AutoCADderThursday, September 11, 2008
AutoCAD 2010 - not so distant drums
Back from holidays, I have found fragments of information collecting on the new features of the upcoming new version of AutoCAD.
Autodesk organizes user meetings in the US where it seeks feedback from existing AutoCAD users. Concluding from this and similar information we can estimate the new functions and features of the "AutoCAD X", the new version which will be probably called "AutoCAD 2010".
2010) is not that far in the future and it seems that AutoCAD 2010 will be one of the major releases of AutoCAD.
Autodesk organizes user meetings in the US where it seeks feedback from existing AutoCAD users. Concluding from this and similar information we can estimate the new functions and features of the "AutoCAD X", the new version which will be probably called "AutoCAD 2010".
- Command Line will be still there
- AutoLISP will be still there
- I bet AutoCAD will add another programming tool - VSTA
- The drawing format will change - Autodesk says it updates the DWG format every 3rd release, and AutoCAD 2010 is the third release after 2007; there may be even a substantial change in the drawing format (a XML-based DWG like in MS Office?) - this would allow a much better extensibility and longevity of the file format.
- Dynamic blocks will be enhanced. As there were plans for a parametric AutoCAD extension, I wouldn't be surprised when we see parametrics for entities in AutoCAD 2010.
- 3D modeling. There are still too many limits in using AutoCAD as a conceptual modeling tool. Autodesk will probably address these limits.
Labels: AutoCAD 2010, DWG
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Yes you are right. March 2010 is not so far. Let us wait and see how will the people react and take this “upgraded” version.
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I'm not sure if this will all happen like you envision ;)
The "parametrics" offered with 2010 will be more likely curtailed to 2D parametric drawing, minus the full 3D feature/CSG history tree.
So far no one sees any evidence in 2010 of VSTA or XML implemetation. At least progeCAD supports XML SVG standard already:
http://www.caddit.net/auto-cad/AutoCAD.php
The "parametrics" offered with 2010 will be more likely curtailed to 2D parametric drawing, minus the full 3D feature/CSG history tree.
So far no one sees any evidence in 2010 of VSTA or XML implemetation. At least progeCAD supports XML SVG standard already:
http://www.caddit.net/auto-cad/AutoCAD.php
I was also surprised that there will be probably no VSTA in AutoCAD 2010. But AutoCAD already uses XML in many places.
The planned release is of course March 2009, not 2010 :-)
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The planned release is of course March 2009, not 2010 :-)
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