They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, and this is definitely a slogan in which Autodesk implicitly believes. Unwelcome News for Perpetual License Holders Autodesk is relentless in its drive to eliminate perpetual licenses. However, combining all the products into one offering is only part of the strategy. Firstly, it is looking to streamline its support services by reducing the number of products, although this will not reduce the volume or complexity of service calls from the different engineering disciplines. On careful examination, it appears that Autodesk’s focus is internal rather than customer-focused. For companies that have hundreds of users working off desktops, the web and app enhancements are irrelevant. With a new release, as a user, one looks for new features and enhancements, which seem to be limited mainly to online and mobile enhancements, although 2D graphic performance has been dramatically boosted. The reason for AutoCAD Civil 3D being excluded is that it is being rewrapped as a BIM tool, tightly coupled to Infraworks, rather than one of the AutoCAD offerings and was renamed on April 13th as Autodesk Civil 3D. There is one exception, AutoCAD Civil 3D, which will remain as a stand-alone product – maybe it should be called “the Other One”.

Plant 3D (previously known as AutoCAD Plant 3D).

Raster Design (previously known as AutoCAD Raster Design).Map 3D previously known as AutoCAD Map 3D).Electrical (previously known as AutoCAD Electrical).

Mechanical (previously known as AutoCAD Mechanical).Architecture (previously known as AutoCAD Architecture).It is called the “One” because it replaces all the AutoCAD verticals, namely:. Autodesk has released AutoCAD 2019, the “One” AutoCAD recently to a less than rapturous response.

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