AutoCAD 2014 connects and streamlines your design workflow like never before. New design-feed social collaboration tools drive project stakeholder involvement. Dozens of time-saving enhancements speed your everyday workflow. And with live maps and powerful new reality-capture capabilities, AutoCAD connects your design ideas to the world around you. See how it compares to previous AutoCAD versions.
| AutoCAD 2014 | AutoCAD 2013 | AutoCAD 2012 | AutoCAD 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Features | ||||
| User interaction | ||||
| Multi-functional grips | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hide and isolate objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create and select similar objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete duplicate objects | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Content explorer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Associative arrays | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clickable command line options | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Property edit preview | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Viewport change preview | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Intelligent command line | ✓ | |||
| File tabs | ✓ | |||
| Design | ||||
| Solid, surface, and mesh modeling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Autodesk materials library | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Editable UCS icon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| In-canvas viewport controls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Surface curve extraction | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Context-sensitive press-pull | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Import sketchup files (SKP) | ✓ | |||
| Autodesk ReCap point cloud tool | ✓ | |||
| Documentation | ||||
| Geometry measurement tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Parametric constraints | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Object and layer transparency | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Base and projected views | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Blend curves | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Copy array | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Section and detail views | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Strike-thru text | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Text align | ✓ | |||
| Connectivity | ||||
| DGN 8 import/export/underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF publish/underlay | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| FBX import/export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DWG convert | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| IGES, CATIA, Rhino, pro/engineer, and step import | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Inventor file import | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Autodesk 360 connectivity | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Design feed | ✓ | |||
| Share on Facebook | ✓ | |||
| Geolocation coordinate system and live maps | ✓ | |||
| Customization | ||||
| Action recorder | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CUIx file format | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online license transfer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Migration reset | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Multiple plot file search paths | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Customization and support file sync | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exchange app manager | ✓ | |||
| Featured apps ribbon tab | ✓ | |||
| Secure load | ✓ | |||
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