One, there's the news that you can submit your ideas to the AutoCAD Design Team. They are looking to start a new experimental website to gather more of your ideas and rank them by your voting. You can suggest ideas to change existing features as well, and view/vote on other ideas. This is a great way to build the AutoCAD brand in my opinion. There are some things that I've encountered some designers kinda irk about, so I can't see this failing. Here's a quote:
“Your suggestions help make AutoCAD (Mac & Windows) better, so let us know what would make AutoCAD easier to use, more enjoyable and help you be more productive.
The Design team might drop in from time to time to get inspired, and we may use the data submitted to help drive customer activities such as focus groups at our offices, AUGI CAD Camps,and events at Autodesk University.
If you'd rather more of a conversational approach check out the AutoCAD discussion groups at http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD/ct-p/8
The AUGI wish list forum is another great place to submit your ideas and vote on them http://augi.com/community/autocad/autocad-wishlist/”
The Design team might drop in from time to time to get inspired, and we may use the data submitted to help drive customer activities such as focus groups at our offices, AUGI CAD Camps,and events at Autodesk University.
If you'd rather more of a conversational approach check out the AutoCAD discussion groups at http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD/ct-p/8
The AUGI wish list forum is another great place to submit your ideas and vote on them http://augi.com/community/autocad/autocad-wishlist/”
So there you go.
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I looked up an article regarding free DWG viewers. The first one is pretty cool. It's a Windows-only desktop application called AutoCAD TrueView. AThe first thing that I noticed was that not only could you view 2D and 3D DWG files but there were layer features, visual styles, measurements and print/plot of the full application. Another awesome aspect of this viewer is that along with AutoCAD 2012, you can also read DWG files from the early eighties, as a matter of fact, you can convert the files to work with other versions~!! According to the Between the Lines, the viewer also allows for one to create DWF and PDF files. Though it's 270mb, it's extremely powerful considering the promises.
For the mobile fans, don't feel left out. There's an app for you as well.
The application is called AutoCAD WS, a web/mobile-based DWG viewer with collaboration and markup. According to Between the Lines, not only can you run this application with any desktop with a browser supporting Flash, it is also available on mobile application on Apple and Android devices. All this requires in an internet browser (Chrome, Safari, Explorer, Firefox with flash). This also supports offline synching so you can take your drawing even when you don't have an internet connection. This app supports 2D DWG, real-time collaboration, AutoCAD integration, and unlimited file storage (AWESOME). In addition to editing and sharing in real-time with DWG files and you can also upload other file types like ZIP, Doc, and PDF as file storage.
(thanks goes to Between the Lines)
I know many colleagues who love to use AutoCAD, so I'll mention this to them!
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