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Autocad 2011 New Features

User interface changes and improvements

• New background and grid colors
• Gridlines instead of grid dots
• Extended X an Y origin lines
• Workspace menu in Quick Access Toolbar
• ViewCube in 2D wireframe
• New Navigation bar with SteeringWheels, ShowMotion, Pan, Zoom, Orbit and 3D Connection devices support
• Updated UCS Icon and 3D Gizmos
• Better organized Ribbon panels and commands
• Smart panel resizing with new Fold panels
• New Ribbon minimize option – panel buttons

New and improved features

• Five new predefined styles in Visual Styles panel
• New object visibility tools enable isolation and hiding of selected objects in drawing
• New selection tool for selecting similar objects by example
• Greatly improved selection cycling funcionality

New, changed and improved tools

• New “Add Selected” tool for creating same type of object with same properties
• Action Recorder allows deletion and insertion of user messages for View Change operations
• Improved parametric constraints allow simple repeating of last constraint
• Inferred constraints simplifies creation of geometric constraints by adding them automatically while creating geometry
• Parallel, Perpendicular, Colinear, Horizontal, and Vertical can be applied to text rotation angle
• Improved constraint bars controls
• Associative dimensions can be converted to dimensional constraints
• Parameters Manager includes Filters pane with parameter grouping
• Added Transparency for objects and layers
• Streamlined hatch tool for faster and visual creation and editing of hatch objects
• Improved grip editing functionality for hatch objects
• Added background color for hatch objects
• Added hatch object mirroring control similar to text mirroring control
• Grip editing controls for POLYLINES similar to hatch editing grips
• Better control over spline objects with new spline grips
• Selecting XREF in palette highlights it in drawing, selecting XREF in drawing selects it in a palette
• Default Scale List can be customized and automatically displayed in all drawings
• It is no longer required to specify replacement fonts for missing SHX files – just ignore it
• It is possible to maintain alignment of text in line types, and all included line types behave this way by default

Changes in 3D

• 3D Modeling Workspace changes
• Addition of 3D Object Snaps
• Updated Solid Modeling Tools use edge or subobjects as profile or curve
• Solid modeling tools are no more limited to using planar curves
• New Fillet Edge and Chamfer Edge solid editing tools
• Two new types of surfaces: procedural and NURBS
• New Surface Creation Tools – Blend, Patch, and Network
• New Surface Editing Tools – Fillet, Trim, Extend, Sculpt, Project Geometry, and Convert to NURBS
• New Surface Analysis Tools – Zebra, Curvature, and Draft Angle

Visualisation

• New Material Library with categorization and search
• Improved Material Editor
• New Mesh Modeling tools – Close Hole, Collapse Face, and Spin Triangle Face
• Point Clouds Support
• FBX format export and import

System Requirements for 32-bit

• 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
• 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later

System Requirements for 64-bit

• 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
• 1,280 x 1,024 true color video display adapter 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D®-capable workstation-class graphics card
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later

Additional Requirements for 3D Modeling (All Configurations)

• 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