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