Share Design Views AutoCAD 2018

Publishes design views of your drawing to a secure location for viewing and sharing in a web browser

High Resolution Monitor Support AutoCAD 2018

Enjoy the best possible viewing experience ever, even on 4K and higher resolution displays.

AutoCAD Mobile App AutoCAD 2018

View, create, edit and share CAD drawings on your mobile device.

Multi-Function Grips AutoCAD 2018

2D objects

Lines, polylines, circles, arcs, elliptical arcs, splines, text and blocks.

Hatch objects

Annotation objects

Dimension and multileader objects

3D Solids

3D faces, 3D edges and 3D vertices

Photorealistic Rendering AutoCAD 2018

Rendering is the process of creating a raster image based on the 3D objects in a scene

A rendered image can be created for a new model without attaching materials, placing user-defined lights, and adding a bacground.

By default, a default material is added to all 3D objects in the model and the renderer automatically uses two default distant lights when user-defined lights are not placed in a scene.

You can specify to use a single default distant light that shines from over-the-shoulder
Default lights cannot be moved or adjusted

3D Scanning and Point Clouds AutoCAD 2018

A point cloud is a large collection of points acquired by 3D laser scanners or other technologies to create 3D representations of existing structures

Point clouds are derived from raw data scanned from physical object like building exteriors and interiors, process plants, topographies and manufactured item.

Autodesk ReCap

Autodesk ReCap coverts raw scan data to scan files *.rcs and project file *.rcp that reference multiple RCS files.
Both these formats can be attached to an AutoCAD drawing

Modify point cloud density and point size

You can manage program performance and visual noise by increasing or decreasing the number of visible points and points size

Apply color stylization

You can retain the original scan color or stylize the point cloud based on object color, normals (point orientation), intensity, elevation or LAS classification data.

Cropping Point Cloud

You can crop rectangular, polygonal or circular areas to show only relevant portions of the point cloud.

Print Studio AutoCAD 2018

Print Studio helps to address by providing powerful, 3D print-preparation capabilities.

1. Prep bar

Click through the workflow steps to prepare your model for 3D printing

2. Printers

    Select a printer

3. Setting 

•     Select a material, preset print profile.
•     Create a customized profile
•     Adjust advanced printer settings

4. Vertical toolbar

    Access tools for each workflow step

5. ViewCube

    Manipulate the view of the model consistently

6. Build volumn

    The white visual-guide box indicates the available printable space for the selected printer

7. Build surface

    Represents the location to which models adhere to when printing

8. Scene

    The entire workspace within Print Studio, including the build platform and the area around it, the build content and the selected print profile - saved as *.3ps file.

9. Object browser

    Hide and show the printer's build surface in the scene
    It lists all models in the scene, making it easier to work with each individually, as well    as provides quick access to change the display units for length.