AutoCAD 2008

v2007-02-12 - 5.710 euros

CAO / DAO / 2D / 3D

+ 6 Guides (3.000 pages)

+ Guide des Nouveaut�s en d�tail - 39 pages Us

Nouveaut�s :
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- Compatible VISTA et OFFICE 2007
- Les formats dwg 2007 et dwg 2008 sont identiques
- Mise � l'�chelle automatique des textes et cotations dans le papier ("Annotation
scaling").
Par ex au 1/50�me les textes et cotes sont 2 fois plus petits qu'au 1/100�me.
- Liens bidirectionnels avec Excel ("DataExchange ") :
Vous cr�ez un lien avec un tableau AutoCad, par exemple,
vous modifiez une valeur dans Excel, AutoCad pr�vient du changement :
vous acceptez ou refusez.
- Pour les attributs de blocs, on peut placer plusieurs lignes de texte.
- On peut exporter les propri�t�s des objets (longueur de polylignes...)
- On peut placer des fl�ches multiples dans les rep�res...
- gestion des calques par pr�sentation ( par exemple les axes en rouge dans l'un
et en vert dans l'autre ..)
- Gestion des paragraphes de textes (retraits, colonage,etc..)
- On peut glisser directement les pr�sentations en bas de l'�cran...
- Le tableau de bord prend de l'ampleur et devient modifiable.
- Am�lioration du rendu avec des lumi�res r�glables "wattage information" :
On r�gle l'intensit� de la lumi�re en Candela, Lumen, ou en Lux.
- Lecture et �criture du format DGN de Microstation.

- DWF Changes
When a DWF file is imported as an underlay, you can now specify which layers to
display.
Still no importing (translating) of DWF files into AutoCAD.
- DGN Import & Export :
MicroStation DGN files can be imported ; translated into objects (for editing) or
displayed as an underlay (for visual accuracy). This is limited to 2D drawings
only.
AutoCAD drawings can be exported to DGN format.
- Layout Tabs
You can now directly edit layout tabs. For example, click the name twice to change
it ;
hold down the Ctrl key, and then drag to copy the tab.
Both the tab name and layout contents are copied.
- Attribute Extraction :
Now properties of objects can be extracted, such as the length of a polyline :
attribute extraction is no longer limited to blocks. If you create custom rows or
columns,
these are no longer overwritten the next time you extract data.
- More compatible with ADT (now renamed AutoCAD Architectural 2008) and Inventor
- ADT 2008 junks VIZ Render in favor of AutoCAD's mental ray rendering engine
- In turn, AutoCAD lights now support wattage information and IED data
- Materials have new properties, reflect light better, and also support the IED
standard.
- Dimensions :
To make AutoCAD more compatible with Inventor, a new dimension type is introduced :
Inspection
This type of dimension has the value, a tag, and a percentage.
A new option equally spaces dimension lines.
The other addition is the jogged linear dimension.
- Layers :
You can now specify colors, linetypes, lineweights, and plot styles individually
for each viewport.
Because the Layer dialog box is now so big, you can specify which properties to
display.
There is a new Layer Settings dialog box that determines whether other users are
notified when
new layers are added to xrefs and the current drawing. A balloon appears in the
tray.
- Layer states have been underused and hard to access, so they've been brought into
the foreground
with their own dialog box, as well as a new droplist in the Dashboard.
- Auparavant AutoCAD 2007 moved all of the layer-related Express Tools into the
core command set.
One of them, LayIso, has been enhanced. In the past, it turned off all layers,
except the one
belonging to the selected object (hence, isolating it).
New in 2008 is the ability to fade the other layers, rather than just turn them
off.
The faded layers are locked: you can see them and osnap to them, but cannot edit
them.
Very nice touch!
The new SetByLayer command forces blocks and other objects to take on the color
specified
by the layer. This works for nested blocks, as well.
- Dashboard :
A second dashboard now exists for 2D drafting.
The Dashboard can be customized with commands and droplists, although it does not
appear
that you can add custom macros to it.
- Annotation Text :
The single biggest new feature is annotation text, which I'll call AText from now
on.
This text is different because of two new properties: Its size (scale) and display
(on or off)
is dependent on the scale factor of the viewport in which it appears.
For example, when you specify a scale factor of 0.125 in the style of the AText,
then that text
appears only in viewports which also have a scale of 0.125. That's the simplest
aspect by which
to understand it.
Model space has a new drop list on the status bar, which lets you specify the scale
factor of all
text in model space. Select a different scale factor from the drop list, and all
text changes
correctly (by that I mean, size and justification).
Paper space has two such drop lists: one to specify the scale factor of the current
viewport,
the other to specify the scale factor of text in the viewport. (No more Zoom XP!)
Normally, the two droplists are linked: change vp scale to 1:50 and the text also
changes its
scale to 1:50. But you can unlink them if you need.
If text in a viewport does not match the scale factor, then it is not displayed.
No worries: an option overrides the invisibility cloak, allowing you to see all
text in
the viewport, including that which does not match the viewport scale factor. AText
can have
multiple scale factors attached, through the new ObjectScale command. That lets it
appear in
multiple viewports of differing scales.
AText works with every type of text, except RText, I was told. A new icon appears
near the
crosshair cursor when it passes over AText. (The icon looks like the cross-section
of a
triangular architect's ruler.)
- MText :
MText can now split a long column of text into multiple columns. It can also
specify spacing
between paragraphs. It imports from Word 2003 and 2007 with formatting intact.
The new spell checker checks spelling in dimensions, zooms into misspelled words,
and ignores
words with nubmers.
- MLeader :
AutoCAD already has Leader and QLeader, so why not add MLeader, leaders with
multiple
leader lines. MLeader also keeps text (or block) attached to the leader, can
justify
all selected leaders, and combine multiple leaders into one.
New leader lines can be added to existing MLeaders, and there are new editing grips

on the mleader line. MLeader Styles let you predetermine what the mleader will look
like.
- InfoCenter :
Autodesk keeps trying with the InfoCenter, its attempt at make help always
available.
Now the InfoCenter has been moved onto the toolbar: type in a word or phrase,
and a droplist shows related help items. The Communication Center is moved from the
tray
to the new InfoCenter, and a Favorites button has been added. The CommCenter allows
RSS feeds.
- Tables :
Annotation release of AutoCAD! The new DataExchange command links tables with
Excel 2003/2007 spreadsheets.
The link is two-way, so changes in the table and the spreadsheet are reflected
in each other. The link is through the XLS file, not through OLE.
But you might not want the table updated in AutoCAD, so that can be prevented ;
by default, cells in the AutoCAD table are locked to prevent accidental change,
but you can unlock them.
Here is a scenerio:
1. Make change in Excel.
2. Save the change.
3. In AutoCAD, a notification balloon appears in the tray, alerting you of the
change.
4. You can accept or reject the change.
The new DataLink command allows you to modify links. The Excel table is included
with
packages created by the eTransmit command.
The split-long-mtext-into-multiple-columns feature also applies to tables :
long tables can be split into columns.