Press & Pull

The PressPull tool, available on the Modeling panel of the Home ribbon tab, is enhanced in AutoCAD 2013 to be more flexible and context-sensitive.

You can use the new Multiple option or the Shift key to press or pull multiple objects in a single operation

Additionally, you are no longer limited to clicking inside a bounded area. Now you can select 2D and 3D curves as well

When selecting a face with the Presspull tool, the default behavior extrudes the face straight out.

If you press the Ctrl key when you select a planar face, you can offset it as it extrudes to follow the taper angles of adjacent sides

Surface Curve Extraction

Extract isoline curves from an existing surface or face of a solid

Surface tab > Curve panel > Extract Isolines

Options within the Extract Isolines tool enable you to change the direction of the isolines, select a chain of isolines, and draw a spline on the curved surface by specifying spline points

 

Import Inventor Files

In AutoCAD 2013 you can import Autodesk® Inventor® models directly into the AutoCAD model space environment using the standard Import tool

Model Documentation

Model Documentation functionality has been greatly enhanced in AutoCAD 2013

The new Layout tab alongside common tools for creating and managing drawing layouts and views  

Drawing Views

The Base View tool includes a new Select option that enables you to specify which 3D objects are represented in the base view

When using the Select option, AutoCAD temporarily switches to model space, enabling you to add or remove objects for the base view selection set

 

Section Views

Create a section view from an existing drawing view by picking points to define the section line

A section identifier is automatically applied and incremented as you create subsequent section views, or you can override it with your own identifier

You can also choose to display a view label identifying the section and scale

You can also specify if the section view should include the full depth or just a slice

The appearance of the section view label is determined by the Section View Style tool

Multifunctional grips on the section line enable you to move the section line, add and remove vertices, flip the direction, and reposition the identifiers

Grips on the section view and section view label enable you to modify the view position or scale as well as change the label location, width, and height

If the section view includes hatches, you can edit properties of the hatch pattern using a multifunctional grip. It still remains associated with the section view

Detail Views

Create detail views from existing drawing views

A detail identifier is automatically applied and incremented as you create subsequent detail views, or you can override it with your own identifier

A view label identifying the detail view and scale is automatically inserted
The appearance of the detail view label is determined by the Detail View Style tool

Model Documentation tab > Detail View Style

You can create new detail view styles as well as modify or delete existing ones

When creating or modifying a detail view style you can specify a variety of options to control the detail boundary, view label, and detail view

Grips on the detail symbol enable you to modify the position of the boundary and the identifier

Grips on the detail view and detail view label enable you to modify the view position or scale as well as change the label location, width, and height
 

View Symbol Sketch

Use the Symbol Sketch tool to constrain section lines and detail boundaries to key points in the drawing views, helping maintain accuracy even as the model or layout changes

Associative Annotations

Regardless of which types of drawing views you create — base, projected, section or detail — you can add associated annotations using traditional dimensioning and multileader tools.

When  Annotation Monitor button is On,  it provides feedback regarding the state of associative annotations

Automatic View Update

The Auto Update tool controls whether drawing views are updated automatically when the source model changes

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System Requirements

AutoCAD 2012 32-bit

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
• 2 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

 AutoCAD 2012 64-bit

Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or
Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology

AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology
AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2 technology

• 2 GB RAM
• 2 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

 3D Modeling workflow for 32-bit & 64-bit

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 free space 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

Installation

Click Install

Input Serial Number and Product Key

Select products to install

AutoCAD WS

AutoCAD WS lets you view, edit, and share DWG drawings through a web browser or mobile device

Online tab > Upload panel > Upload
The changes you make to the local version of the drawing are automatically uploaded to the Web server

Use the Manage Uploads tool to control which drawings are included in the automatic upload

Upload Multiple Files types

Autodesk Content Explorer

Quickly find design content based on file objects or text attributes
Content Explorer is built on a Google®-like index, results appear instantaneously across folders containing thousands of files

Plug-ins tab > Content panel > Explore

Content Explorer palette > Search > Design Content Content Explorer palette > Autodesk Seek

Locate specific block references or text strings, block attribute Drag content from the Content Explorer window into your current drawing
Right-click or double-click content > source file

Local Content

Add your own local folders to the Content Explorer index using the Add Watched Folder Or dragging folders from Windows Explorer to Content Explorer
The folders are not moved or copied; they’re simply added to the search index

Autodesk Content Service

Content Explorer can also search one or more network computers

Autodesk Content Service needs to be installed separately on the network computer You can add one or more network folders to be watched
Adding watched folders enables the content service to build an index for the files in those folders

Start menu > All Programs > Autodesk > Content Service > Content Service Console

Autodesk Seek Content

Use the Autodesk® Seek web service to browse and search for online content
Find files by manufacturer or via product specs, and insert files directly into your drawing without navigating to an external website

User Interface

The Home tab includes changes in the Draw and Modify panels

The Insert tab now has Block and Block Definition panels

The View tab includes a new Forward tool and a Rectangular viewport option has been added to the Viewports panel

AutoComplete Command

AutoCAD automatically completes the entry with an AutoCAD command or command alias

If you pause, it displays a list of all the commands whose prefix matches what you’ve typed, enabling you to scroll and select from the list