What’s New in AutoCAD 2023?

Our Application Specialist Geoff Alder provides an overview of the new features and updates in AutoCAD 2023.

1. Traces

The traces feature found on the collaborate tab monitors and logs redline revisions.

Opening the traces pallet in the first instance shows that there are no traces in the drawing.

If we use the Markup Import feature, we can then overlay a red line markup. This can be an image file i.e., jpeg, png, pdf. I have used a pdf with a simple redline markup on this drawing.

Clicking on Markup Import brings up the dialogue.

The Markup Import has discovered the two redline markups. One in text form and one in hand sketched detail. We can then extract the details and have them on the drawing as a markup.

The markup is now listed in the traces pallet, providing users with a time that the redline edit was added to the drawing.

2. Copy Base

The copy base feature in AutoCAD 2023 is efficient in a workflow. It provides a basepoint in the first instance in the lower left extreme of the geometry.

3. Polylines

Polylines are often used to create boundary areas and closed lines. In plotting vertices to create the polyline, we have to continue in one direction because the vertices are numbered to describe the direction of the polyline.

If we add a vertex at the last vertex, this provides an additional vertex which increases the polyline length. If, however, we add a vertex at the start of the polyline, we are adding a new vertex in position two and not adding to the length of the polyline. This means we can right click on the vertex on either end and choose “Extend vertex” which will extend the polyline at that point. This can be a great time saver in creating clean and efficient polylines.

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4. Display - View Tab

With the view to display options, we can now detach a View Tab in AutoCAD 2023 and have it floating; thus allowing it to be moved to a second monitor if required. The view also has its own command line making it easier to focus on a view and have the option to input commands in the same line of sight.

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5. Display - FASTSHADEMODE

On display in AutoCAD 2023, we see a new command called FASTSHADEMODE. This takes advantage of newer GPU to provide a superior illuminated 3D view.

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Overall, the new features & updates in AutoCAD 2023 are stable and can be used as part of everyday workflows.

Watch the video below to see these new features in action:

https://youtu.be/ldmYQ6nMnZw (embed)

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