.
Surfaces and Solids
The surface and solid modeling tools in AutoCAD 2011 provide a powerful combination for you to take your designs from concept to completion.
Materials
AutoCAD 2011 provides powerful and intuitive tools for viewing, selecting, and editing materials.
Point Cloud Data
Jumpstart projects by capturing and using accurate point cloud data from laser scanning devices.
Autodesk Seek
Autodesk Seek integration enables architects and designers to search for building products on Autodesk Seek and efficiently insert the associated design files into their drawings.

System Requirements

For 32-bit AutoCAD 2011

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft® Windows Vista® Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium (SP1 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home edition (SP2 or later)
  • For Windows Vista or Windows 7: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® dual-core processor, 3.0 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology; for Windows XP: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon dual-core processor, 1.6 GHz or higher with SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 1.8 GB free disk space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later
  • Install from download or DVD

For 64-bit AutoCAD 2011

  • Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise, Ultimate, Professional, or Home Premium (compare Windows 7 versions); Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, or Ultimate (SP1 or later) (compare Windows Vista versions); or Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later)
  • AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology, Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology
  • 2 GB RAM
  • 2 GB free space for installation
  • 1,024 x 768 display resolution with true color
  • Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
  • Install from download or DVD

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling

  • Intel Pentium 4 processor or AMD Athlon, 3 GHz or greater; or Intel or AMD dual-core processor, 2 GHz or greater
  • 2 GB RAM or more
  • 2 GB hard disk space available in addition to free space required for installation
  • 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card



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