Yep - It's that time of the year again...
AutoCAD 2008 was released on March 23rd, but not with very much fanfare, in my opinion. The drawing format is the same as 2007 as are most of the commands so this should be an easy transition for all. Especially us, since V45 has been expanded to cover 2008 - we don't need to ship CDs to everyone.
Our update is now on the company website. You will need to have V45 already installed on your computer to use the V45.03 update. If you plan to run 2008 along with 2006 or earlier, you will need to also download the HydraCAD update for V43 or V44.
New features in 2008?
Five of note:
Annotation Scaling
AutoCAD 2008 software introduces the concept of
annotation scale as an object property. Designers can set the current scale of a
viewport or model space view, and then apply that scale to each object and
specify its size, placement, and appearance based on the scale set for the
viewport. In other words, annotation scale is now automated.
Layers per
Viewport
In AutoCAD 2008 the layer manager has been enhanced to allow
users to specify color, line weight, linetype, or plot style as an override for
an individual viewport. These overrides can be easily turned on or off as
viewports are added or removed.
Enhanced Tables
Enhanced tables
now give users the option to combine AutoCAD and Excel tabular information into
a single AutoCAD table. This table can be dynamically linked so that
notifications appear in both AutoCAD and Excel as data is updated. Users can
then select these notifications, allowing instant updating of information in
either source document.
Text & Table Enhancements
The enhanced
MTEXT editor now provides the ability to specify the number of columns required
and flows new text between those columns as users make edits. The space set
between each column of text and the edge of the paper is also customizable. All
of these variables can be adjusted to specific values in the dialog box, or
adjusted interactively using the new multicolumn text grips.
Multiple
Leaders
The new multiple leader panel on the dashboard has enhanced tools
that automate the creation of multiple leaders and the orientation of the
leaders (tail or content first) with the notes.
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