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AutoCAD® Mechanical Top 10 Reasons to Move from AutoCAD®

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AutoCAD® for Manufacturing

� AutoCAD plus more

� Purpose-built mechanical design tools

� Automated tasks

Standards-based parts libraries

AutoCAD® Mechanical 2012 Software

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� Standards-based parts libraries

� Autodesk® Inventor ® Interoperability

� Fully native DWG™

Independent Study of ACAD/M versus ACAD

� Drafting and annotation tasks are 55% faster

� Design and engineering tasks are 85% faster

� 60% fewer commands required

Proven Benefits of Mechanical-Specific CAD

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Top 10 Reasons to Move to AutoCAD® Mechanical 2012 Software

1. 700,000 Standard Parts and Features

2. Extended Draw Toolbar for

Manufacturing

3. Powerful and Smart Dimensions

4. Reusable Detailing Tools

5. Support for International Drafting

Standards

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Standards

6. Associative Balloons and Bills of

Materials (BOMs)

7. Layer Management

8. Automatic Hidden Lines

9. Machinery Generators and Calculators

10. Data Exchange Between CAD Systems

#1 700k Standard Parts and Features

Customer Need

Increase productivity by using pre-drawn,

standards-based content

AutoCAD® Mechanical Delivers

� A machinery handbook at your fingertips � Fasteners, bearings, holes, steel shapes…

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� Fasteners, bearings, holes, steel shapes…

� Screw calculations, recommended fits and sizes…

� Easy part insertion� Surrounding geometry automatically redraws

when parts are inserted

#2 Extended Draw Toolbar for Manufacturing

Customer Need Reduce repetitive drafting tasks

AutoCAD® Mechanical Delivers� More than 30 options for rectangle, arc,

and circle creation

� Automated centerline creation

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� Automated centerline creation

� Specialty lines for break outs and sections

� Full suite of construction lines

� Manufacturing hatch patterns and sizes

#3 Powerful and Smart Dimensioning

Customer Need Faster ways to create, edit, and arrange dimensions

AutoCAD® Mechanical Delivers� Automatic dimensioning with baseline,

ordinate, symmetric and shaft styles

Dimensions arrange automatically

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� Dimensions arrange automatically based on standard spacing

� Align, join, break, check, rescale or edit multiple dimensions

� Integrated fits, tolerances, and symbols

#4 Reusable Detailing Tools

Customer Need

Intelligent detailing that automatically updates

with design changes


� Detail views – easily create

linked views at different scales

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linked views at different scales

� Chamfers and fillets – change the size

with a simple double-click

� Hole charts – updated automatically

for the shop floor

� Title blocks – a full set of English

and metric versions

#5 International Drafting Standards

Customer Need

Comply with international standards easily,

accurately, and consistently


� Pre-packaged international standards

(ANSI, BSI, CSN, DIN, GB, ISO, JIS)

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(ANSI, BSI, CSN, DIN, GB, ISO, JIS)

� GD&T, welding, surface finishes, etc.

� Easily customized for your company

#6 Associative Balloons & Bill of Materials

Customer Need An accurate Bill of Materials that is easy to maintain and share

AutoCAD® Mechanical Delivers� An accurate and complete BOM

� BOM automatically updates w/ changes

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� BOM automatically updates w/ changes

� Synchronized balloons and item numbers

� Link BOM to MRP and ERP systems

� Interoperability w/ Autodesk Vault

#7 Layer Management

Customer Need

Spend less time managing layers and object properties


� Automatic layer & property selection � Pre-configured templates conform to international drafting standards

� Easily customized for your company

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Easily customized for your company

Customer Need

Easily create accurate hidden lines


� Automatic 2D hidden-line creation

� No need to re-draw parts

� Associative relationships are

#8 Automatic Hidden Lines

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� Associative relationships are

updated automatically

� Consistent part definitions

#9 Machinery Generators and Calculators

Customer Need

Save time creating machinery with automated

generators and calculators


� Machinery systems generators� Springs

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� Springs

� Shafts

� Cams

� Chain/Belt Drives

� Engineering calculators� Moment of inertia

� Deflection

� 2D FEA

#10 Data Exchange Between CAD Systems

Customer Need Share cross platform data efficiently

between 2D and 3D

AutoCAD® Mechanical Delivers� Document digital prototypes created in

Autodesk® Inventor™

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Autodesk Inventor� Changes to the 3D model automatically

update the 2D drawings

� Native AutoCAD Mechanical DWG files

� Reuse part attributes

� STEP and IGES Translators

IGES

AutoCAD® Mechanical

AutoCAD® Mechanical is part of the

Autodesk ® solution for Digital

Prototyping and can help you:

� Design in a mixed 2D/3D environment

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Design in a mixed 2D/3D environment

� Detail and Document 3D digital prototypes

built using Autodesk® Inventor®

� Take full advantage of the skills and expertise

of the 2D design team

How do I buy AutoCAD® Mechanical?

Autodesk design suites provide:

• The most comprehensive and sophisticated

set of tools to design, visualize, and

simulate their ideas and win more

business.

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• Compelling, cost-effective value by delivering

a compatible set of tools in one economical

and convenient purchase.

