What's New in Autodesk AutoCAD 2024
Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 is out with a focus on Accelerating Creativity, Tailored Functionality and a Connected Design Experience.
Autodesk AutoCAD 2024 Overview
Accelerating Creativity
Focus on quickly creating and collaborating on innovative solutions using assistive machine learning technology to improve design workflows.
Activity Insights
Bridge information gaps in collaborative AutoCAD workflows and stay connected to essential data throughout project lifecycles
My Insights Macro Advisor & Dashboard
Provides valuable information to you at the right time and in the right context to assist with steps that you can automate.
Count & Blocks Palette
Counting blocks is now up to 70% faster and reusing design content with blocks is up to 47% faster.
Smart Blocks: Placement and Replacement
Automatically place blocks in your drawing based on where you’ve inserted the same ones thus far, reducing the number of clicks and saving you valuable time in the process.
Quickly find the blocks you need with machine learning powered functionality, delivering powerful time-saving automations.
Tailored Functionality
Organisations can customise AutoCAD for their industries, empowering teams to build and run discipline-specific routines and workflows.
ACAD for Mac – M series chip
Added support for Apple Silicon increased AutoCAD for Mac’s overall performance by 2x*
Connected Design Experience
Autodesk creates an ecosystem of industry-leading design software and technology partners.
Web AutoLISP APIs
AutoLISP, a staple feature of AutoCAD desktop, now enables customisations to automate a sequence of commands in AutoCAD on the web
AutoLISP
AutoCAD LT now includes AutoLISP.
Leverage thousands of previously written programs created for use in AutoCAD-based programs. AutoCAD LT supports AutoLISP Source (LSP) files, compiled LSP files, Fast-load AutoLISP (FAS), and Visual LISP Applications (VLX) files.
Markup Import & Markup Assist
Faster cross-platform markup workflows through expanded machine learning capabilities & essential experience improvements
Markup Import & Markup Assist
Faster cross-platform markup workflows through expanded machine learning capabilities & essential experience improvements
Migrating Custom Settings
The CUI, tool palettes, and templates have undergone enhancements to facilitate the transfer of customised files and locations.
To utilise personalized configurations:
- Access the Autodesk AutoCAD <product and release> folder drop-down list from the Windows Start menu. Choose Migrate From a Previous Release.
- In the resulting Migrate Custom Settings dialog box, specify the release you wish to migrate from.
- Select the customized settings you want to transfer to the latest release.
Tab Improvements
The Start, File and Layout Tabs have been improved.
Trace Updates
Enhancements to the Trace environment continue, with the introduction of the COPYFROMTRACE command and additional settings controls on the toolbar.
Autodesk Docs Improvements
The following improvements have been made to Autodesk Docs:
- Improved support and performance when viewing large files on Autodesk Docs.
- Improved Desktop Connector resulting in improved performance displaying a drawing in the Start tab and opening a drawing from Autodesk Docs.
- Improved navigation on the Start tab for drawings stored on Autodesk Docs
AutoCAD 2024 Vs AutoCAD LT 2024
AutoCAD 2024 offers more advanced features for 3D modeling, customisation with add-on apps and APIs, rendering, and CAD standards, among other features, while AutoCAD LT 2024 is a more affordable version that still offers many of the essential features for 2D drafting, annotation, and automation.
| Features | AutoCAD 2024 | AutoCAD LT 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Find and replace blocks based on other blocks in your drawing | Yes | No |
| Stay informed of relevant file changes with details of multi-user activities in a DWG file | Yes | No |
| Utilise AutoLISP programs to automate repetitive tasks and enhance workflows | Yes | Yes |
| Extend AutoLISP programs with third-party automation libraries, and utilize specialised editors to write and debug programs | Yes | No |
| Create and edit 2D geometry | Yes | Yes |
| Annotate drawings with traces, text, dimensions, leaders & tables | Yes | Yes |
| Customize the ribbon and tool palettes | Yes | Yes |
| Attach and import data from PDF files | Yes | Yes |
| Share and use data from DGN files, Navisworks, & Bing Maps | Yes | Yes |
| Create and edit 3D models with solids, surfaces, & mesh objects | Yes | No |
| Customize with add-on apps and APIs | Yes | No |
| Extract object data to tables | Yes | No |
| Create renderings with lighting, materials, & visual styles | Yes | No |
| Apply and monitor CAD standards | Yes | No |
| Automate counting objects and blocks | Yes | Yes |
| Share drawings with colleagues directly from AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT | Yes | Yes |
| Import feedback and incorporate changes with a click of a button | Yes | No |
| Learn new features and workflows to work faster with My Insights | Yes | No |
What's New in Specialised Toolsets
AutoCAD Architecture and MEP 2024
AEC3DPRINT
With AEC3DPRINT command, you can natively export the AEC objects to an STL file format that’s compatible with 3D printing without converting to 3D solids.
