Project Explorer

The new Projects feature helps you organise and manage all project related data from anywhere in Project Explorer. Projects uses property-aware links to represent objects stored in the Vault. When you make a change to a file using one of these links, only the source file is impacted. This linking system lets you manage all entity types directly from the main grid, giving you a single seamless interface for Project administration.

Vault Revision Tables in Inventor and AutoCAD Drawings

The new release of Autodesk Vault 2012 Workgroup, Collaboration and Professional brings a deeper level of integration with both Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD. Vault now provides support to populate the Revision Table within Inventor (idw or dwg) and AutoCAD (dwg). From Vault, you can map the Revision assigned to a file and have it reflect the revision-bumping rules. This means that Title Blocks get updated alongside Revision Tables, adding rows to match the correct Revision level in Vault. The benefit? This automation removes another step in the management of files from the users workflow.

Administration

Configuring the Revision Table integration begins in Vault. Log in with Administrative rights, and go to Tools > Administration > Vault Settings > Behaviours TAB. In the Properties area, click Revision Table. If you haven't set up Revision Tables, you will be met with an initially collapsed dialogue box. Check the box to Enable Revision Table Control.

AutoComplete for AutoCAD Commands

For those of you who like to key in commands, save time, or for those who cannot remember the full command every time, make life easier with the new AutoComplete feature in 2012.

In AutoCAD 2012, as you key in commands, AutoCAD will automatically complete the entry for you. If you pause, a list of all possible commands and system variables are displayed for easy selection.

Autodesk Content Explorer

The new Content Explorer enables you to quickly search for all types of content including blocks, attributes, layers and styles. Found on the Plugins TAB on the Ribbon (or command = contentexplorer), Content Explorer can search through thousands of files almost instantaneously, including the Autodesk Seek web service.

AutoCAD WS for Android

Experience the freedom of taking your designs with you - wherever you go.

AutoCAD WS is a mobile CAD application that gives you the freedom and flexibility to view, edit, and share your DWG files on your Android phone or tablet. AutoCAD WS mobile app offers a simplified, intuitive set of viewing, editing, and markup tools so you can work on your designs while you are on the go. Open drawings from email attachments, sync your files from the web, or upload drawings directly from AutoCAD software. Drawings can also be saved locally so you can work in the field without an Internet connection.

*Requires Android 2.1 or above. Recommended devices include: 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM.

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3D Connexion 10 Beta Drivers

With the ingenious new 3DxWare 10 driver platform, it’s now possible to use a 3D mouse in any application. From Microsoft Office to internet browsers and from media players to games with 3DxWare 10, a 3D mouse can complement, or provide a compelling alternative to, most input devices including keyboard, traditional mouse, joystick and gamepads.

Autodesk Inventor 2012 What's New

The Autodesk Inventor 2012 release comes with a few surprises in product selection as well as some enhancements to the interface of Inventor.

New Autodesk Graphcis Hardware Site

Autodesk have created a new Graphics Hardware site: http://www.autodesk.com/graphics-hardware. Here you can select multiple products and find the common driver and hardware configurations that will work best for your system.