• More technology readily accessible to an

individual in an organization, providing the

flexibility to innovate and more easily

respond to changing business

requirements.

AutoCAD® Mechanical 2012 SoftwareWhat’s New

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AutoCAD® Mechanical offers mechanical engineers a competitive edge by helping save countless hours of effort


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Other EnhancementsOther EnhancementsOther EnhancementsOther EnhancementsEase of UseEase of UseEase of UseEase of UseProductivityProductivityProductivityProductivity

What’s New in

AutoCAD Mechanical software offers designers immediate productivity gains with specialized tools that help and improve accuracy and speeds design time


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Model Documentation Tools Productivity

Save time by automatically generating intelligent documentation for 3D models

What’s New

Intelligent drawing from the following sources:

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Intelligent drawing from the following sources:

• AutoCAD ®

• Autodesk ® Inventor ®

• Fusion

Drawing views, edge display, and location are instantly updated when an engineering change is made.

• CATIA®

• Rhino

• NX®.• Pro/ENGINEER®

• SolidWorks®

Enhanced BOM Migration

AutoCAD® Mechanical’s BOM Migration tool allows DWG ™ data from any source to be imported as a batch, while creating the engineering Bills of Materials and Parts list.

What’s New

Productivity

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�Works with multiple templates

�Automatic mapping of BOM properties

�Automatic creation of migration templates

Performance Improvements

Many common tasks have been tuned for performance

Including:

• Startup time

• Overall responsiveness

Productivity

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• Overall responsiveness

• Ribbon Performance

• User Interface

AutoCAD® Mechanical 2012 SoftwareWhat’s New in

AutoCAD Mechanical makes it easier to get up to speed quickly, intelligently edit models from almost any source, and stay connected to your DWG

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Autodesk Inventor Fusion

Autodesk® Inventor® Fusion sets a new standard for 3D modeling ease of use. It enables you to intelligently edit 3D models from almost any source, helping you experience the benefits of 3D in

the native DWG format.

What’s New

Ease of Use

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What’s New

Inventor Fusion Included as desktop app with AutoCAD Mechanical!

AutoCAD® WS

AutoCAD WS is a new web and mobile application that enables you to stay

connected to your DWG™ files on your desktop, from the web, or from your

iPhone and iPad mobile devices.

What’s New

� AutoCAD WS is an easy-to-use web and

mobile companion application for AutoCAD

Ease of Use

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mobile companion application for AutoCAD

software.

� The AutoCAD WS plug-in allows you to upload

and work with online DWG files directly from

your AutoCAD software.

� View, edit, and share your DWG files

seamlessly on web browsers or mobile devices.

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For more information about AutoCAD WS, visit www.autodesk.com/autocadws

Autodesk Exchange for AutoCAD ® Mechanical

Autodesk Exchange brings the content you need directly to your AutoCAD Mechanical workspace.

What’s New

� First Experience

Ease of Use

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� Getting-Started videos

� Online Help Content

� Community

For more information about Autodesk Exchange, visit

http://exchange.autodesk.com/autocadmechanical

What’s New in

Import and reuse data to jump-start your design process and stay accurate with the latest standards.


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Autodesk Content Explorer

Instantly find your design content based on file objects or text attributes

What’s New

Creates an index of your data based

on where you instruct it to look

Quickly access:

Other Enhancements

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� Quickly access:

• Files

• Blocks

• Layers

• Linetypes

• Styles

Enabling you to access and insert

data into DWG™ files.

Standards Update

Includes updates for standards derived from the recently updated standard

What’s New

Updates for recently updated ISO standard

• Dimensioning,

Other Enhancements

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• Dimensioning,

• GD&T

• Leaders

• Parts lists (for example, 3040:2009)

Also includes updates for DIN, JIS,

and BSO, as well as other standards.

AutoCAD ® Mechanical 2012 SoftwareWhat’s New in

ProductivityProductivityProductivityProductivity Other EnhancementsOther EnhancementsOther EnhancementsOther EnhancementsEase of useEase of useEase of useEase of use

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•• Performance Performance ImprovementsImprovements

•• Model Documentation Model Documentation ToolsTools

•• Enhanced Enhanced BOM MigrationBOM Migration

•• Performance Performance ImprovementsImprovements

•• Model Documentation Model Documentation ToolsTools

•• Enhanced Enhanced BOM MigrationBOM Migration

•• Autodesk Content ExplorerAutodesk Content Explorer•• Standards UpdateStandards Update•• Autodesk Content ExplorerAutodesk Content Explorer•• Standards UpdateStandards Update

•• AutoCAD AutoCAD WSWS

•• Autodesk Inventor Autodesk Inventor FusionFusion

•• Autodesk Exchange for Autodesk Exchange for

AutoCAD Mechanical AutoCAD Mechanical

•• AutoCAD AutoCAD WSWS

•• Autodesk Inventor Autodesk Inventor FusionFusion

•• Autodesk Exchange for Autodesk Exchange for

AutoCAD Mechanical AutoCAD Mechanical

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Autodesk® Subscription allows customers to extend the value

of their software investment with access to the latest

releases, powerful web services, and expedited technical

support.

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