Enhanced Design Center Content
New MVBlocks and block references are available in Design Center.
More than 200 new MVBlocks and block references are added to the AutoCAD Architecture (US Imperial) and AutoCAD Architecture (US Metric) content packs for Design Center. The added content is available in metric profile for non-English languages. The content includes external lighting, bathroom accessories, furniture, site, kitchen fittings, and more.
Refer to the 2024 Help file for further information
AutoCAD Mechanical 2024
ANSI/ASME Standard Revision Update
The section line symbol within AutoCAD Mechanical is updated to support the AWS Y14.3 – 2012 standard revision. To support AWS Y14.3 – 2012, all aspects of the section line symbol are revised to correspond with AWS Y14.3 – 2012.
AutoCAD Mechanical continues to support the AWS Y14.3 – 2003 standard revision to allow documents created in previous releases to be opened, edited, and saved without updating the section line symbol standard. By supporting AWS Y14.3 – 2012 and AWS Y14.3 – 2003, you can annotate new and as-built designs using the required standard revision.
ISO Standard Revision Update for Taper and Slope Symbols
The taper and slope symbol within AutoCAD Mechanical is updated to support the ISO 3040:2016(E) standard revision. To support the ISO 3040:2016(E), all aspects of the taper and slope symbol is revised to correspond with ISO 3040:2016(E).
AutoCAD Mechanical continues to support the ISO 3040:2009(E) standard revision to allow documents created in previous releases to be opened, edited, and saved without updating the taper and slot symbol standard. By supporting ISO 3040:2016(E) and ISO 3040:2009(E), you can annotate new and as-built designs using the required standard revision.
Refer to the 2024 Help file for further information
AutoCAD Plant 3D 2024
Ortho Bill of Materials (BOM)
The Ortho Table Setup dialog box includes simplified options and more table capabilities for orthographic drawings. You can now add the Bill of Materials (BOM) for piping, equipment, steel, as well as nozzle and spool lists into ortho drawings.
Spec and Catalog Editor Enhancements
The Edit Parts and Edit Properties functions are enhanced in both Spec and Catalog Editors.
Edit parts within a selected parts family for inclusion in a spec sheet or catalog.
Refer to the 2024 Help file for further information
Pipe Spec Viewer Enhancements
View all parts available for a specific size in the selected spec. Use the search box to look for specific components in the Pipe Spec Viewer.
Any changes to the size and spec lists are both updated in Pipe Spec Viewer and the Part Insertion panel on the ribbon.
Ortho Single-Line Piping Enhancements
In this release, ortho single-line piping offers more enhancements including a new interface for some piping criteria providing better control when you display piping in a single-line representation in orthographic drawings.
AutoCAD Map 3D 2024
Coordinate System Update
AutoCAD Map 3D 2024 supports the new coordinate systems in the following categories:
- SnakeGrid EWR2
- NAD83(CSRS) / Alberta 3TM
Refer to the 2024 Help file for further information
AutoCAD Electrical 3D 2024
Pipe Spec Viewer Enhancements
Create a schematic symbol table from schematic reports.
The schematic report lists the symbols used in the project along with its description in a table. You can also surf through a particular symbol that is used in various locations of the project.
Wire Type Synchronisation
Wire type can now be synchronized for all wires in the network with the same signal code across the drawings.
In previous releases, when you update the type of the wire connected to the source arrows, the destination wire type was not updated. In AutoCAD Electrical 2024 toolset, when the wire type is updated at the source arrow, all wires in the network are updated to the same wire type of the source. New wire layers are created along with its properties if the destination drawing doesn’t contain the new wire type.
Refer to the 2024 Help file for further information
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